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Wimbledon History

The Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon have developed from the garden party atmosphere of the first meeting in 1877, witnessed by a few hundred spectators, to a highly professional tournament attracting an attendance of close to 500,000 people.

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which is responsible for staging the world's leading tennis tournament, is a private Club founded in 1868, with the only event in 1877 being won by Spencer Gore, an old Harrovian rackets player, from a field of 22.

By the turn of the century, Wimbledon had assumed an international character and in 1905, May Sutton of the United States became the first Champion from overseas when she won the Ladies' Singles.

She repeated her success in 1907, the year when Norman Brookes of Australia became the first Gentlemen's Singles champion from overseas.

Since that year, only two players from Great Britain, Arthur Gore and Fred Perry, have managed to win the Men's Singles (there have been five British Ladies' Champions since Wimbledon moved to Church Road - Kitty McKane Godfree, Dorothy Round, Angela Mortimer, Ann Jones and Virginia Wade).

Modern era

In recent years long-standing records have been broken. In 1980 Bjorn Borg of Sweden became the first player to win the Gentlemen's Singles five times in succession since the 1880s. In 1985 Boris Becker became the youngest player, the first unseeded player and the first German to win the Gentlemen's Singles.

In 1987 Martina Navratilova of the United States became the first player to win the Ladies' Singles six times in succession and in 1990 attained the all-time record of nine victories in the event. Pete Sampras of the United States registered his seventh win in 2000 and in 2001 Goran Ivanisevic became the first wildcard to win the Gentlemen's Singles.

Sampras dominated the men's side of Wimbledon in the '90s and after winning five of the last six titles Roger Federer is still looking to emulate that trend, despite having now lost lost his crown to arch rival Rafael Nadal.

2008 Wimbledon seeds

Below are the top 16 mens' and ladies' seeds for the 2008 Wimbledon Championship. Click through to see a player's betting odds, or visit their profile page on the ATPtennis or WTA Tour websites.

1. Mens' seeds
1. Roger Federer odds
2. Rafael Nadal odds
3. Novak Djokovic odds
4. Nikolay Davydenko odds
5. David Ferrer odds
6. Andy Roddick odds
7. David Nalbandian odds
8. Richard Gasquet odds
9. James Blake odds
10. Marcos Baghdatis odds
11. Tomas Berdych
12. Andy Murray odds
13. Stanislas Wawrinka
14. Paul-Henri Mathieu
15. Fernando Gonzalez odds
16. Radek Stepanek

1. Womans' seeds
1. Ana Ivanovic odds
2. Jelena Jankovic odds
3. Maria Sharapova odds
4. Svetlana Kuznetsova odds
5. Elena Dementieva odds
6. Serena Williams odds
7. Venus Williams odds
8. Anna Chakvetadze odds
9. Dinara Safina
10. Daniela Hantuchova
11. Marion Bartoli
12. Patty Schnyder
13. Vera Zvonareva
14. Agnieszka Radwanska
15. Agnes Szavay
16. Victoria Azarenka