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The Championships, Wimbledon

Official website (http://www.wimbledon.com)

Location Wimbledon, London Borough of

Merton

United Kingdom

Venue The All England Lawn Tennis and

Croquet Club

Surface Grass / Outdoor (Except Centre Cou

during rain)

Men's draw 128S (128Q) / 64D (16Q)note 1

Women's

draw

128S (96Q) / 64D (16Q)

Mixed draw 48DPrize money 14,600,000 ($23,800,000)

(16,600,000)

Grand Slam

Australian Open

French Open

Wimbledon

US Open

Current

2012 Wimbledon Championships

The Championships, Wimbledonrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

he Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon (25une 8 July in 2012), is the oldest tennis tournament in theorld, and widely considered to be the biggest and the most

restigious.[1][2][3][4] It has been held at the All England Club inWimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam

nnis tournaments, the other three Majors being the Australianpen, French Open and US Open. Wimbledon is the only Majorill played on grass, the game's original surface, which gave theame its original name of "lawn tennis".

he tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and earlyuly, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final,cheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Eachear, five major events are contested, as well as four junior eventsnd three invitational events.

he hard court (Plexicushion) Australian Open and clay courtrench Open precede Wimbledon in the calendar year. The hardourt (DecoTurf) US Open follows. For men, the grass courtueen's Club Championships, also in London, as well as theerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, serve as warm-up events.or women, the AEGON Classic in Birmingham and 2 jointvents, the UNICEF Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands andhe Eastbourne International serve as warm-up events to

Wimbledon.

Wimbledon traditions include a strict dress code for competitors,he eating of strawberries and cream by the spectators, and Royalatronage. The tournament is also notable for the absence ofponsor advertising around the courts. Rolex sponsors thecoreboard on many courts along with the official Wimbledonock and IBM sponsors the "Speed of Serve" meter on show

ourts. In 2009, Wimbledon's Centre Court was fitted with aetractable roof to prevent rain delaying and interrupting Centreourt matches during the tournament.

Contents

1 History1.1 Beginning1.2 21st century

2 Events2.1 Main events2.2 Junior events2.3 Invitation events

Coordinates: 51261.48N 01250.

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Sbastien Grosjean takes a shot on

Court 18 during the 2004

Championships

2.4 Match formats3 Schedule4 Players and seeding5 Grounds6 Traditions

6.1 Ball boys and ball girls6.2 Colours and uniforms

6.3 Referring to players6.4 Royal Family6.5 Radio Wimbledon6.6 Television coverage

6.6.1 Television coverage complaints6.7 Tickets

7 Trophies and prize money8 Ranking points9 Champions

9.1 Current champions10 Records

11 Singles champions never World No. 1 12 See also13 Footnotes14 Further reading15 External links

History

eginning

he All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is a private club founded in868, originally as 'The All England Croquet Club'. Its first ground was situatedff Worple Road, Wimbledon.[5]

n 1876, lawn tennis, a game devised by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield a yearr so earlier and originally called 'Sphairistike', was added to the activities of theub. In the spring of 1877, the club was re-titled 'The All England Croquet andawn Tennis Club' and signalled its change of name by instituting the first Lawnennis Championship. A new code of laws (replacing the code until thendministered by the Marylebone Cricket Club) was drawn up for the event.oday's rules are similar except for details such as the height of the net and posts

nd the distance of the service line from the net.

he Gentlemen's Singles, which opened on 9 July 1877, was the first event held; it was won by Spencer Gore, an oldarrovian rackets player, from a field of 22. About 200 spectators paid one shilling each to watch the final. [6]

he lawns at the ground were arranged so that the principal court was located in the middle with the others arrangedround it; hence the title 'Centre Court', which was retained when the Club moved in 1922 to the present site in Churoad, although not a true description of its location. However, in 1980 four new courts were brought into commission the north side of the ground, which meant the Centre Court was once more correctly defined. The opening of the no. 1 Court in 1997 emphasised the description.




