American tennis is in the midst of a men’s major title drought, as players have been unable to unseat the best-of-the-best in the biggest tournaments of the year.
Recently, the best hope for an American victory is Taylor Fritz, who reached his first major final in the 2024 U.S. Open before losing to Jannik Sinner. Fritz made his second major semifinal at Wimbledon in 2025, but he’s facing a tall task with the other t three competitors being Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic.
Not only is Fritz an underdog, he is also carrying the weight of a country on his shoulders, as American tennis fans have been waiting a long time for a new men’s major champion. While the country’s last men’s major winner was Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open, how long has it been since an American won the men’s Wimbledon single’s title? Here’s a breakdown.
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Who is the last American to win Wimbledon men’s singles title?
The last time an American man won Wimbledon was in 2000, when Pete Sampras took home his seventh title and record-breaking 13th Grand Slam title overall. Sampras had dominated Wimbledon in the past decade, as he won seven titles in eight years between 1993 and 2000.
Samprass and Andre Agassi, who won the 1992 Wimbledon men’s singles championship, allowed the United States to dominate Wimbledon in the 1990s. Sampras won 31-straight matches at Wimbledon before he fell to a young Roger Federer in 2001.
However, since Sampras last won in 2000, American players haven’t been able to add to the country’s Wimbledon men’s championships.
Of course, a lot of this is due to Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic dominating the sport and making it extremely difficult for someone else to take home a major. However, even when someone else broke through, they came from other countries, like when Andy Murray broke Great Britain’s drought in 2013.
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Who is the last American to reach Wimbledon men’s singles final?
No American player has even reached the Wimbledon final since 2009, when Andy Roddick lost to Roger Federer. in fact, Roddick reached the final three times, but he lost to Federer each time as Federer won five-straight Wimbledon titles and six in seven years between 2003 and 2009.Â
That 2009 match was an instant classic and Roddick’s best chance, though, as he took Federer to a fifth-set tiebreaker, in which Federer won 16-14.
While Roddick got his major win at the 2003 U.S. Open, he had a chance at four more, but ended his career 1-4 in major finals. His 2009 loss would be his last trip to even a major semifinal, as he made just two more quarterfinals before retiring in 2012.
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American men to win Wimbledon men’s singles title
| Player | Wimbledon titles | Year(s) |
| Pete Sampras | 7 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| John McEnroe | 3 | 1981, 1983, 1984 |
| Bill Tilden | 3 | 1920, 1921, 1930 |
| Jimmy Connors | 2 | 1974, 1982 |
| Don Budge | 2 | 1937, 1938 |
| Andre Agassi | 1 | 1992 |
| Arthur Ashe | 1 | 1975 |
| Stan Smith | 1 | 1972 |
| Chuck McKinley | 1 | 1963 |
| Alex Olmedo | 1 | 1959 |
| Tony Trabert | 1 | 1955 |
| Vic Seixas | 1 | 1953 |
| Dick Savitt | 1 | 1951 |
| Budge Patty | 1 | 1950 |
| Ted Schroeder | 1 | 1949 |
| Bob Falkenberg | 1 | 1948 |
| Jack Kramer | 1 | 1947 |
| Bobby Riggs | 1 | 1939 |
| Ellsworth Vines | 1 | 1932 |
| Sidney Wood | 1 | 1931 |
| Bill Johnston | 1 | 1923 |
Pete Sampras has the most Wimbledon titles of any American male, having won seven titles between 1993 and 2000. Only John McEnroe and Bill Tilden even reached three titles in their careers.Â
Despite the 25-year drought, the United States still has the second-most titles among countries in men’s singles title history with 33, only behind Great Britain.
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