First to 3 sets or best of 5, (if you win in straight sets you win 3-0)
The women's final plays 3 sets, so the winner of 2 out of 3 sets is declared the winner of the women's division of Wimbledon. The men's final plays 5 sets, so the winner of 3 out of 5 sets is declared the winner of the men's division of Wimbledon.
The Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Champion in 1995 was Steffi Graf of Germany. She defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in three sets to win the title.
Best of five for mens and three sets for women. In the third and fifth sets a player has to win by two games to win the match that's why a match at Wimbledon went to 64-62.
The men's Wimbledon 2008 final match went to 5 sets. Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7.
Women play the first to win 2 out of a total of 3 sets. Men usually play the first to reach 3 out of a total of 5 sets; but in many tournaments now, they simply play as the women - the first to reach 2 sets out of 3.
Men's singles matches at Wimbledon are best-of-five sets so if Federer wins the first three sets against Hewitt, then he's won the match and they're done.
In 2007, Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in five sets to win the Gentleman's Singles title at Wimbledon.
Conchita Martinez beat Navratilova in 3 sets
The Scot, Andrew Murray (British) in 3 straight sets.
Andre Agassi defeated Goran Ivanisevic in 5 sets
He lost Wimbledon to Andy roddick in five sets