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Centre Court with open roof at the

2010 Championships

y 1882, activity at the club was almost exclusively confined to lawn tennis and that year the word 'croquet' wasropped from the title. However, for sentimental reasons, it was restored in 1899 and since then the title has remainedhe All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

n 1884, the All England Club added Ladies' Singles and Gentlemen's Doubles. Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doublesere added in 1913. Until 1922, the reigning champion had to play only in the final, against whomever had won thro

o challenge him/her. As with the other three Grand Slam events, Wimbledon was contested by top-ranked amateur

layers until the advent of the open era in tennis in 1968. No British man has won the singles event at Wimbledon sinred Perry in 1936 and no British woman has won the Ladies Singles since Virginia Wade in 1977, although Annaberoft and Laura Robson won the Girls' Championship in 1984 and 2008, respectively. The Championship was firstlevised in 1937.

1st century

Main articles: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011

Wimbledon is widely considered to be the premier tennis tournament in theworld and the priority of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, which hosts Th

Championships, is to maintain its leadership. To that end a long-term plan waunveiled in 1993, intended to improve the quality of the event for spectators,players, officials and neighbours.[7]

Stage one (19941997) of the plan was completed for the 1997 championshipand involved building in Aorangi Park the new No. 1 Court, a broadcast centrtwo extra grass courts and a tunnel under the hill linking Church Road andSomerset Road.

Stage two (19972009) involved the removal of the old No. 1 Court complexmake way for the new Millennium Building, providing extensive facilities fo

he players, press, officials and members, and the extension of the West Stand of the Centre Court with 728 extra sea

tage three (20002011) has been completed with the construction of an entrance building, club staff housing, museuank and ticket office.[8]

new retractable roof was built in time for the 2009 championships, marking the first time in the tournament's histohat rain did not stop play for a lengthy time on Centre Court. The All England Club tested the new roof at an eventalledA Centre Court Celebration on Sunday, 17 May 2009, which featured exhibition matches involving Andregassi, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters and Tim Henman. The first Championship match to take place under the roof was t

ompletion of the fourth round women's singles match between Dinara Safina and Amelie Mauresmo. The first matce played in its entirety under the new roof took place between Andy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka on 29 June 20hich Murray won 26, 63, 63, 57, 63. Andy Murray was also involved in the latest ever completed match at

Wimbledon which ended at 11:02 pm in a victory over Marcos Baghdatis 75, 36, 75, 61 at Centre Court in the thound of the 2012 Championships. Murray also participated in the first Men's Singles Final to be held under the roof,gainst Roger Federer, on 8 July 2012. The roof was activated during the third set. Murray lost the match.

new 4000-seat No. 2 Court was built on the site of the old No. 13 Court in time for the 2009 Championships. [9]

new 2000-seat No. 3 Court was built on the site of the old No. 2 Court and the old No. 3 Court.[10]




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Events

Wimbledon includes five main events, four junior events and four invitation events.[11]

Main events

he five main events, and the number of players (or teams, in the case of doubles) include the following:

Gentlemen's Singles (128 draw).Ladies' Singles (128 draw)Gentlemen's Doubles (64 draw)Ladies' Doubles (64 draw)Mixed Doubles (48 draw)

unior events

lso known as Chimbledon (Children's Wimbledon), the four junior events and the number of players or teams inclu

he following:Boys' Singles (64 draw)Girls' Singles (64 draw)Boys' Doubles (32 draw)Girls' Doubles (32 draw)

o mixed doubles event is held at this level.

nvitation events

he five invitational and the number of pairs include the following:

Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles (8 pairs Round Robin)[12]Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles (8 pairs Round Robin)[13]Ladies' Invitation Doubles (8 pairs Round Robin)Gentlemen's Wheelchair Doubles (4 pairs)[14]Ladies' Wheelchair Doubles (4 pairs)[14]

Match formats

Matches in the Gentlemen's Singles and Gentlemen's Doubles competitions are best-of-five sets. Matches in all other

vents are best-of-three sets. A tiebreak game is played if the score reaches 66 in any set except the fifth (in a five-smatch) or the third (in a three-set match), in which case a two-game lead must be reached.

ll events are single-elimination tournaments,[15] except for the Gentlemen's, Senior Gentlemen's and the Ladies'nvitation Doubles, all of which are round-robin tournaments.




