Wimbledon Record Breakers (2005)

Wimbledon - The Record Breakers is a powerful, revealing account of some of the most important records to have been achieved at The Wimbledon Championships in the modern era.

In 1985 Boris Becker shocked the world by winning the Men's Singles Final at the age of 17. Becker recalls his magical journey to become the youngest men's champion, the first German and the first unseeded player to win the Men's Singles title.With nine Ladies Singles titles to her name, the naturalized American Martina Navratilova is the most successful woman to have played at Wimbeldon. From her first singles success in 1978 to her last in 1990, Martina recalls her path to record breaking glory. In 1979 Navratilova helped Billie Jean King to achieve a record twenty titles with their success in the Ladies Doubles Final, a feat which Martina herself has now equalled. Navratilova's namesake Martina Hingis from Switzerland became the youngest champion to win the Ladies Doubles title in 1996. Hingis remembers what it was like to achieve that feat and to go on to win the Ladies Singles crown the following year.

With a record seven Men's Singles titles, Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest men's Wimbledon champion of all time. He remembers his first victory against fellow American Jim Courier in 1993 and other classic finals against Boris Becker, his compatriot Andre Agassi and the Croatian Goran Ivanisevic and recalls his record-breaking seventh title victory against the Australian Pat Rafter in 2000. The Swiss sensation Roger Federer is the defending Wimbledon Champion and regarded by many as the heir to Pete Sampras' Wimbledon throne. Federer recalls his dramatic triumph over the seven-time champion in 2001.

Narrated by Geoffrey Palmer and written by Andrew Longmore, Wimbledon - The Record Breakers is a fascinating insight into the minds of some of Wimbledon's greatest champions as they recall their most famous record-breaking triumphs on the hallowed turf of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

A review of the greats of tennis

This is an interesting review of some of the greatest tennis players who played at Wimbledon and who compiled great records. I would like more tennis and less talking. January 10, 2007

Wimbledon rocks

A good DVD for tennis buffs. Really about Becker, Navratilova and Sampras. It tells their Wimbledon stories, from beginnings to ends. It tells about their main rivalries, but the only interviews are from those 3 people. It would be nice to have Edberg talk about Boris, to have Chris Evert talk about Martina, and to have Agassi or anyone talk about Sampras. Bud Collins is a person that people either love or hate, but all respect his tennis knowledge, but he isn't on here either. Hard too to omit McEnroe, but this DVD does it. It tries to make a succession pathway from Navratilova to Hingis, but we know that didn't come about. The Navratilova bit is maybe 20 minutes, while the Hingis bit is about 2. Likewise, there was a great succession bit--mainly in interviews with Becker--about the King of Wimbledon going from Becker to Sampras and then to Federrer. At the end is a short piece on Federrer, akin to that of Hingis. Again, would like more interviews!!! October 7, 2005

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