![]() After one of the wettest weeks in recent tournament history, matches will extend to a third week for the 14th time since 1919. Navratilova and Jonathan Stark lost Sunday in the mixed-doubles quarterfinals to Lindsay Davenport and Grant Connell. MARTINA NAVRATILOVA failed in her bid to equal Billie Jean King’s record of 20 Wimbledon titles. Melissa Johnson holds up the start of the men's singles final at Wimbledon, not that Richard Kraijek or Malivai Washington seemed to mind. Who is Melissa Johnson, you ask The infamous 1996 Wimbledon final streaker, of course. Melissa Johnson, the first streaker at Wimbledon Stadium in 1996. Washington lifted his shirt to bare his chest and got a large ovation. Melissa Johnson Streaking The 1996 Mens Wimbledon Final. The players and most of the 14,000 spectators broke into laughter. For whatever reason, he actually let me watch hidden out of sight from the stairs. She quickly was escorted off the court by police. While I was there I walked into the main stadium and asked the security guard/usher if I could watch one game () between Djokovic and whoever else he was playing, while wearing a totally not formal shorts/tshirt outfit. Johnson, a catering assistant at Wimbledon during her summer holidays, was topless and wore only a tiny maid’s apron, which she lifted up. The woman, identified as 23-year-old London student Melissa Johnson, climbed over a barrier at one end of the court and dashed the length of its periphery – passing in front of finalists Richard Krajicek and MaliVai Washington as they posed near the net for photographs. Melissa Johnson, the first streaker at Wimbledon Stadium, at the men’s finals tennis match in 1996. The obvious candidates for the chip-and-charge killer’s most memorable Wimbledon moments would probably include his victory over Boris Becker in 1995 or his trouncing of Andre Agassi in 1999 or his last win in a final at the All England Club in 2000 over Patrick Rafter. ![]() A young female streaker, wearing a big smile and little else, pranced across Centre Court moments before Sunday’s men’s Wimbledon final. Sampras won seven men’s finals at Wimbledon, going 63-7 lifetime there. ![]()
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