All players who have won Wimbledon more than once: Will Carlos Alcaraz join them?

Wimbledon 2024 will begin on July 1, completing the grass-court season before the world's best players return to clay to prepare for the Paris Olympics. Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion after winning his second Grand Slam title against Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.

Considered by many as the most prestigious tournament in the world, the most important rackets of the circuit meet for two weeks to lift the title in SW19. Tennis legends have marked the history of the competition, but only a few are those who have managed to triumph on more than one occasion. In this article we will review those men who have left their mark on London soil.

The history of tennis is divided into two stages, the Amateur Era, which goes from the beginning of the sport, if we talk about Wimbledon for example it would be in 1877, the first edition there was, until 1968, and the Open Era, from that same year onwards, until today. In total there are 30 players who have won the trophy several times, 20 in the Amateur Era and 12 in the Open Era, since two of them did it in both eras.

Players with most Wimbledon titles (Amateur Era):.

William Renshaw x7 (1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1889)

Laurence Doherty x5 (1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906)

Reginald Doherty x4 (1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900)

Anthony Wilding x4 (1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913)

Wilfred Baddeley x3 (1891, 1892 and 1895)

Arthur Gore x3 (1901, 1908 and 1909)

Bill Tilden x3 (1920, 1921 and 1930)

Fred Perry x3 (1934, 1935 and 1936)

Rod Laver* x2 (1961 and 1962)

John Hartley x2 (1879 and 1880)

Joshua Pim x2 (1893 and 1894)

Norman Brookes x2 (1907 and 1914)

Gerald Patterson x2 (1919 and 1922)

Jean Borotra x2 (1924 and 1926)

René Lacoste x2 (1925 and 1928)

Henri Cochet x2 (1927 and 1929)

Don Budge x2 (1937 and 1938)

Lew Hoad x2 (1956 and 1957)

Roy Emerson x2 (1964 and 1965)

Players with most Wimbledon titles (Open Era):.

Roger Federer x8 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2017).

Pete Sampras x7 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000)

Novak Djokovic x7 (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022)

Björn Borg x5 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980)

John McEnroe x3 (1981, 1983 and 1984)

Boris Becker x3 (1985, 1986 and 1989)

Rod Laver* x2 (1968 and 1969)

John Newcombe** x2 (1970 and 1971)

Jimmy Connors x2 (1974 and 1982)

Stefan Edberg x2 (1988 and 1990)

Rafael Nadal x2 (2008 and 2010)

Andy Murray x2 (2013 and 2016)

* Rod Laver won Wimbledon 4 times, twice in the Amateur Era and twice in the Open Era.

** John Newcombe won Wimbledon 3 times, twice in the Open Era and in 1967, belonging to the Amateur Era.

Carlos Alcaraz is facing a great opportunity to join all these legendary names at only 21 years old. It could also be the first Grand Slam where he writes his name on the list of winners for the second time, as the three he has won so far have been different. With Nadal and Djokovic absent, the Murcian will have to face Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev, especially, although none of them has ever won in London, while Alcaraz did it last year with the final against Novak Djokovic, a specialist on grass and 7 times champion of the tournament.