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ntil 1922, the winners of the previous year's competition (except in the Ladies Doubles and Mixed Doubles) wereutomatically granted byes into the final round (then known as the challenge round). This led to many winners retainheir titles for successive years, as they were able to rest while their opponent competed from the start of theompetition. From 1922, the prior-year's champions were not granted byes but were required to play all the rounds, lither tournament competitors.

Scheduleach year, the tournament begins on the Monday falling between the 20 and the 26 June. Wimbledon begins two weefter the Queen's Club Championships, which is one of the men's major warm-up tournaments for Wimbledon. Anothmportant men's warm-up tournament is the Gerry Weber Open, which is held in Halle, Germany during the same wes the Queen's Club Championships. Other important grass-court tournaments before Wimbledon are Eastbourne,ngland, and 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, both combining mixed events. The other women's warm-up

ournament for Wimbledon is Birmingham, also in England. And to bring the grass court season to an end after thehampionships each year there is a tournament held overseas at Newport, Rhode Island, US.

Wimbledon is scheduled for 13 days, beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday with the middle Sunday aesignated rest day. The five main events span both weeks, but the youth and invitational events are held mainly duri

he second week. Traditionally, there is no play on the "Middle Sunday", which is considered a rest day. However, raas forced play on the Middle Sunday three times in the Championship's history: in 1991, 1997, and 2004. On each ohese occasions, Wimbledon has staged a "People's Sunday", with unreserved seating and readily available, inexpensckets, allowing those with more limited means to sit on the show courts. Additionally, if the tournament is notompleted by the end of the second Sunday, all remaining matches are postponed until "People's Monday".

Players and seeding

total of 128 players feature in each singles event, 64 pairs in each single-sex doubles event, and 48 pairs in Mixedoubles. Players and doubles pairs are admitted to the main events on the basis of their international rankings, with

onsideration also given to their previous performances at grasscourt events. Since the 2001 tournament 32 male andemale players are given seedings in the Gentlemen's and Ladies' singles while 16 teams are seeded in the doublesvents.

he Committee of Management and the Referee evaluate all applications for entry, and determine which players maydmitted to the tournament directly. The committee may admit a player without a high enough ranking as a wild cardsually, wild cards are players who have performed well during previous tournaments, or would stimulate public

nterest in Wimbledon by participating. The only wild card to win the Gentlemen's Singles Championship was Goranvanievi in 2001. Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate iualifying tournament held one week before Wimbledon at the Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton. Thengles qualifying competitions are three-round events; the same-sex doubles competitions last for only one round.here is no qualifying tournament for Mixed Doubles. No qualifier has won either the Gentlemen's Singles or the

adies' Singles tournaments. The furthest that any qualifier has progressed in the main draw of a Singles tournament he semi-final round: John McEnroe in 1977 (Gentlemen's Singles), Vladimir Voltchkov in 2000 (Gentlemen's Singlnd Alexandra Stevenson in 1999 (Ladies' Singles).

layers are admitted to the junior tournaments upon the recommendations of their national tennis associations, on thenternational Tennis Federation world rankings and, in the case of the singles events, on the basis of a qualifyingompetition. The Committee of Management determines which players may enter the four invitational events.




