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After an unforgettable 'Peoples Monday' final against Pat Rafter, he became the first wild card to win the title. <BR><BR> TARANGO'S TANTRUM <BR><BR> The American Jeff Tarango blew his top after a series of disputed line calls in his 1995 match against Alexander Mronz, storming off court and defaulting the match before his wife Benedicte stormed up to umpire Bruno Rebeuh and slapped him in the face. Tarango was banned the following year. <BR><BR> THE TIE-BREAK <BR><BR> The 1980 final's fourth set tie-break between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe ranged over 34 points and 22 minutes and is regarded as one of the finest passages of play in the sport's history. McEnroe took the breaker but Borg went on to clinch the match. <BR><BR> MAGIC MARTINA <BR><BR> At the age of 46, Martina Navratilova broke an eight-year title drought and drew level with Billie-Jean King by winning her 20th Wimbledon title when she teamed up with Leander Paes to clinch the mixed doubles crown in 2003. <BR><BR> GORGEOUS GUSSIE <BR><BR> 'Gorgeous' Gussie Moran caused a scandal at the 1949 Championships when she stretched the dress code to the limit by sporting clearly visible frilly knickers beneath her skirt. Organisers may have been in uproar but Moran made the front pages of newspapers and magazines across the world. <BR><BR> HENMAN KICKED OUT <BR><BR> Tim Henman was hardly living up to his clean-cut image in 1995 when he was booted out of the men's doubles competition for inadvertently battering a ball at a ball-girl's head during a moment of frustration in his match alongside Jeremy Bates. <BR><BR> BARE FACT <BR><BR> The 1996 final between Richard Krajicek and MaliVai Washington was delayed when a female streaker raced across Centre Court during the pre-match photographs. "She put a smile on my face and broke the tension," said Krajicek, who went on to win. <BR><BR> GIANT UPSET <BR><BR> The opening day of the 2003 Championships brought one of its biggest upsets when defending champion Lleyton Hewitt was hammered to defeat by the 6ft 10ins Croatian Ivo Karlovic. 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