Since her comeback from burn-out, three appearances on Wimbledon's grass have yielded nothing more rewarding than last year's place in the fourth round.However, nobody's confidence is higher, and rightly so. When persuaded to speculate about the possibility of a third straight Grand Slam, Capriati admitted: "I can taste it". To taste victory she will need, as in Paris earlier this month, to get past Serena at the quarter-final stage, then Hingis in the semis. It can be done if Jennifer assembles the weapons and uses them by taking the battle to Hingis.A serious worry for Davenport as she struggles against time to rehabilitate her game as well as her knee is that she is in the same quarter of the draw as Kim Clijsters, the Belgian who celebrated her 18th birthday by reaching the Roland Garros final and so nearly winning it, as well as Jelena Dokic, who burst through the pack last month by defeating Mauresmo comprehensively to capture the Italian Open, her first title.

Wimbledon is a place of the sweetest memories for this 18-year-old, who is assured in everything except which country she is supposed to be representing – her birthland of Yugoslavia or the country of most recent domicile, Australia, which she departed in high dudgeon last January. Two years ago, Dokic crushed Hingis 6-2 6-0 in Wimbledon's opening round, and last year she marched through to the semi-finals.As 14th seed and in a tough section, Dokic will do well to emulate her 2000 achievement, but she revels in the pressure. Just as well, considering the millstone of her father and coach, Damir.Mauresmo could stretch Venus if they take up their allotted places in the last eight, but Ms Williams needs only to perform as irresistibly as she did last time on the lawns to dent those Capriati dreams.. 1975 men's final: Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-1 5-7 6-4. 1975 men's final: Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-1 5-7 6-4. At 31, Ashe was nine years older than the odds-on favourite Connors, who stormed into the final without dropping a set. But Ashe, who had not won a Grand Slam for five years, demonstrated to perfection the art of mind over machine as he defused the Connors power by offering him no pace. 1977 women's final: Virginia Wade beat Betty Stove 4-6 6-3 6-1.

A mediocre match but a wonderful occasion as "Our Ginny" picked the best moment to win Wimbledon – at her 16th attempt, aged 31 – in the tournament's centenary year and in front of the Queen. Wade's greatest match of '77 was beating Chris Evert in the semis. Then she overcame a nervous start in the final.1980 men's final: Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6. History was made as Borg won his fifth straight title in Wimbledon's most gripping match of the post-war era, featuring the unforgettable 18-16 tiebreak in the fourth set McEnroe won that, only to lose the match But his reputation was made. Booed on to court because of boorish behaviour earlier, he was cheered off it following a see-saw three hours 53 minutes final.1984 men's final: John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1 6-1 6-2 Perhaps McEnroe's greatest performance in his finest year. Connors, appearing in a fifth Wimbledon final, was utterly humiliated, just as he had humiliated Ken Rosewall 10 years earlier.