Legends of Wimbledon, world's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament
The Wimbledon Championships have kicked off in Britain Monday
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Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. In 1877 it was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The Gentlemen's Singles was the only event held
© AP Photo No British managed to win the Gentlemen's Singles from 1936 when Fred Perry did it, to 2013 when Andy Murray again won the title for Great Britain
© AP Photo Fred Perry was world No. 1 in tennis in 1934-1936. He won the Wimbledon gentlemen's singles three times in a row
© AP Photo/Staff/Putnam King George V (left) and Fred Perry (right) in 1934. The King attended the tournament in 1926, when Prince Albert - future king George VI - was to compete. Though he lost his match, he remains the only member of the Royal family to play at Wimbledon
© AP Photo/Staff/Putnam After losing her first Wimbledon final in 1924, American Helen Wills won the tournament eight times
© AP Photo Princess Diana was a passionate tennis supporter. She was friendly with Steffi Graf, who is said to have been giving tennis lessons to Prince William and Prince Harry
© AP Photo/Bob Dear Bjorn Borg is a Swedish tennis player who won his Wimbledon title at 20 and then repeated the success four more times
© AP Photo/Bob Dear John McEnroe is a US tennis player who won Wibledon thrice. McEnroe is known for his shot-making artistry and confrontational on-court behavior
© AP Photo/Bob Dear Germany's Boris Becker became the youngest (17 years old) player to win Wimbledon in 1985.
© AP Photo/Bob Dear Czech and US player Martina Navratilova is the winner of most Ladies' Singles titles (9) including six of them consecutively (1982-1987)
© AP Photo/Dave Caulkin Ivan Lendl is a Czech and US player. Of all the Grand Slam tournaments, the one he couldn't win was Wimbledon, though he played in the final twice
© AP Photo/Joe Schaber Germany's Steffi Graf won seven Wimbledon titles
© Press Association via AP Images Pete Sampras and Roger Federer together hold the record of most Gentlemen's Singles titles (seven)
© AP Photo/Chris Carlson