Tournament Begins
The 1995 Wimbledon Championships commenced on June 26, 1995, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, with Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf as the top seeds in the men's and women's singles draws, respectively.
The 1995 Wimbledon Championships was the 109th edition of the tournament, held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. Pete Sampras won the men's singles title, defeating Boris Becker in the final, while Steffi Graf claimed the women's singles title by beating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. The tournament was also marked by the infamous Jeff Tarango walk-off incident.
The 1995 Wimbledon Championships commenced on June 26, 1995, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, with Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf as the top seeds in the men's and women's singles draws, respectively.
American player Jeff Tarango stormed off Court 14 and defaulted his third-round match against Germany's Alexander Mronz after a heated dispute with umpire Bruno Rebeuh over a line call. Tarango's wife, Benedicte, allegedly slapped the umpire afterward, making the incident one of the most controversial moments in Wimbledon history.
Pete Sampras and Boris Becker both won their quarterfinal matches to set up a path toward a showdown in the final, with Sampras continuing his dominant grass-court form and Becker thrilling the Centre Court crowd with his powerful serve-and-volley game.
Steffi Graf and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won their respective semifinal matches to set up a rematch of the previous year's final, with Graf defeating Gabriela Sabatini and Sánchez Vicario overcoming Anke Huber.
Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 in a hard-fought women's singles final to claim her sixth Wimbledon title and 20th Grand Slam singles title overall.
Pete Sampras defeated Boris Becker 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in the men's singles final to win his third consecutive Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam singles title, reaffirming his dominance on grass.
The Australian duo of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, known as 'The Woodies,' won the men's doubles title, defeating Rick Leach and Scott Melville in the final to continue their reign as one of the era's premier doubles teams.