Agassi and Sharapova voted Wimbledon's sexiest champions on commercial website

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 

Andre Agassi in 2006 in the tournament of Indian Wells.

Maria Sharapova during the same event.

Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova have been voted the sexiest Wimbledon champions from the last twenty years according to a survey conducted by the U.K. commercial website GetMeATicket.

Agassi and received 77% of the votes as the sexiest champion amongst names such as Boris Becker and John McEnroe. Maria Sharapova racked up 68% of the votes. Agassi won the single's title at Wimbledon in 1992, Sharapova lifted the women's trophy in 2004.

In the survey, 2,536 were cast between July 2 and 6.

Results

Full list of Wimbledon champions from the last 20 years and their percentage of votes for being the 'sexiest' in this survey:

Women: Maria Sharapova 68% Chris Evert 21% Steffi Graf 15% Maria Bueno 11% Serena Williams 11% Martina Hingis 10% Venus Williams 8% Martina Navratilova 7% Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7% Karen Susman 6% Angela Mortimer 6% Margaret Smith 6% Lindsay Davenport 5% Billie Jean King 4% Amelie Mauresmo 4% Virginia Wade 3% Conchita Martinez 3% Jana Novotna 2% Ann Jones 1% Margaret Court 1%

Men Andre Agassi 77% Pat Cash 23% Bjorn Borg 19% Pete Sampras 14% Roger Federer 14% Boris Becker 8% Goran Ivanisevic 8% Jimmy Connors 7% Stefan Edberg 7% Arthur Ashe 6% John McEnroe 6% Rod Laver 6% Lleyton Hewitt 5% Roy Emerson 3% John Newcombe 2% Richard Krajicek 2% Manuel Santana 2% Michael Stich 2% Stan Smith 1% Jan Kodes 1%

The website's press release did not explain why the percentages add up to more than 100%.

Sources

• "Sharapova Named Wimbledon’s Sexiest Champ – Poll" — Kommersant, July 10, 2007
• Press Release: Blunt Communications. "The Sexiest Wimbledon Tennis Champions survey: And the Winners are.........." — ResponseSource, July 9, 2007