As The Championships, Wimbledon 2022 drew to a close on Sunday afternoon, the final Champion of this year’s tournament was crowned.
Wimbledon is a unique and extraordinary event that captures the interest and hearts of people all over the world, from those with an immense tennis interest to those simply wanting to experience the atmosphere of one of the most prestigious tournaments in the global sporting calendar.
The gloriously hot sunny days were met with a sprinkling of British downpours in the first week of The Championships – but it wouldn’t be Wimbledon without! The blue sky provided the perfect backdrop for the players who took centre stage in their bid to become a Wimbledon champion.
As always there was drama, excitement, tension, celebration, frustration and 101 other emotions in between. As such a key tennis event for every player at every level, even previous Grand Slam Champions, nerves are never not on the cards at Wimbledon.
We were delighted to be able to watch some familiar faces return to SW19, with the likes of Emma Raducanu, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep, Cam Norrie, Coco Gauff and Serena Williams to name a few. And it was great to see the later stages feature some newer names including Elena Rybakina, Tatjana Maria, Taylor Fritz and Harmony Tan.
Let’s take a look at the complete list of champions…
The Championships 2022 honour roll:
Gentlemen’s Singles Champion: Novak Djokovic
Ladies’ Singles Champion: Elena Rybakina
Gentlemen’s Doubles Champions: Matthew Ebden & Max Purcell
Ladies’ Doubles Champions: Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova
Mixed Doubles Champions: Neal Skupski & Desirae Krawczyk
Gentlemen’s Wheelchair Singles Champion: Shingo Kunieda
Gentlemen’s Wheelchair Doubles Champions: Gustavo Fernandez & Shingo Kunieda
Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Champion: Diede De Groot
Ladies’ Wheelchair Doubles Champions: Yui Kamiji & Dana Mathewson
Quad Wheelchair Singles Champion: Sam Schroder
Quad Wheelchair Doubles Champions: Sam Schroder & Niels Vink
Boys’ Singles Champion: Mili Poljicak
Boys’ Doubles Champions: Sebastian Gorzny & Alex Michelsen
Girls’ Singles Champion: Liv Hovde
Girls’ Doubles Champions: Rose Marie Nijkamp & Angella Okutoyi
Let’s take a closer look at what went down in the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Finals…
The Gentlemen’s Singles round up
The final Sunday of Wimbledon witnessed heated, action-packed, highly competitive tennis and what a final it was. With Rafael Nadal withdrawing from the semi-final against Nick Kyrgios due to injury, handing the Australian a Walkover into the final, it was Novak Djokovic that would be Kyrgios’s final barrier to taking home the Challenge Cup.
Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic walked onto Centre Court not knowing what would be in store for the next couple of hours, but what was guaranteed was an epic battle and strong rivalry between the two athletes.
The Australian world No.40 has had quite the Wimbledon experience. If you know Kyrgios and have followed his journey at Wimbledon this year, you will know that he is not afraid to share his thoughts and feelings about a situation or decision in a match. The final of one of the biggest tournaments in the world was going to be no exception.
Djokovic took his time to get into the flow of the match and appeared to be struggling against Kyrgios who was showing dominance and power against the six-time Wimbledon champion in the first set. However, once Kyrgios claimed the first set, Djokovic ramped up his fight and showed the crowd just how much he wanted that 7th Wimbledon title to his name.
With some big and beautifully accurate shots, Novak was able to take hold of the second set, levelling out the game with the Aussie. And Novak was not going to stop there. After a close and pretty equal third and fourth set, a tiebreak was on for The Championship. Djokovic dominated and could finally celebrate after winning his Championship point. The 7th time Wimbledon Champion knelt to the ground to taste the grass and celebrated with his team.
What a fight that was!
The Ladies’ Singles round up
Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina went head-to-head on what is arguably the most coveted and hallowed tennis court in the world: Centre Court. Stepping out in front of 15,000 spectators in the crowd for the final of the 2022 ladies’ singles final, Tunisian born and World No.2 Ons Jabeur was the crowd favourite. It was both players’ first Grand Slam final, which made it all the more exciting for fans.
It wasn’t until after Jabeur had taken the first set that Rybakina started to look more confident and found her rhythm; the world No.23 seed was becoming more and more comfortable in her surroundings, securing crucial games to take her in front of her opponent in the third set where it stood at one set all. Producing strong and powerful shots and some dominant aces, Rybakina took the set and won the Championship point!
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