’17-day difference in birthdays’… Wimbledon tennis women’s singles final clash

2024-07-13 16:51:19

7th Paolini – 32nd Krejcikova
At Wimbledon, ‘within 17 days’ for the first time in 47 years
2nd place overall in major tournaments

Italy’s Jasmine Paolini smiles after winning the women’s singles semifinals at the Wimbledon tennis tournament on the 12th. Paolini, who reached her first major final and finished runner-up at the French Open this year, has reached the final of a major tournament for the second time in a row. London=AP Newsis

Jasmine Paolini (Italy, world ranking 7th), who were born 17 days apart, and Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic, ranked 32nd), will face off in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon.

Paolini, born on January 4, 1996, defeated Donna Vekic (28, Croatia, ranked 37th) 2-1 (2-6, 6-5, 7-6) in the women’s singles semifinals of the tournament that ended on the 12th to advance to the final. The match took 2 hours and 51 minutes, the longest in the history of Wimbledon women’s singles semifinals. Then, Krejchikova, born on December 18, 1995, defeated 2022 champion Yelena Rybakina (25, Kazakhstan, ranked 4th) in a comeback 2-1 (3-6, 6-3, 6-4), completing the final matchup on the 14th. Both players have advanced to the Wimbledon women’s singles final for the first time.

Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova celebrates after reaching her first Wimbledon women’s singles final on the 12th. Krejcikova is a doubles specialist and has won the Wimbledon women’s doubles title twice (2018, 2022). London=AP Newsis

It is the first time since 1977 that two players with a 17-day age difference will face each other in the Wimbledon women’s singles final. At that time, Virginia Wade (UK) won the title by defeating Betty Stöve (Netherlands, both 79), who was born 16 days earlier. The 16-day age difference is also the record for women’s singles in the four major tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) since professional players were allowed to participate in 1968. And this tournament is the second-best record not only in Wimbledon but also in the major tournaments overall.

The record for a Wimbledon men’s singles final is 1994, when Pete Sampras (USA) defeated Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia, both 53), who was born 32 days later than him. In the remaining major tournaments, Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 3rd) and Andy Murray (Great Britain, both 37), who was born a week (7 days) earlier, faced each other in the finals a total of six times, recording 5 wins and 1 loss.

Reporter Hwang Gyu-in [email protected]

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2024-07-13 16:51:19