Wimbledon is always a very special tournament and one of the crown jewels of the British summer of sport.

The 2026 tournament has been no different – full of excitement, great stories and, after a slow start for the home nation, some great British success.

With a high level of tennis, the gorgeous weather and the addition of England doing well in the World Cup, I think it truly has been a great Championships.

In my final column this year, I have picked out the best bits of the past fortnight and you can also pick your favourite match.

Never mind the Oscars, here are our Wimbledon 2026 Awards…

There was some early doom and gloom for the Brits, and for a moment it felt like we wouldn’t have any home singles players left at all.

But then Arthur Fery appeared out of nowhere to carry Britain through the tournament.

A wildcard reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals is a rarity and simply an incredible feat. It was really cool to see a Brit living out the dream of so many players.

He lost the opening set in his first-round match against Damir Dzumhur – and in each of his next two matches – but showed incredible mentality to fight back.

To take advantage of the draw opening up like it did, and to not let the moments become bigger than the matches, was very impressive.

This is a real springboard opportunity for Arthur to further build his career.

Also, I absolutely love Alexandra Eala so I was pleased to see her reach the last 16 of a major for the first time.

I think she brings so much to our sport – with her game, her infectious personality and her incredible fanbase, who are so noisy – and I hope she continues to progress up the rankings.

Other honourable mentions:

How Linda Noskova won the women’s title is one of the best examples of a mental reset I’ve seen in a long time.

Watching Noskova go from leading 6-2 5-2 to being in a deciding set was hard to watch, because I know how quickly those doubts can creep in when a match starts to turn.

It would have been so easy for her head to drop, especially after Karolina Muchova had all the momentum.

The way she managed to recover was so impressive. She came back out for the third set looking like she had put everything that had happened behind her and just trusted her tennis again.

That’s much easier said than done. And she’s only 21!

Before Saturday’s extraordinary final, the most climactic moment for me was Muchova beating Gauff in a thrilling tie-break in the semi-finals.

Muchova made two ridiculous volleys – including a diving one – slipped on her first match point, and Gauff missed a match point when she went with the slice forehand at the net.

For there to be play like that in a tie-break for a place in the Wimbledon final was amazing to watch.

I’m going to pick Novak Djokovic’s extraordinary win over Felix Auger-Aliassime as my match of the tournament.

It was the longest Wimbledon quarter-final in history and the atmosphere under the roof as the 11pm curfew approached was incredible.

It went down to the wire and once again Novak showed why he is, for many, the GOAT of our sport.

Novak did what Novak does – finding a way to beat one of the fittest, most athletic younger guys at the age of 39.

How he’s still able to keep himself conditioned physically, and switch on mentally to play a five-setter like this, is astonishing – especially given how little tennis he has been playing outside of the Slams.

I must also pick one of Fery’s wins. I thought the third round against Zizou Bergs was the most exciting, when he came back from 4-1 down in both the fourth and the fifth sets.

This has been the year of the walk-on outfits.

We’ve seen Naomi Osaka regularly push the boundaries between sport and fashion by walking out like she is on catwalk.

At Wimbledon, she walked out in a Japanese kimono which I thought was so elegant.

I know it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but personally I’ve been enjoying the walk-out looks and think it brings a different, refreshing element to our sport.

We want the players to express themselves and see their personality shine through.

It’s all good fun and that’s the way it should be.

While lots of players looked amazing – and I’m sure a team of people behind the scenes poured blood, sweat and tears into the looks – my favourite outfit was actually the guy who turned up on Centre Court dressed as a strawberry.

As always, we saw what winning matches at Wimbledon means to the players. I love to see the pure joy, relief and emotion in their celebrations.

I also enjoy seeing what it means to those closest to the players, so I’m going to pick my favourite celebration as the one from Fery and his box when he beat Grigor Dimitrov to reach the quarter-finals.

Fery laughing as he explicitly mouthed his surprise with a three-word phrase was a great moment.

The reaction of his coach Jeroen Benard, who looked equally bewildered, was brilliant.

But what I really loved was the reaction of his dad Loic, who had tears in his eyes.

As a parent now myself, I empathise from the other side of the lens and share the pride of parents seeing their baby grown up and achieving their dreams in front of their eyes.

Seeing him so emotional was so relatable.

Other honourable mentions:

One of my other favourite stories of the tournament was Serena Williams’ comeback.

So, naturally, the biggest disappointment was seeing her pick up a knee injury in her singles return and pulling out of a planned appearance with older sister Venus in the doubles.

They were my absolute favourite players growing up and it would have been special, and so nostalgic, to see them back on court together.

We always talk about their singles records. Serena won 23 Grand Slams in singles and Venus won seven, leaving their doubles achievements somewhat overlooked.

They have won the Wimbledon doubles six times together and I think they’re up there as the best women’s doubles team of all-time.

I was excited to see their level, but I’m still hopeful we might see them together at the US Open – and maybe the 2028 Olympics in their hometown of Los Angeles.

Other disappointments:

Naomi Broady was speaking to BBC Sport’s Jonathan Jurejko at Wimbledon.