Talk:List of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles champions

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Why have the "not played" columns here and in Wimbledon champions (Ladies' Singles) been removed ? Jay 17:43, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Because I thought it would be obvious that if those dates were missing a person would realsied their were none. - fonzy

No, he'd think they've been missed out and go looking for them. Why assume things anyway. I reframe my question to : Whats the advantage in blanking out the "not played" information as opposed to keeping it ? Jay 07:40, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Well I suppose, I think adding a comment at the top would be better (takes up less memory). -fonzy

Done. Jay 11:55, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Link to Chris Lewis is to a cricket player not tennis player.

1 Missing tie-break scores...
2 Order of Table
3 Flags
4 Timeline
5 Seedings

[edit] Missing tie-break scores...

...in 1973 and 1995. Gdr 2005-07-01 16:49:50 (UTC)

There were no tie-break in 1973: 6-1 9-8 6-3 Avia

[edit] Order of Table

Maybe it'd be better to reverse the order of the table, i.e. most recent winners being first.. As in List of Wimbledon Doubles champions. I can do it myself, any objections? Dorinw 2005-07-03

I prefer that you please reverse the order of the table in List of Wimbledon Doubles champions, if you have time. Avia 6 July 2005 07:10 (UTC)

Most recent winners first would be more useful. Paulgush 16:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

The graphic is in error with Sweden only being attributed 2 titles when in fact they have 7, 5 from Borg and another 2 from Edberg. 67.184.176.21 15:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flags

Surely it's not correct to have the Irish winners (and runners-up) from the late 19th/early 20th century with the flag of the Republic of Ireland, when at the time it was still part of the UK?

I changed the South African flag to the pre-1994 flag by Kevin Curren's name, I hope that's ok. I don't know if there's a policy about flag use in Wikipedia, but I noticed since the Soviet flag was used for USSR players, then it only followed to use the old South African flag since the country went through such as sea-change in 1994. Bruxism 21:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Also why are the current German flags displayed next to Gottfried von Cramm's name, when the country he was representing at that time was not using that flag? The Nazi flag - red with white disc and black superimposed swastika - should be the one that is displayed, as that was what the official flag was at the time. There is in any case inconsistency given that the Nazi flag is displayed against his name on other pages, such as this page's equivalent for the French Open previous winners. Anyone think the flags should be changed? If so someone else will have to do it as I don't know how.