Is Wimbledon 2019 the Year the Young Strike Back?

Jul 03, 2019, 11:17 AM

Subscribe


[protected-iframe id="d158106cb9364e00a90a5b0e46ebcc32-1359921-157112530" info="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/7e1sx/2/" width="640" height="540" frameborder="0" style="border: none;" scrolling="no"]

At age 32, Novak Djokovic is the second-oldest, top-seeded Wimbledon men's singles player since the Open Era began in 1968, when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to compete with amateurs. He trails only Roger Federer, who set the record last year at age 34.

[protected-iframe id="d158106cb9364e00a90a5b0e46ebcc32-1359921-157112530" info="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/7e1sx/2/" width="640" height="540" frameborder="0" style="border: none;" scrolling="no"] At age 32, Novak Djokovic is the second-oldest, top-seeded Wimbledon men's singles player since the Open Era began in 1968, when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to compete with amateurs. He trails only Roger Federer, who set the record last year at age 34.