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The all-time greats have won 14 of the past 16 Wimbledon titles
Dominating? Yes. Unbeatable? Almost. Untouchable? Together, without a doubt. The Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been all of the above during most of their careers. At the moment, on the cusp of another Grand Slam championship they've dominated, the three combine for 53 Slam titles.

But the trio has been especially selfish with Slam trophies during the past three years and nowhere more so than at Wimbledon, which starts Monday.

Djokovic, Federer and Nadal have won every Grand Slam title since the 2017 Australian Open, when Federer beat Nadal in five sets to complete his fairytale comeback from knee surgery. Since 2003, the all-time greats have won 14 of the past 16 Wimbledon titles – Federer with eight, Djokovic four, and Nadal two. Andy Murray, their friend and former rival who will be competing in doubles this fortnight with France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert, nabbed the 2013 and 2016 editions.

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“If you ask me about Federer, Nadal, I am grateful to be part of the era with them, because I think they made me the player I am today,” Djokovic said. “The success that I had, especially on the Grand Slams, was also due to the need to improve and to get better to win against these guys.”

Djokovic is the top seed and defending champion at SW19. The Serbian finished runner-up at last year's Fever-Tree Championships (l. to Cilic), an ATP 500 event, but opted not to compete on grass before Wimbledon this year.

Big Three Slam Streaks

Consecutive Grand Slams Won

Time Period

18

2005 Roland Garros to 2009 Wimbledon

11

2010 Australian Open to 2012 Wimbledon

10

2017 Australian Open to 2019 Roland Garros

He had his own fairytale story by winning his 13th Slam at last year's Wimbledon. Djokovic hadn't won a tour-level title in 379 days – 2017 Eastbourne on 1 July – and hadn't hoisted a Slam trophy for 25 months. But as his son shouted, “Daddy! Daddy!” after Djokovic beat South African Kevin Anderson, the Serbian had another Grand Slam title to celebrate.

“I couldn't pick the better place, to be honest, in the tennis world to peak and to make a comeback,” Djokovic said.

Federer, who is the second seed at Wimbledon, has only kept rising after winning the 2017 Australian Open. The Swiss has won 14 tour-level titles since January 2017, including his eighth Wimbledon two years ago and his 100th title in February at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (d. Tsitsipas).

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But a record-extending ninth Wimbledon title evaded Federer last year. Anderson saved one match point and came back from two sets down in their quarter-final to pull off the upset.

Federer, however, started the Big Three's domination at the All-England Club in 2003, and perhaps it will be Federer who continues it on 14 July. The Swiss won his 10th NOVENTI OPEN title last week in Halle, the first time Federer has won a tournament more than nine times.

“I’m aware that usually when it went well for me here in Halle I’ve also had very successful Wimbledons,” Federer said. “This definitely sets it up nicely and next to winning, I also feel good physically.”

Federer's NOVENTI OPEN-Wimbledon Success

Year

Halle Result

Wimbledon Finish

2003

Champion

Champion

2004

Champion

Champion

2005

Champion

Champion

2006

Champion

Champion

2008

Champion

Finalist

2013

Champion

Second Round

2014

Champion

Finalist

2015

Champion

Finalist

2017

Champion

Champion

Nadal showed last year that he's more than capable of competing on grass, despite a limited schedule because of injuries. The two-time Wimbledon champion (2008, 2010) finished better than the fourth round for the first time since 2011 and pushed Djokovic better than anyone, falling 10-8 in the fifth set of their semi-final.

The 33-year-old, who is the third seed, will be armed with belief in London, having won his past 12 matches and his unprecedented 12th Roland Garros title earlier this month in Paris.

“As everybody knows, I love to play on grass. And as everybody knows, I am not able to play so many weeks in a row like I did 10 years ago, eight years ago. So I have to do my schedule,” said Nadal, who also did not play a tour-level grass-court event before Wimbledon. “I know I played a great event last year. I have been able to be very close to winning another title there... Honestly, the last two years that I played in Wimbledon, I felt close again.”

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This is the first time since 2012 at Wimbledon the Big Three are the Top 3 seeds and the fifth time (2008, 2010-11-12, 2019) overall.

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Steve Johnson vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
Marco Cecchinato vs [25] Alex De Minaur
[33] Jan-Lennard Struff vs Radu Albot
Taylor Fritz vs Tomas Berdych
Pablo Andujar vs Mikhail Kukushkin
Casper Ruud vs [9] John Isner
[17] Mateo Berrettini vs Aljaz Bedene
[LL] Brayden Schnur vs [WC] Marcos Baghdatis
[WC] Dominik Koepfer vs Filip Krajinovic
Matthew Ebden vs [24] Diego Schwartzman
[27] Lucas Pouille vs Richard Gasquet
Alexander Bublik vs [Q] Gregoire Barrere
[WC] Jay Clarke vs [Q] Noah Rubin
Lloyd Harris vs [2] Roger Federer

NCAA champ Paul Jubb is gaining valuable pro experience on home soil
It was nearly one month ago that Paul Jubb celebrated the greatest moment of his young career.

