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**Vomephems** · 06-26-2012, 05:36 PM

Naturally after I commented she appears to have woken up a bit. I just saw that she was down 4-1 and losing the first few points on her serve there still when I posted.

And to answer the question, I went ahead and looked since I was curious. I went through all of the open era women's Wimbledon winners, and there was one.... Graf in 1994 was the defending champ and lost in the first round.

For the Men's side, Hewitt actually lost as defending champ in the first round in 2003.

(Note, I was looking only at Wimbledon here)

Hingis lost in the first round a few years later but at that point she was not the defending champion. However, both Graf and Hingis were #1 seeds when they lost in the opening round and that was also some sort of record.

06-26-2012, 05:36 PM	#25
Vomephems Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 727 Senior Member	Naturally after I commented she appears to have woken up a bit. I just saw that she was down 4-1 and losing the first few points on her serve there still when I posted. And to answer the question, I went ahead and looked since I was curious. I went through all of the open era women's Wimbledon winners, and there was one.... Graf in 1994 was the defending champ and lost in the first round. For the Men's side, Hewitt actually lost as defending champ in the first round in 2003. (Note, I was looking only at Wimbledon here) Hingis lost in the first round a few years later but at that point she was not the defending champion. However, both Graf and Hingis were #1 seeds when they lost in the opening round and that was also some sort of record.
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