List of Wimbledon Open Era Champions

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“New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.”
—Jimmy Connors (b. 1952)

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—Lothar De Maizière (b. 1940)

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