The 19-year-old became the first British player to win the NCAA singles title, making a statement on the U.S. college scene. As Jubb fired a forehand winner, he collapsed to the court in ecstasy. A rapturous applause greeted him from his University of South Carolina teammates and coaches.

Jubb defeated top seed Nuno Borges of Mississippi State to complete the fairytale run and thrust himself into the history books. It was the culmination of years of hard work and perseverance, both on and off the court.

Where many college players would welcome a summer of rest and relaxation after a long season, Jubb is wired differently. Within days of lifting the NCAA trophy, it was announced that he was given a wild card into the Surbiton Trophy, the first stop on the ATP Challenger Tour grass swing. Subsequent wild cards were awarded for Nottingham and Ilkley. With the opportunity to kick off his Challenger career and test his talents at the pro level, it was too good to pass up.

"It was a really good test for me, to play those Challengers," Jubb told ATPChallengerTour.com. "And it was important for me to go out there, compete really hard and see what I can do. It's been a good reality check and showed me that I'm on the same level as these guys."

Jubb

With one year of eligibility left, his college career might not be completed, but Jubb was ready to make his Challenger debut. After falling to countryman James Ward in Surbiton, he defeated former Top 100 stalwart Jurgen Zopp in Nottingham and went one step further in Ilkley, reaching the Round of 16.

"I learned a lot about my ability and what I can do. Just to trust in my game, because it is good enough to compete at this level. I'm just trying to rack up confidence at this level. It's all new to me, but I'm really happy with how it's going.

"My time at South Carolina prepared me for these moments. It was a very busy season and I was playing against good players throughout the whole year. It was my best year yet at USC. It did a lot for me, for these moments."

From taking the NCAA title to earning his first Challenger match wins, and then qualifying for his first ATP Tour main draw in Eastbourne, it has been a whirlwind month for the Hull native. He would stun Andrey Rublev to book his spot in the main draw at the Nature Valley International, securing his first Top 100 win in the process. And it's not over yet. Jubb will make his Grand Slam debut at the All England Club, after learning he was awarded a Wimbledon wild card. He will open against World No. 66 Joao Sousa on Tuesday.

“I’ve been really grateful for the chance to play in Ilkley, Nottingham and Surbiton over the past few weeks and now Wimbledon. As a young lad growing up in Hull it was a big dream to get to SW19 so thank you to the AELTC and LTA for giving me this opportunity.”

Jubb is hoping to follow in the footsteps of a long lineage of NCAA champions who have enjoyed success on the professional circuit. Bradley Klahn (2010), Steve Johnson (2011-12) and Mackenzie McDonald (2016) are all in the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings. And World No. 158 Marcos Giron (2014) qualified for Wimbledon on Thursday.

Jubb

Jubb's story is one of sheer perseverance and conquering the odds. Through unimaginable loss following the death of his parents, his disadvantaged background provided obstacles to overcome at an early age. Tragically, his father Shaun, a soldier, took his own life when Paul was one year old and his mother Jacinta also passed away when he was child. Today, he honours his parents with a tattoo of their names on his left torso.

Raised by his grandmother Valerie from the age of four, it was around that time that he first picked up a racquet. Jubb was an under-the-radar recruit by South Carolina head coach Josh Goffi and entered his freshman year with the Gamecocks without expectations. Two years later, he is the NCAA champion and will compete at the All England Club for the first time.

"Josh came to my hometown club in Hull and I told him if he gave me the same opportunity as all the other players, I'll be the best and rise to the top. Somehow it happened. I worked so hard to get to that point. The first time we spoke, we hit it off straight away. I've already spoke to Josh about next season, attacking it with the same mentality and being relentless. I want to not be satisfied with any of this but keep striving for more.

"What I like about tennis is that it's all on me. If I fail, it's on me. If I lose, I normally leave it all out there on the court, and I'm happy in knowing I gave all that I could. You have to be able to control your own mind because it can be so hard not to allow yourself to become negative in certain moments."

Jubb, whose mother was born in Kenya, says that fellow #NextGenATP star Frances Tiafoe has been a source of inspiration over the years. Tiafoe's parents emigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone. When Jubb first became aware of the American's story, it immediately gave him belief that he could thrive as a professional tennis player as well.

