BIG FOUR DOMINATION – Since 2005 Roland Garros when Rafael Nadal won his first Grand Slam title, the Big 4 of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Nadal and Andy Murray have combined to win 37 of the past 41 Grand Slam titles with the only exceptions the 2009 US Open (del Potro), ‘14 Australian Open & ’15 Roland Garros (Wawrinka) and ’14 US Open (Cilic). It’s the most dominant era in the history of tennis. During the current stretch, Nadal has won 14 titles, Federer 13 titles, Djokovic eight and Murray two. The last Wimbledon champion other than one of the Big Four was No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in 2002. The foursome also have accounted for 44 of the last 48 ATP Masters 1000 titles (since ’10 Monte-Carlo).
TOP FOUR SEEDS TITLE HOLDERS – The last time a player seeded outside of the Top 4 won the Wimbledon title was in 2001 when No. 125th-ranked Goran Ivanisevic took advantage of a wild card opportunity to defeat Patrick Rafter in a five-set Monday final. This is the longest current stretch of Top 4 titles of any Grand Slam tournament. Since ’02 when No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt won the title, four other players have won the Wimbledon crown – Federer (seven times), Djokovic and Nadal (twice) and Andy Murray (once). In fact, only seven players in the Open Era (since 1968) not seeded among the Top 4 have won the title.
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TOP SEED/REIGNING CHAMP – Djokovic is the No. 1 seed for the fourth straight year at Wimbledon. Last year he was ranked No. 2 and he edged out Federer in a five-set thriller. The 28-year-old Serb won the Wimbledon crown in 2011 as the No. 2 seed. Djokovic has a 45-8 career record at the All England Club and has advanced to the semi-finals or better the last five years. He also was runner-up in ’13. He is coming off his third runner-up at Roland Garros in four years (l. to Wawrinka). Djokovic is the first player seeded No. 1 for four or more consecutive years at the All England Club since Federer from 2004-08. Djokovic is guaranteed to remain No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after Wimbledon. At the start of Wimbledon, he’s held No.1 for 153 weeks in his career, including every week since July 7 last year.
ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS – Federer is the all-time Grand Slam titles leader and Nadal is tied for No. 2:
Grand Slam Finals W-L | Wimbledon Titles | |
1) Roger Federer | 17-8 | 7 |
2) Rafael Nadal | 14-6 | 2 |
  Pete Sampras | 14-4 | 7 |
4) Roy Emerson | 12-3 | 2 |
5) Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver | 11-5 & 11-6 | 5 & 4 |
FEDERER GRAND SLAM STREAK —  This is Federer’s record 63rd consecutive Grand Slam tournament played. Federer’s streak began at the 2000 Australian Open and he is the only player to compete in every Grand Slam singles draw in this century. There are six other players in the Top 10 longest consecutive Grand Slam tournaments played, including Feliciano Lopez (54) and David Ferrer (51). Here is a look at the Top 10 longest streaks in the Open Era and players competing at Wimbledon in bold:
Rank | Player | Consecutive Grand Slams Played |
 1 | Roger Federer |  63+ |
 2 | Wayne Ferreira |  56 |
 3 | Stefan Edberg |  54 |
 4 | Feliciano Lopez |  54+ |
 5 | David Ferrer |  51+ |
 6 | Fernando Verdasco |  49+ |
 7 | Tomas Berdych |  48+ |
 8 | Fabrice Santoro |  46 |
 9 | Dominik Hrbaty |  44 |
 10 | Novak Djokovic |  43+ |
 11 | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez |  43+ |