The three-peat is one of the toughest achievements in sports, regardless of the level of parity in a given sport or league. Parity and tennis don’t always go hand-in-hand, but winning the same tournament in three consecutive years is still monumentally difficult.
At only 22, Carlos Alcaraz has a chance to etch his name in history with a three-peat of his own.
The young superstar survived a challenge from Taylor Fritz in the semifinals on Friday to reach the final, where he will face Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon titles in 2023 and 2024, and another win over Sinner — who suffered a blown lead in the French Open final against Alcaraz in June — would further accelerate Alcaraz’s ascent to worldwide fame.
The Sporting News takes a look at three-peats in Wimbledon history from the Open Era.
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Men’s three-peats in Wimbledon history
There have been five men’s Wimbledon three-peats in the Open Era, with the most recent belonging to Novak Djokovic between 2018 and 2022.
Here’s the complete list.
| Player | Consecutive wins | Years |
| Bjorn Borg | 5 | 1976-1980 |
| Pete Sampras | 3 | 1993-1995 |
| Pete Sampras | 4 | 1997-2000 |
| Roger Federer | 5 | 2003-2007 |
| Novak Djokovic | 4 | 2018-2022 |
Only Pete Sampras has recorded multiple three-peats in Wimbledon history on either the men’s or women’s side. Sampras’ run was interrupted only by Richard Krajicek, who defeated the three-time reigning champion in the 1996 quarterfinals before going on to win the tournament.
Sampras and Djokovic are joined by Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer with Wimbledon three-peats.
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Women’s three-peats in Wimbledon history
There have only been two women’s Wimbledon three-peats in the Open Era, the most recent of which was Steffi Graf’s run of three consecutive titles from 1991-1993.
| Player | Consecutive wins | Years |
| Martina Navratilova | 6 | 1982-1987 |
| Steffi Graf | 3 | 1991-1993 |
Women’s tennis matches at Wimbledon and all other Grand Slam events only top out at three sets, so there is typically some more variation among the winners. That’s one reason why Graf and Martina Navratilova stand as the only two women in the Open Era to win Wimbledon at least three consecutive times.
2025 marks Wimbledon’s ninth women’s singles champion in the last nine tournaments, so it could take some time for another three-peat to take hold.
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When was the last three-peat at Wimbledon?
Novak Djokovic’s streak of four consecutive wins, ending in 2022, represents the most recent Wimbledon three-peat.
Novak Djokovic, 2018-2022
You don’t have to look far to find the last men’s three-peat at Wimbledon. Djokovic rattled off four consecutive wins from 2018 through 2022, interrupted only by the 2020 cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the cancellation prevented Djokovic from potentially winning in five consecutive years, his run of four consecutive tournament wins stands as the most three-peat.
Djokovic defeated a different opponent in the final each year, beating out Kevin Anderson, Roger Federer, Matteo Berrettini and Nick Kyrgios. All except Anderson were able to win at least one set against Djokovic, but Federer unsurprisingly gave Djokovic the toughest challenge, taking the Serbian star to a decisive fifth set in a thriller. Djokovic’s run was ended by Alcaraz, then just 20 years old, in 2023.
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Steffi Graf, 1991-1993
No woman has three-peated at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf won three consecutive titles from 1991-1993. A seven-time champion overall, Graf won back-to-back titles in 1988 and 1989 but saw her chase for a three-peat interrupted by Navratilova in 1990, when the pair met in the final for the fourth consecutive year. Navratilova’s final win was all that stood between Graf and six consecutive Wimbledon wins, as the German superstar went on to win in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Graf also won in 1995 and 1996.
Notably, the Williams sister have two combined four-peats to their name — but neither Serena or Venus ever won in three consecutive years.
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Who has won the most consecutive Wimbledon titles in the Open Era?
Since the Open Era began, Martina Navratilova’s six consecutive Wimbledon titles are still the record for the longest streak. Here are more details on the men’s and women’s record holders.
Bjorn Borg, 1976-1980 and Roger Federer, 2003-2007
No man has won Wimbledon in the Open Era more than five consecutive times, but it’s been done twice: once by Bjorn Borg, and once by Roger Federer.
Bjorg rattled off five straight between 1976 and 1980, and those would be all of his career Wimbledon titles. The Swedish star defeated Ilie Nastase at age 20 for his first Wimbledon victory, and he produced four wins over Americans in the final over the next four years — including back-to-back wins over Jimmy Connors. The streak ended in 1981, when John McEnroe came back to defeat Borg in the final.
It wasn’t until 2007 that Federer matched Borg with his fifth consecutive win. Federer’s first Wimbledon win came at age 21, when he defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, and he defeated either Andy Roddick or Rafael Nadal in the following four years to keep the streak alive. The streak ended in 2008, when Nadal got the better of Federer in the final.
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Martina Navratilova, 1982-1987
Navratilova won six consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1982-1987, and her streak remains unmatched in the Open Era. Navratilova already had two Wimbledon wins under her belt when she started her streak in 1982, defeating Chris Evert for the third time in the Wimbledon final, and her run of dominance in the 1980s would include two more victories over Evert in the final.
Navratilova’s streak was ended by Graf in the 1988 Wimbledon final, though she would claim her ninth and final Wimbledon title in 1990 to put a bow on a historic career in the tournament.
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