and Philipp Petzschner won their first Grand Slam title defeating the sixteenth seeds, Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 6-1, 7-5, 7-5.  American, Vania King, and Kazakhstan's, Yaroslava Shvedova, beat Russians, Vera Zvonareva and Elena Vesnina 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to win the Ladies’s Doubles title.  Shvedova is the first player from Kazakhstan to win a Wimbledon title.  In the mixed doubles, Leander Paes and Cara Black defeated Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6 (5) for their third Grand Slam doubles title together (they also won the 2010 Australian Open and 2008 U.S. Open). In the Junior Girls’ final, Kristyna Pliskova defeated Japan's Sachie Ishizu 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 joining twin sister, Karolina, who won the 2010 Australian Open Junior Girls’ title, as a Grand Slam junior champion.  Eighteen year old Hungarian, Marton Fucsovics, beat Benjamin Mitchell 6-4, 6-4 to capture the Junior Boys’ title.

Nine different countries are represented in the list of champions below...

THE CHAMPIONS
Women’s Singles – Serena Williams (United States)
Men’s Singles – Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s Doubles – Vania King (United States) Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan)
Men’s Doubles -  Jurgen Meltzer (Austria) and Philipp Petzschner (Germany)
Mixed Doubles – Cara Black (Zimbabwe) and Leander Paes (India)
Junior Boys’ – Marton Fucsovics (Hungary)
Junior Girls’ – Kristyna Pliskova  (Czech Republic)

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