| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Year | Winner / Runner-up / Result |
|---|---|
| 1877 | Spencer Gore d. William Marshall 6-1 6-2 6-4 |
| 1878 | Frank Hadlow d. Spencer Gore 7-5 6-1 9-7 |
| 1879 | John Hartley d. Vere St. Leger Goold 6-2 6-4 6-2 |
| 1880 | John Hartley d. Herbert Lawford 6-3 6-2 2-6 6-3 |
| 1881 | William Renshaw d. John Hartley 6-0 6-1 6-1 |
| 1882 | William Renshaw d. Ernest Renshaw 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 1883 | William Renshaw d. Ernest Renshaw 2-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 1884 | William Renshaw d. Herbert Lawford 6-0 6-4 9-7 |
| 1885 | William Renshaw d. Herbert Lawford 7-5 6-2 4-6 7-5 |
| 1886 | William Renshaw d. Herbert Lawford 6-0 5-7 6-3 6-4 |
| 1887 | Herbert Lawford d. Ernest Renshaw 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1888 | Ernest Renshaw d. Herbert Lawford 6-3 7-5 6-0 |
| 1889 | William Renshaw d. Ernest Renshaw 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-0 |
| 1890Events January 2 Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U. White House. January 25 The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 Leon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest | Willoughby Hamilton d. William Renshaw 6-8 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-1 |
| 1891Events January 1 ? Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany January 20 James Hogg becomes the first native Texan to be governor of that state. January 29 Liliuokalani proclaimed Queen of Hawaii March 9 ? 12 ? Powerful storm off England?s south coast; | Wilfred Baddeley d. Joshua Pim 6-4 1-6 7-5 6-0 |
| 1892Events January 1 Ellis Island begins accepting immigrants to the United States. January 14 Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Next in line is his younger b | Wilfred Baddeley d. Joshua Pim 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 |
| 1893Events January 1 Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. Janua | Joshua Pim d. Wilfred Baddeley 3-6 6-1 6-3 6-2 |
| 1894Events January 8 A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago causes a good deal of damage. January 9 New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard ( Lexington, Massachusetts). February 15 04:51 GMT | Joshua Pim d. Wilfred Baddeley 10-8 6-2 8-6 |
| 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes | Wilfred Baddeley d. Wilberforce Eaves 4-6 2-6 8-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 1896Events January 4 Utah is admitted as the 45th U. January 5 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rontgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 H. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. January 18 The X-ray machine is exhib | Harold Mahoney d. Wilfred Baddeley 6-2 6-8 5-7 8-6 6-3 |
| 1897Events January 1 Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosheri, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 The Pennsylvania state capitol is dest | Reginald Doherty d. Harold Mahoney 6-4 6-4 6-3 |
| 1898 | Reginald Doherty d. Lawrence Doherty 6-3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 |
| 1899 | Reginald Doherty d. Arthur Gore 1-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 |
| 1900 | Reginald Doherty d. Sidney Smith 6-8 6-3 6-1 6-2 |
| 1901 | Arthur Gore d. Reginald Doherty 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-4 |
| 1902 | Lawrence Doherty d. Arthur Gore 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-0 |
| 1903 | Lawrence Doherty d. Frank Riseley 7-5 6-3 6-0 |
| 1904 | Lawrence Doherty d. Frank Riseley 6-1 7-5 8-6 |
| 1905 | Lawrence Doherty d. Norman Brookes 8-6 6-2 6-4 |
| 1906 | Lawrence Doherty d. Frank Riseley 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 1907 | Norman Brookes d. Arthur Gore 6-4 6-2 6-2 |
| 1908 | Arthur Gore d. H. Roper Barrett 6-3 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-4 |
| 1909 | Arthur Gore d. Josiah Ritchie 6-8 1-6 6-2 6-2 6-2 |
| 1910 | Anthony Wilding d. Arthur Gore 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-2 |
| 1911 | Anthony Wilding d. H. Roper Barrett 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-2 RET |
| 1912 | Anthony Wilding d. Arthur Gore 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-4 |
| 1913 | Anthony Wilding d. Maurice McLoughlin 8-6 6-3 10-8 |
| 1914 | Norman Brookes d. Anthony Wilding 6-4 6-4 7-5 |
| 1915 | no competition |
| 1916 | no competition |
| 1917 | no competition |
| 1918 | no competition |
| 1919 | Gerald Patterson d. Norman Brookes 6-3 7-5 6-2 |
| 1920 | Bill Tilden d. Gerald Patterson 2-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 |
| 1921 | Bill Tilden d. Brian Norton 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-0 7-5 |
| 1922 | Gerald Patterson d. Randolph Lycett 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 1923 | Bill Johnston d. Frank Hunter 6-0 6-3 6-1 |
| 1924 | Jean Borotra d. René Lacoste 6-1 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 |
| 1925 | René Lacoste d. Jean Borotra 6-3 6-3 4-6 8-6 |
| 1926 | Jean Borotra d. Howard Kinsey 8-6 6-1 6-3 |
