As Wimbledon begins, he bumps into the American, Lizzie Bradbury, the rising star of women's tennis.

After an unexpected win in the first round, Peter is about to lose his second match but turns it around when he hears Lizzie cheering for him in the crowd.

Peter's unexpected success makes him a sensation in Britain, as many place their hopes on either him or his next competitor, Tom Cavendish, to deliver a British win at Wimbledon.

At a reception for the Wimbledon players at the London Eye, Lizzie is approached by an apparent old flame, arrogant American star and world number 1 Jake Hammond.

The night before their semifinal matches, Peter sneaks into Lizzie's hotel room and persuades her to have sex.

Lizzie angrily breaks up with Peter, claiming his selfishness made her lose and decides to immediately return to the United States to train.

She tells him the secret of Jake's tricky serves and Peter fights back to win the title (3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(8-6), 6–4).

[citation needed] Some court scenes with Bettany were filmed at the Stoke Park Country Club,[4] home of The Boodles Challenge.

[7] Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that Wimbledon was "much more conventional" than Loncraine's previous films but with "cleverer-than-average dialogue and sharply drawn subsidiary characters".

[8] Michael Charlotte's review for Empire gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "In tennis parlance, this fires off more moonballs to stay in play than outright winning shots.

[9] Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review: "Wimbledon is a well-behaved movie about nice people who have good things happen to them.