The best moments from The Championships, Wimbledon 2025
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A fortnight of show-stopping, world-class tennis in the British capital has come to an end as we wave goodbye to The Championships, Wimbledon for another year.
It’s been a tournament to remember, with Brits clinching Grand Slam wins, blockbuster clashes and maiden Grand Slam titles, we’re here to take one final look at the action from SW19.
From our favourite photo, to the best of social media and storyline of the tournament, we break down all of the best bits from this year’s Championships at Wimbledon.
Photo of the tournament
Sonay Kartal broke new ground this fortnight as she booked a spot in the fourth round at a major for the first time in her career.
The 23-year-old from Brighton made a strong start to her campaign - knocking out 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the opening round before beating Viktoriya Tomova and Diane Parry to set up a fourth round clash against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Here's the moment Kartal secured a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Parry in front of her home crowd on No.1 Court.
Moment of the tournament
We've become well accustomed to watching British doubles stars reign supreme at the All England Club in recent years, but the 2025 men's doubles final was just that little bit more special.
Dominant duo Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool made history by becoming the first all-British doubles pair to win the men's doubles title at SW19 since 1936.
The pair beat the unseeded duo of Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2, 7-6(3) in front of a packed Centre Court. Watch back the moment where they clinched their maiden Grand Slam title on one of the world's most prestigeous courts.
Stat of the tournament
It was a tournament full of shock upsets and early exits for some of the tournament’s strongest contenders.
By the end of the first round, 23 of the 64 seeded players had been eliminated across the first two days of the tournament - 13 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s - typing the most at any Grand Slam since the seeding was introduced in 2001.
Amongst the players that suffered first round exits was world No.3 Alexander Zverev, last year’s semi-finalist Lorenzo Mussetti, Holger Rune, Daniil Medvedev, reigning Roland Garros champion Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Zheng Qinwen and ninth seed Paula Badosa, who was knocked out by Britain’s Katie Boulter.
Storyline of the tournament
From receiving a wild card into qualifying to clinching his maiden Grand Slam win and getting the opportunity to play against the two-time defending champion on Centre Court - it’s been a fortnight of ‘pinch me’ moments for Britain’s Oliver Tarvet.
The 21-year-old - who is currently studying at the University of San Diego and is supported by the LTA’s NCAA Support Programme - returned to home soil after receiving a wild card to qualifying.
Despite being relatively inexperienced on the grass, Target went on to book his spot in the main draw where he marked his first Grand Slam victory over fellow qualifier Leandro Riedi to set up a dream clash with Alcaraz.
Play of the tournament
There were plenty of contenders for play of the tournament. From dropshots, to lobs, to passing winners and more we really did see it all - but this gruelling 26-shot rally between Mirra Andreeva and Emma Navarro in the forehand was just too good not to share.
While there wasn’t a fairytale ending for the world No.733 who eventually lost out to the five-time Grand Slam champion 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, it was an experience he’ll carry with him through the rest of his career.
Quote of the tournament
Emma Raducanu’s blockbuster third round match-up against world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka lived up to expectations and proved to be one of the matches of the tournament.
Raducanu pushed the top seed to her limits but despite coming out on the losing side of a 7-6(6), 6-4 battle, the former US Open champion looked back to her best and proved she has the game to challenge the best players in the world.
She played such incredible tennis, and she pushed me so hard to get this win - I fought for every point like crazy. I’m happy to see her healthy, back on track and soon she will be back in the top 10.
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This year’s tournament kick-started by the Brits making history at SW19. It was a record-breaking first day of the tournament, with seven players sealing first round wins - the most successful day for British tennis players in the Open Era.
Amongst those who etched their name into history were Raducanu, Boulter, Kartal, Cam Norrie, Billy Harris, Arthur Fery and qualifier Tarvet.
But the history-making didn't stop there - Norrie went on to become the fourth man in the Open Era to reach the quarter-finals on multiple occasions at Wimbledon, joining an elite club consisting of Roger Taylor, Tim Henman and Andy Murray.
Best of social
Britain's Kartal wanted to honour her career-best run at Wimbledon in a very special way - by marking the occassion with a new tattoo.
The 23-year-old called out to the nation for inspriation for her new artwork - a strawberry might have been the obvious choice, by Kartal opted for a something a little different that would remind her of the moment she stepped out onto Wimbledon's Centre Court for the first time in her career.
We joined the Brighton-native at her local parlour to chat all about her run at SW19 and the inspiration behind the new tattoo.
What’s next
The grass court season maybe over but that doesn’t mean tennis is. The WTA and ATP tours will now move on to America for the hard court season, which is packed with combined WTA/ATP 1000 events, the final Grand Slam of the season and more.
Find out what other events are taking place this year below:
