Jannik Sinner kept the gentlemen’s trophy in 2026 after a near four-hour final, and Linda Nosková won her first major after five missed Championship points.
Wimbledon’s 139th Championships filled the fortnight from Monday 29 June to Sunday 12 July 2026 at the All England Club, and both singles finals went to the wire on Centre Court.
The event began in July 1877 as a gentlemen’s singles alone. Twenty-two men paid a guinea each to enter, and Spencer Gore won the first title, beating William Marshall in the final. The ladies followed in 1884. Their champion today receives the Venus Rosewater Dish, and the 2026 winner became its tenth successive different name.
Nosková, 21, met her compatriot Karolína Muchová in the ladies’ final. Muchová was the oldest first-time women’s finalist in 28 years. Nosková led by a set and 5-2 and held five Championship points, and Muchová saved every one to force a deciding set. Nosková converted her sixth to win 6-2 5-7 6-3, the third Czech champion in four years.
A day later Sinner defended his title against Alexander Zverev, winning 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-4 after three hours and 46 minutes, his 100th Grand Slam match win. He had beaten Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. He faced no break point until the third set, when Zverev earned one and Sinner played a drop shot that left the German sprawling on his right knee. Sinner hurried over to help him up, Zverev served a double fault, and Sinner took the first break of the match.