Monday, 15 July 2024 12:00 PM BST
By the numbers: the gentlemen's singles final

On Sunday afternoon, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic to retain the gentlemen’s singles title.

Here are some of the key numbers from Centre Court. 

136

Alcaraz hit his fastest serve of the Fortnight  – which left his racket at 136mph (218.8kmh) – in the final. 

 

38

Djokovic intends to be back at Wimbledon next year when he will be 38 years old.

37

Djokovic has appeared in 37 Grand Slam finals and won 24 of them, which is more than any other man in history. 

 

21

At 21 years old, Alcaraz became the youngest man to win Roland-Garros and Wimbledon in the same season. 

 

15

Alcaraz is 15 years and 348 days younger than Djokovic. The only Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles final match-up with a bigger age gap was in 1974 when 21-year-old Jimmy Connors defeated 39-year-old Ken Rosewall. 

 

14

The length, in minutes, of the opening game of the match with Alcaraz breaking Djokovic. 

 

10

This was Djokovic’s 10th Wimbledon final. 

 

9

Alcaraz is the ninth man in the Open era to retain the Wimbledon title. 

6

Alcaraz is only the sixth man in history to win on the clay of Roland-Garros and the grass of the All England Club in the same season after Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Djokovic. 

 

4

Alcaraz has won the first four Grand Slam finals he has appeared in. He’s only the second man in the Open era to do so after Federer, who was victorious in his first seven Grand Slam finals. 

 

4

Only four men have won four Grand Slams when 21 or under: Alcaraz, Boris Becker, Borg and Mats Wilander. 

 

3

The champion became the third man in the Open era, after Borg and Becker, to win multiple Wimbledon titles when 21 or under. 

 

 

3

The number of championship points that Djokovic saved when Alcaraz was serving at 5-4 in the third set. But Alcaraz then finished it off in the tie-break. 

 

2

Two Spanish men have won multiple Wimbledon titles: Nadal and Alcaraz. 

 

2

This is the second year in a row that Alcaraz stopped Djokovic winning a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon title. 

 

1

For the first time, Alcaraz has won multiple Grand Slam titles in the same season.

1

In the last three years, Djokovic has only lost to one opponent in Grand Slam finals: Alcaraz. 

 

1

It was only a month ago that Djokovic, who at 37 had been attempting to become the oldest champion in Wimbledon’s history, had a knee operation. 

 

0.5

Djokovic felt as though he was half a step behind Alcaraz.