| 1927 | Henri Cochet d. Jean Borotra 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 |
| 1928 | René Lacoste d. Henri Cochet 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1929 | Henri Cochet d. Jean Borotra 6-4 6-3 6-4 |
| 1930 | Bill Tilden d. Wilmer Allison 6-3 9-7 6-4 |
| 1931 | Sid Wood d. Francis Shields w/o |
| 1932 | Ellsworth Vines d. Henry Wilfred Austin 6-4 6-2 6-0 |
| 1933 | Jack Crawford d. Ellsworth Vines 4-6 11-9 6-2 2-6 6-4 |
| 1934 | Fred Perry d. Jack Crawford 6-3 6-0 7-5 |
| 1935 | Fred Perry d. Gottfried von Cramm 6-2 6-4 6-4 |
| 1936 | Fred Perry d. Gottfried von Cramm 6-1 6-1 6-0 |
| 1937 | Don Budge d. Gottfried von Cramm 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 1938 | Don Budge d. Henry Wilfred Austin 6-1 6-0 6-3 |
| 1939 | Bobby Riggs d. Elwood Cooke 2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1940 | no competition |
| 1941 | no competition |
| 1942 | no competition |
| 1943 | no competition |
| 1944 | no competition |
| 1945 | no competition |
| 1946 | Yvon Petra d. Geoff Brown 6-2 6-4 7-9 5-7 6-4 |
| 1947 | Jack Kramer d. Tom Brown 6-1 6-3 6-2 |
| 1948 | Bob Falkenburg d. John Bromwich 7-5 0-6 6-2 3-6 7-5 |
| 1949 | Ted Schroeder d. Jaroslav Drobny 3-6 6-0 6-3 4-6 6-4 |
| 1950 | Budge Patty d. Frank Sedgman 6-1 8-10 6-2 6-3 |
| 1951 | Dick Savitt d. Ken McGregor 6-4 6-4 6-4 |
| 1952 | Frank Sedgman d. Jaroslav Drobny 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 |
| 1953 | Vic Seixas d. Ken Nielsen 9-7 6-3 6-4 |
| 1954 | Jaroslav Drobny d. Ken Rosewall 13-11 4-6 6-2 9-7 |
| 1955 | Tony Trabert d. Ken Nielsen 6-3 7-5 6-1 |
| 1956 | Lew Hoad d. Ken Rosewall 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-4 |
| 1957 | Lew Hoad d. Ashley Cooper 6-2 6-1 6-2 |
| 1958 | Ashley Cooper d. Neale Fraser 3-6 6-3 6-4 13-11 |
| 1959 | Alex Olmedo d. Rod Laver 6-4 6-3 6-4 |
| 1960 | Neale Fraser d. Rod Laver 6-4 3-6 9-7 7-5 |
| 1961 | Rod Laver d. Chuck McKinley 6-3 6-1 6-4 |
| 1962 | Rod Laver d. Marty Mulligan 6-2 6-2 6-1 |
| 1963 | Chuck McKinley d. Fred Stolle 9-7 6-1 6-4 |
| 1964 | Roy Emerson d. Fred Stolle 6-1 12-10 4-6 6-3 |
| 1965 | Roy Emerson d. Fred Stolle 6-2 6-4 6-4 |
| 1966 | Manuel Santana d. Dennis Ralston 6-4 11-9 6-4 |
| 1967 | John Newcombe d. Wilhelm P. Bungert 6-3 6-1 6-1 |
| 1968 | Rod Laver d. Tony Roche 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 1969 | Rod Laver d. John Newcombe 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 |
| 1970 | John Newcombe d. Ken Rosewall 5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 |
| 1971 | John Newcombe d. Stan Smith 6-3 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | Stan Smith d. Ilie Nastase 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5 |
| 1973 | Jan Kodes d. Alex Metreveli 6-1 9-8 6-3 |
| 1974 | Jimmy Connors d. Ken Rosewall 6-1 6-1 6-4 |
| 1975 | Arthur Ashe d. Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-1 5-7 6-4 |
| 1976 | Björn Borg d. Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-2 9-7 |
| 1977 | Björn Borg d. Jimmy Connors 3-6 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4 |
| 1978 | Björn Borg d. Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-2 6-3 |
| 1979 | Björn Borg d. Roscoe Tanner 6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1980 | Björn Borg d. John McEnroe 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6 |
| 1981 | John McEnroe d. Björn Borg 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4 |
| 1982 | Jimmy Connors d. John McEnroe 3-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4 |
| 1983 | John McEnroe d. Chris Lewis 6-2 6-2 6-2 |
| 1984 | John McEnroe d. Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-1 6-2 |
| 1985 | Boris Becker d. Kevin Curren 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4 |
| 1986 | Boris Becker d. Ivan Lendl 6-4 6-3 7-5 |
| 1987 | Pat Cash d. Ivan Lendl 7-6 6-2 7-5 |
| 1988 | Stefan Edberg d. Boris Becker 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1989 | Boris Becker d. Stefan Edberg 6-0 7-6 6-4 |
| 1990 | Stefan Edberg d. Boris Becker 6-2 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-4 |
| 1991 | Michael Stich d. Boris Becker 6-4 7-6 6-4 |
| 1992 | Andre Agassi d. Goran Ivanisevic 6-7 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-4 |
| 1993 | Pete Sampras d. Jim Courier 7-6 7-6 3-6 6-3 |
| 1994 | Pete Sampras d. Goran Ivanisevic 7-6 7-6 6-0 |
| 1995 | Pete Sampras d. Boris Becker 6-7 6-2 6-4 6-2 |
| 1996 | Richard Krajicek d. MaliVai Washington 6-3 6-4 6-3 |
| 1997 | Pete Sampras d. Cédric Pioline 6-4 6-2 6-4 |
| 1998 | Pete Sampras d. Goran Ivanisevic 6-7(2) 7-6(9) 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 1999 | Pete Sampras d. Andre Agassi 6-3 6-4 7-5 |
| 2000 | Pete Sampras d. Patrick Rafter 6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2 |
| 2001 | Goran Ivanisevic d. Patrick Rafter 6-3 3-6 6-3 2-6 9-7 |
| 2002 | Lleyton Hewitt d. David Nalbandian 6-1 6-3 6-2 |
| 2003 | Roger Federer d. Mark Philippoussis 7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(3) |
| 2004 | Roger Federer d. Andy Roddick 4-6 7-5 7-6(3) 6-4 |