Wimbledon, an outlier in the current women's game

Since 2016, when Serena won the last of her seven titles, Big W has not seen a two-time champion

- Rutvick Mehta

MUMBAI: From the 2023 season in Grand Slams played on hard and clay courts, the women's singles champion has had a familiar ring to it. With the exception of Madison Keys in this year's season-opening Slam, the Australian Open, French Open and US Open have been won by either Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek or Coco Gauff.

You'd have to be an extremely dedicated tennis follower to recall the two Wimbledon champions of the period. Difficult, right? So here they go—Barbora Krejcikova and Marketa Vondrousova.

In this rather steady phase of the women's game where three of its most prominent stars have dominated the majors, Wimbledon is an outlier. And it has been so for nearly a decade now.

Since 2016 when Serena Williams won the last of her seven titles on the greens of the All England Club, Wimbledon has not seen a two-time champion from the women's draw. It's the only Slam with this trend. The Australian Open has had two-time winners in Naomi Osaka and Sabalenka through the same period, French Open has had a four-time champion Swiatek, while Osaka is also a twice US Open champion.