Product Details

• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Standing Room Only
• DVD Release Date: October 31, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000I8OOOW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,548 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This is the definitive story of The Wimbledon Championships 2006. In the Men's Singles Roger Federer was attempting to join the legendary Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras as the only men to win four consecutive Wimbledon titles.

In the Women¹s Singles a new name would appear on the Venus Rosewater Dish.

Coming into Wimbledon, the 1992 champion American Andre Agassi had announced that this would be his last Championships. During his third round encounter with the French Open Champion Rafael Nadal from Spain, the crowd willed the clock to rewind and cheered every glimpse of the Americans lingering brilliance but in the end it was the Spaniard¹s day.

But a new showman would emerge in Greek-Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis who overthrew Andy Roddick¹s conqueror, Britain¹s Andy Murray and the 2002 Champion Lleyton Hewitt before losing to Nadal in a thrilling semi final.

2006 also proved the year of the two Martinas¹. The twenty five year old Hingis returned after five years away from SW19, while forty nine year old Navratilova bid farewell to the scene of her record-equalling twenty Wimbledon titles.

World number one and top seed Amelie Mauresmo from France and third seed Justine Henin Hardenne from Belgium contested an exciting Women¹s Singles Final. Mauresmo won the encounter to become the first French Women¹s Champion since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925.

Federer¹s quest for an eighth Grand Slam title was a majestic journey. After a second round straight sets victory over an unseeded Tim Henman, the three time champion arrived in the Final without the loss of a set. There he defeated his main rival and number two seed Rafael Nadal, in an enthralling encounter. In winning his fourth consecutive title Federer had answered every question except one. Was he now the greatest player of all-time?

Narrated by Sam Hazeldine and written by Andrew Longmore of the Sunday Times, Wimbledon 2006 is a highly entertaining record of this year¹s proceedings at the world¹s finest tennis championships.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, September 12, 2007

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K. Swanson (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wimbledon: The 2006 Official Film (DVD)

Total ripoff. Less than an hour including extras, more shots of crowd members than players, and the boring voice-over frequently reminding us that this is the only tennis tournament that really matters doesn't help a whit. A truly pointless dvd with very little tennis. Summing up hundreds of matches in about 30 minutes of footage? You do the math.
Might be worth buying only if you were there and hope to see yourself in the many audience shots. Otherwise, with barely any tennis on the disc, what's the point? Pure fluff.
Go instead to the infinitely better Classic Matches at Wimbledon series; the Borg/Mac 1980 dvd has more quality in five minutes than this does in 55, and costs half as much.
Passola.