Jubb

The 19-year-old can also take inspiration from countryman and former NCAA standout Cameron Norrie, who took a similar path and rose to the top spot in the college rankings with Texas Christian University. Norrie has since risen to a career-high No. 41 in the ATP Rankings last month and reached his first ATP Tour final in Auckland in January.

"I just need to keep working hard, keep pushing myself and hopefully the results will come. It's all about bettering myself now. I've always had a level head and I'm not letting this get to me. I've got way more to go and I know that. I just have to stay focused and on track."


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Kort centralny – start o 14:
[1] Novak Djokovic vs Philipp Kohlschreiber
Yulia Putincewa vs [2] Naomi Osaka
[30] Kyle Edmund vs Jaume Munar

Kort 1 – start o 14:
[7] Simona Halep vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Jiri Vesely vs [6] Alexander Zverev
Venus Williams vs Cori Gauff

Kort 2 – start o 12:
[22] Stan Wawrinka vs Ruben Bemelmans
Lin Zhu vs [3] Karolina Pliskova
Thomas Fabbiano vs [7] Stefanos Tsitsipas
[14] Caroline Wozniacki vs Sara Sorribes Tormo

Kort 3 – start o 12:
[4] Kevin Anderson vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Magdalena Rybarikova vs [10] Aryna Sabalenka
Kristie Ahn vs [12] Anastasija Sevastova
Ugo Humbert vs [16] Gael Monfils

Kort 12 – start o 12:
Caty Mcnally vs Heather Watson
[19] Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Vasek Pospisil
Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs [15] Milos Raonic
Alize Cornet vs Victoria Azarenka

Kort 18 – start o 12:
[8] Elina Svitolina vs Daria Gawriłowa
[10] Karen Chaczanow vs Soonwoo Kwon
[11] Daniił Miedwiediew vs Paolo Lorenzi

Nie przed 19:
[28] Su Wei Hsieh vs Jelena Ostapienko

Kort 4 – start o 12:
Peter Gojowczyk vs [23] Roberto Bautista Agut
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs Monica Puig
Danielle Collins vs Zarina Diyas
Lorenzo Sonego vs Marcel Granollers

Kort 6 – start o 12:
Polona Hercog vs Viktoria Kuzmova
Mihaela Buzarnescu vs Jessica Pegula
Hubert Hurkacz vs [32] Dusan Lajovic
Roberto Carballes Baena vs Miomir Kecmanovic

Kort 7 – start o 12:
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe vs Reilly Opelka
Karolina Muchova vs Aleksandra Krunic
Andrea Arnaboldi vs Ivo Karlovic
Dalila Jakupovic vs Kirsten Flipkens

Kort 8 – start o 12:
Dajana Jastremska vs Camila Giorgi
Ernests Gulbis vs Leonardo Mayer
Pablo Carreño Busta vs Alexei Popyrin

Kort 9 – start o 12:
Marie Bouzkova vs Mona Barthel
Steve Darcis vs Mischa Zverev
Veronika Kudermetova vs Ysaline Bonaventure
Jeremy Chardy vs Martin Klizan

Kort 10 – start o 12:
Margarita Gasparyan vs Anna Lena Friedsam
Denis Kudla vs Malek Jaziri
Anastasia Potapova vs Jil Teichmann
Rebecca Peterson vs Yanina Wickmayer

Kort 11 – start o 12:
Marcos Giron vs Feliciano López
Iga Świątek vs Viktorija Golubic
Pablo Cuevas vs Damir Dzumhur

Kort 14 – start o 12:
[27] Sofia Kenin vs Astra Sharma
Shelby Rogers vs [20] Anett Kontaveit
Jozef Kovalik vs Robin Haase
[28] Benoit Paire vs Juan Ignacio Londero

Kort 15 – start o 12:
Janko Tipsarevic vs Yoshihito Nishioka
[16] Markéta Vondroušová vs Madison Brengle
Grigor Dimitrov vs Corentin Moutet

Nie przed 19:
Shuai Zhang vs [23] Caroline Garcia

Kort 16 – start o 12:
Bernarda Pera vs [31] Maria Sakkari
Andreas Seppi vs Nicolas Jarry
Kamil Majchrzak vs Fernando Verdasco
Ajla Tomljanovic vs [29] Daria Kasatkina

Kort 17 – start o 12:
[17] Madison Keys vs Luksika Kumkhum
[24] Petra Martic vs Jennifer Brady
Marius Copil vs [26] Guido Pella

Nie przed 18:30:
Bradley Klahn vs [21] David Goffin