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The order of play for all courts is

displayed on boards around the

grounds

he Committee seeds the top players and pairs on the basis of their rankings. However, the Committee can opt tohange the seedings based on a player's previous grass court performance. A majority of the entrants are unseeded. Owo unseeded players have ever won the Gentlemen's Singles Championship: Boris Becker in 1985 and Goranvanievi in 2001. In 1985 there were only 16 seeds and Becker was ranked 20th at the time; Ivanievi , however, wanked 125th when he won as a Wild Card entrant - although he had previously been a finalist three times, and beenanked no. 2 in the world: his low ranking was due to having been hampered by a persistent shoulder injury for threeears, which had only just cleared up. Also, in 1996, the title was won by Richard Krajicek, who was originally

nseeded (ranked 17th, and only 16 players were seeded) but was promoted to a seeded position (still with the numbe7) when Thomas Muster withdrew before the tournament. No unseeded player has captured the Ladies' Singles titlehe lowest seeded female champion was Venus Williams, who won in 2007 as the twenty-third seed (the only timenyone outside the top 16 has won), beating her own record from 2005, when she won as the fourteenth seed. In bothases, Williams was returning from an injury that had either hampered or prevented her playing in previousournaments, giving her a lower ranking than she would normally have had. Unseeded pairs have won the doubles titn numerous occasions; the 2005 Gentlemen's Doubles champions were not only unseeded, but also (for the first timver) qualifiers.

rounds Schedule:

he grounds open at 10.30am on each day of playing. On the Centre Court, play starts at 1pm, with exception of thenal two days of the competition (Ladies' and Gentlemen's Finals). On both of these days, play on these courts beginpm. On courts 2-19, play begins at noon for at least the first eight days of the competition. It then starts at 11am for unior matches on the middle Saturday and during the second week.

Grounds

Main article: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

ince 2001 the courts used for Wimbledon are sown with 100% Perennialyegrass. Previous to 2001 a combination of 70% Ryegrass and 30% Creeping

ed Fescue was used. The change was made to improve durability andrengthen the sward to better withstand the increasing wear of the modern game6].

he main show courts, Centre Court and No. 1 Court, are normally used only forwo weeks a year, during the Championships, but play can extend into a thirdeek in exceptional circumstances. The remaining seventeen courts are regularlysed for other events hosted by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.he show courts will, however, be pressed into action for the second time in

hree months in 2012 as Wimbledon will host the tennis events of the 2012lympic Games. One of the show courts is also used for home ties of the GBams in the Davis Cup on occasions.

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam event played on grass courts. At one timethe Majors, except the French Open, were played on grass. The US Openabandoned grass in 1975 and the Australian Open in 1988.

The principal court, Centre Court, was opened in 1922 when the All EnglandLawn Tennis and Croquet Club moved from Worple Road to Church Road. TChurch Road venue was larger and was needed to meet the ever-growing pubdemand.




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No.1 Court

Terracotta Warriors

Due to the possibility of rain during Wimbledon, a retractable roof was instalprior to the 2009 Championship. The retractable roof is designed to close/opeabout 10 minutes and will be closed primarily to protect play from inclement

and, if necessary, extremely hot) weather during The Championships.[17] When the roof is being opened or closed, psuspended. During a Wimbledon Championship match, the first time the roof was closed was on Monday 29 June

009, involving Amlie Mauresmo and Dinara Safina. The court has a capacity of 15,000. At its south end is the Royox, from which members of the Royal Family and other dignitaries watch matches. Centre Court usually hosts the

nals and semifinals of the main events, as well as many matches in the earlier rounds involving top-seeded players oocal favourites.

he second most important court is No. 1 Court. The court was constructed in 1997 to replace the old No. 1 Court,hich was adjacent to Centre Court. The old No. 1 Court was demolished because its capacity for spectators was too

ow. The court was said to have had a unique, more intimate atmosphere and was a favourite of many players. The neo. 1 Court has a capacity of approximately 11,000.

