With another Wimbledon championships coming to a close, tennis fans around the world have a slightly empty feeling, writes Ramy James Salameh. It’s a feeling that’s similar to finishing a good book and waiting for the next page-turner to arrive, especially that first Monday morning after the weekend climax of the finals.
One thing to help fill the void though, is the continued communications from The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club that drops into your inbox and dissects the championship by numbers. As a tennis fan and player, it is not the amount of strawberries and cream sold that peaks my attention, but the stats related to the on-court action.
The glitter and sequins could have barely been swept up after the Wimbledon Champion’s Ball and the club’s data boffins have already crunched the numbers and given an interesting data-set from the fortnights’ action. Just take a look at this…
Wimbledon 2025 in numbers
- 2,037km: Distance run by players (excluding doubles matches)
- 746: Matches played during the fortnight
- 280: Ball boys and ball girls
- 5hr 4mins: Longest match
- 6,365: Number of aces
- 25: Most aces by a wheelchair player
- 1,250: Hours of tennis played
- 102mph: Fastest serve in the wheelchair competition
- 153mph: Fastest serve on record
- 5,055m: Most distance covered by a wheelchair player
Over two weeks of (at times) blistering sunshine, tasty strawberries and high-stakes drama, 526,455 fans filed through the iconic gates at SW19 – an all-time attendance record for The Championships, as was the player prize money coming in at a cool £53.5 million. With a record-breaking 69.3 million online views on BBC platforms, the Championships confirmed what tennis fans already knew, that there really is no other tennis grand slam like Wimbledon.
Another aspect of the All England Tennis Club is its willingness to embrace change and make sure that Wimbledon is the undisputed champion of tennis slams. For the first time, no human line judges called balls in or out; AI-powered officiating took over, quietly revolutionising Centre Court. Even the finals succumbed to the heat with a 4pm start time.
On an epic finals weekend, Jannik Sinner became the first Italian to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title, defeating reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz. In the women’s final on Saturday, Iga Świątek became the first ever Polish champion and delivered something Wimbledon hadn’t seen since 1911 – a double bagel – with her 6-0, 6-0 demolition of American player Amanda Anisimova.
With 746 matches now consigned to the record books, this was a championships where a changing of the guard felt less symbolic and more complete, both on and off the court. Roll on 2026.
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