According to the Wimbledon website (refer to the link, below), as of June 4, 2009, a number of men and women tennis players have won the Wimbledon singles championships exactly three times, as listed, below, in reverse date order (i.e., latest first): Ladies 3-time Wimbledon champions: * M.E.A. Bueno * M.C. Connolly * H.N. Wills * D.K. Douglass * C.R. Cooper
Mens 3-time Wimbledon champions: * B.F. Becker * J.P. McEnroe * J.D. Newcombe * F.J. Perry * W.T. Tilden * A.W. Gore * W. Baddeley
According to the Wimbledon website (refer to the link, below), the following players won Wimbledon at least three times as of August, 2010 (the number preceding the players name(s) indicates the number of wins; names are as they appear on the trophy; in the event that a woman won both single and married, her maiden/single name was used):
WOMEN9: M. Navratilova
8: H.N. Wills
7: S.M. Graf
6: B.J. Moffitt, S.R.F. Lenglen, B. Bingley
5: C.R. Cooper, V.E.S. Williams, C. Dod
4: D.K. Douglas, A.L. Brough, S. Williams
3: C.M. Evert, M.C. Connolly, D.K. Douglass, M. Smith, M.E.A. Bueno
(NOTE: M. Smith more widely known by married name, M. Court)
MEN7: P. Sampras, W.C. Renshaw5: B.R. Borg, H.L. Doherty, R. Federer
4: R.G. Laver, R.F. Doherty, A.F. Wilding
3: W.T. Tilden, B.F. Becker, A.W. Gore, J.D. Newcombe, J.P. McEnroe, W. Baddeley, F.J. Perry
If you're speaking of singles titles, Martina Navratilova won 9 times at Wimbledon.
William Renshaw won 7 Wimbledon singles titles and 5 Wimbledon doubles titles.
In singles, he won three times (1981, 1983, 1984) In doubles, he won five times (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1992)
Billie Jean King won a record 20 career titles at Wimbledon - 6 singles, 10 women's doubles, and 4 mixed doubles. (Martina Navratilova also has 20 career titles at Wimbledon.)
Sampras won the Wimbledon men's singles title 7 times; Federer has won it 6 times.
Venus Williams has won 5 Wimbledon singles titles: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
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Steffi Graf won the ladies' Wimbledon singles title 7 times.
Maria Bueno. She one in 1959, 1960 & 1964.
Overall, it is Martina Navratilova, with a total of 9 Wimbledon singles titles. In men's, it is a tie between Roger Federer from Switzerland, Pete Sampras from the US, and William Renshaw from Great Britain, all with 7 titles
As of the 2010 Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal has played in 9 Wimbledon Men's Singles tournaments. His first time came back in 2002.
She won Woman's Singles seven times (1923,24,25,27,28,29,31) and Doubles four times (1922,24,25,28). So, three in a row, twice.