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Wimbledon singles champions

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Wimbledon singles champions

Year	Men	Country	Women	Country
1982	Jimmy Connors	USA	Martina Navratilova	USA
1983	John McEnroe	USA	Martina Navratilova	USA
1984	John McEnroe	USA	Martina Navratilova	USA
1985	Boris Becker	W. Germany	Martina Navratilova	USA
1986	Boris Becker	W. Germany	Martina Navratilova	USA
1987	Pat Cash	Australia	Martina Navratilova	USA
1988	Stefan Edberg	Sweden	Steffi Graf	W. Germany
1989	Boris Becker	W. Germany	Steffi Graf	W. Germany
1990	Stefan Edberg	Sweden	Martina Navratilova	USA
1991	Michael Stich	Germany	Steffi Graf	Germany
1992	Andre Agassi	USA	Steffi Graf	Germany
1993	Pete Sampras	USA	Steffi Graf	Germany
1994	Pete Sampras	USA	Conchita Martinez	Spain
1995	Pete Sampras	USA	Steffi Graf	Germany
1996	Richard Krajicek	Netherlands	Steffi Graf	Germany
1997	Pete Sampras	USA	Martina Hingis	Switz
1998	Pete Sampras	USA	Jana Novotna	Czech
1999	Pete Sampras	USA	Lindsay Davenport	USA
2000	Pete Sampras	USA	Venus Williams	USA
2001	Goran Ivanisevic	Croatia	Venus Williams	USA
2002	Lleyton Hewitt	Australia	Serena Williams	USA
2003	Riger Federer	Switzerland	Serena Williams	USA

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