{"id":29242,"date":"2017-07-26T14:14:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=29242"},"modified":"2017-07-26T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:14:31","slug":"wimbledon-championships-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wimbledon-championships-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon Championships, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question:On July 16th, 2017, Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Championships for the record \u2026.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 8th time<br \/>\n(b) 7th time<br \/>\n(c) 5th time<br \/>\n(d) 9th time<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (a)<br \/>\nRelated facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Wimbledon Championships, 2017, ITF&#8217;s third grand slam tennis tournament held from July 3 -16 in the All England Lawn Tennis, Club, London (U.K.).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Competition Results-<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Men&#8217;s singles<\/strong><br \/>\nWinner-Roger Federer (Switzerland)<br \/>\nRunner up- Marin Cilic (Croatia)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women&#8217;s singles<\/strong><br \/>\nWinner-Garbine Muguruza (Spain)<br \/>\nRunner up-Venus Williams (United States)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men&#8217;s doubles<\/strong><br \/>\nWinner-Lukasz Kubot (Poland) and Marcelo Melo (Brazil)<br \/>\nRunners up- Oliver Marach (Austria) and Mate Pakic (Croatia)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women&#8217;s doubles<\/strong><br \/>\nWinner-Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (both Russia)<br \/>\nRunner up-chanhao-ching (Chineseype) and Monica Nikulescu (Romania)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mixed Doubles<\/strong><br \/>\nWinner-Jamie Murray (UK) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland)<br \/>\nRunner-up-Henri Kontinen (Finland) and Heather Watson (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Federer did not lose any set in seven matches during the tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Roger Federer defeated Croatia&#8217;s Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 to win the men&#8217;s singles title at Wimbledon<\/li>\n<li>Federer is the only player who won two Grand Slam consecutive times.<\/li>\n<li>He won Wimbledon from 2003 to 2007, while from 2004 to 2008; he won the title of the US Open.<\/li>\n<li>Federer became the oldest player (35 years, 342 days) to win the Wimbledon title in the Open era (beginning in 1968).<\/li>\n<li>Earlier this record was in the name of America&#8217;s Arthur Ash.<\/li>\n<li>Arthur won the title of 1975 in 31 years, 360 days.<\/li>\n<li>This is Federer&#8217;s record 8th Wimbledon title. (Record 11th Wimbledon Final)<\/li>\n<li>Federer left behind Pete Sampras and William Renshaw with seven Wimbledon titles.<\/li>\n<li>This was Federer&#8217;s record 29th Grand Slam final, out of which he won 19. (Rafael Nadal 22 Grand Slam Finals)<\/li>\n<li>These 19 titles includes 8 Wimbledon, 5 US, 5 Australian Open and 1 French Open.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Overall 3 Top Players (Women \/ Men) winning the Grand Slam titles are &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Margaret Court,Australia-23<br \/>\n2. Serena Williams ,USA-23<br \/>\n3. Steffi Graf Germany-22<\/li>\n<li>Venus Williams (America) is the second oldest (37 years, 30 days) player after Martina Navratilova, who makes the place in Wimbledon final.<\/li>\n<li>Navratilova made to the Wimbledon final in 1994, 37 years, 258 days, but she also lost in the final, like Venus.<\/li>\n<li>Roger became the first living Swiss citizen in 2007, whose name was printed on Swiss Stamp.<\/li>\n<li>Federer holds the top position in the ATP ranking for 302 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Federer has been involved in the top rankings from 2002 to November 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/en_GB\/scores\/results\/day21.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/en_GB\/scores\/results\/day21.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/en_GB\/scores\/results\/day20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/en_GB\/scores\/results\/day20.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.in\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/20078356\/the-numbers-roger-federer-wimbledon-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.espn.in\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/20078356\/the-numbers-roger-federer-wimbledon-win<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/blog\/statsinfo\/post\/_\/id\/132996\/federer-wins-record-8th-wimbledon-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.espn.com\/blog\/statsinfo\/post\/_\/id\/132996\/federer-wins-record-8th-wimbledon-title<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.in\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/20071358\/garbine-muguruza-beats-venus-williams-win-wimbledon-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.espn.in\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/20071358\/garbine-muguruza-beats-venus-williams-win-wimbledon-title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:On July 16th, 2017, Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Championships for the record \u2026. (a) 8th time (b) 7th time (c) 5th time (d) 9th time Ans: (a) Related facts: Wimbledon Championships, 2017, ITF&#8217;s third grand slam tennis tournament held from July 3 -16 in the All England Lawn Tennis, Club, London (U.K.). 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