50 iconic images of Wimbledon champions through the years
Wimbledon is as much about nostalgia and tradition as it is the tennis, so we dug into the Colorsport archives
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As another summer rolls around, so too do The Championships at Wimbledon's All England Lawn Tennis Club.
It is a fortnight of strawberries and cream, Pimm's, brilliant green courts and blistering tennis.
But, more than that, it is a home of tradition and nostalgia. Wandering through the outside courts, catching a glimpse of an up-and-comer or some veteran mixed doubles, it is impossible not to remember the many greats who have taken to these courts.
And so we asked our friends at Colorsport to delve into their archives and turn up some pictures of the best, of Wimbledon's champions, from Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova through Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and even Britain's own Andy Murray.
Step into our time machine and trigger some memories of summers past:
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