The Wimbledon singles champions, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, closed the 2015 Championships with a dance. This isn’t standard practice anymore; the last two winners to cut a rug together were Bjorn Borg and Virginia Wade in 1977 (an event, I confess, that I find hard to picture). But a Serena and Novak show was an appropriate way for this fortnight to end. They’ve been waltzing past the opposition all season. If Djokovic had beaten Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final, each would be coming to New York next month with a chance at a calendar-year Grand Slam. It’s hard to remember a time when two players so dominated the tours over the course of a season.
In the end, there were no big surprises at this year’s Wimbledon, but nothing ever seems that easy or straightforward as it’s happening. Here’s a look back at who did their best—and a few who did their worst—to make this fortnight a memorable one.