In order to celebrate the millennium, the All England Club invited all surviving singles champions, any player that had appeared in two or more singles finals without winning the championship, and any player who had won four or more doubles titles, to a presentation ceremony on
Centre Court on Saturday, July 1. Each honouree was presented with a crystal plate, engraved with their name, by the President of the Lawn Tennis Association,
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. Those who attended were (in order of presentation): Singles champion
Andre Agassi; Doubles champions:
Ken McGregor,
Bob Hewitt,
Ken Fletcher,
Tony Roche,
Rosie Casals,
Owen Davidson,
Frew McMillan,
Peter Fleming,
Pam Shriver,
Helena Suková,
Natasha Zvereva,
Gigi Fernández; Singles finalists:
Henry "Bunny" Austin,
Kurt Nielsen,
Ken Rosewall,
Darlene Hard,
Fred Stolle,
Hana Mandlíková,
Goran Ivanišević; Singles champions:
Sidney Wood,
Pauline Betz,
Bob Falkenburg,
Ted Schroeder,
John "Budge" Patty,
Richard "Dick" Savitt,
Frank Sedgman,
Elias "Vic" Seixas,
Jaroslav Drobný,
Marion "Tony" Trabert,
Shirley Fry Irvin,
Ashley Cooper,
Maria Bueno,
Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo,
Neale Fraser,
Angela Mortimer,
Rod Laver,
Margaret Smith Court,
Roy Emerson,
Billie Jean King,
Manuel Santana,
John Newcombe,
Ann Jones,
Evonne Goolagong Cawley,
Stan Smith,
Jan Kodeš,
Chris Evert,
Björn Borg,
Virginia Wade,
Martina Navratilova,
John McEnroe,
Boris Becker,
Patrick "Pat" Cash,
Steffi Graf,
Stefan Edberg,
Michael Stich,
Conchita Martínez,
Jana Novotná and
Lindsay Davenport. Andre Agassi was presented first in order to accommodate his match schedule. Other attendees were then presented with their commemoration later in the same day in the Royal Box: Doubles champions:
Mark Woodforde,
Todd Woodbridge; Singles finalist:
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; and Singles champions:
Martina Hingis and
Pete Sampras. Several post war champions were absent, but the only champions from the open era (post 1968) not to attend were
Jimmy Connors and
Richard Krajicek. Both
Ilie Năstase and
Ivan Lendl were also invited as two-time singles finalist, but did not attend. The inclusion of singles finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner
Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana Mandlíková and Goran Ivanišević both attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000. ==Prize money==