rom 2009, a new No. 2 Court is being used at Wimbledon with a capacity for 4,000 people. To obtain planningermission, the playing surface is around 3.5m below ground level, ensuring that the single-storey structure is onlybout 3.5m above ground level, and thus not affecting local views.[18] Plans to build on the current site of Court 13 w

ismissed due to the high capacity of games that will be played at the 2012 Olympic Games. The old No. 2 Court haseen renamed as No. 3 Court. The old No. 2 Court was known as the "Graveyard of Champions" because many higheeded players were eliminated there during early rounds over the years, including Ilie N stase, John McEnroe, Boriecker, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams.[19] The court has aapacity of 2,192 + 770 standing. In 2011 a new No. 3 Court and a new Court 4 have been unveiled on the sites of thld No. 2 and 3 courts.[20]

t the northern end of the grounds is a giant television screen on whichmportant matches are broadcast. Fans watch from an area of grass officiallynown as the Aorangi Terrace. When British players do well at Wimbledon, theill attracts fans for them, and is often renamed by the press for them: Gregusedski's followers convened at "Rusedski Ridge", and Tim Henman has had

he hill nicknamed Henman Hill. As both of them have now retired and AndyMurray is the number 1 British player, the hill is occasionally referred to asMurray Mound" or "Murrayfield", as a reference to his Scottish heritage and thecottish ground of the same name, but this has largely failed to catch on - therea is still usually referred to as Henman Hill. None of these nicknames isfficial.

Traditions

all boys and ball girls

n the championship games, ball boys and girls, known as BBGs, play a crucialole in the smooth running of the tournament, with a brief that a good BBGshould not be seen. They should blend into the background and get on withheir jobs quietly."[21]

rom 1947 ball boys were supplied by Goldings,[22] the only Barnardos school torovide them. Previous to this, from the 1920s onwards, the ball boys had beenrovided by The Shaftsbury Children's Home.




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Wimbledon ball girl at the net, 200

Court 10 on the outside courts th

is no reserved seating

ince 1969, BBGs have been provided by local schools. As of 2008 they arerawn from schools in the London boroughs of Merton, Sutton, Kingston and

Wandsworth, as well as from Surrey.[23] Traditionally, Wandsworth Boysrammar School in Sutherland Grove, Southfields and Mayfield Girls School on

West Hill in Wandsworth, both now defunct, were the schools of choice forelection of BBGs. This was possibly owing to their proximity to the Allngland Club[citation needed]. BBGs have an average age of 15, being drawn from

he school years nine and ten[citation needed]. BBGs will serve for one, or if re-elected, two tournaments[citation needed].

s of 2005, BBGs work in teams of six, two at the net, four at the corners, andams rotate one hour on court, one hour off, (two hours depending on the court)

or the day's play.[24] Teams are not told which court they will be working on theay, to ensure the same standards across all courts. With the expansion of theumber of courts, and lengthening the tennis day, as of 2008, the number ofBGs required is around 250. BBG service is paid, with a total of 120-160 being paid to each ball boy or girl after3-day period. Along with this it is seen as a privilege, and seen as a valuable addition to a school leaver's curriculumitae, showing discipline. BBG places are split 50:50 between boys and girls, with girls having been used since 1977

ppearing on centre court since 1985.[25]

rospective BBGs are first nominated by their school headteacher, to be considered for selection. To be selected, aandidate must pass written tests on the rules of tennis, and pass fitness, mobility and other suitability tests, againstnitial preliminary instruction material. Successful candidates then commence a training phase, starting in February, ihich the final BBGs are chosen through continual assessment. As of 2008, this training intake was 600. The training

ncludes weekly sessions of physical, procedural and theoretical instruction, to ensure that the BBGs are fast, alert, seonfident and adaptable to situations. As of 2011, early training occurs at the Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennislub Covered Courts, to the side of the Grounds, and then moves to outside courts (8,9,10) the week before thehampionships for a feel of the grass court.

Colours and uniforms

ark green and purple are the traditional Wimbledon colours. However, all tennis players participating in theournament are required to wear all-white or at least almost all-white clothing, a long-time tradition at Wimbledon.

Wearing white clothing with some colour accents is also acceptable. Green clothing was worn by the chair umpire,nesmen, ball boys and ball girls until the 2005 Championships; however, beginning with the 2006 Championships,fficials, ball boys and ball girls were dressed in new navy blue- and cream-coloured uniforms from American designalph Lauren. This marked the first time in the history of the Championships that an outside company[clarify] was useesign Wimbledon clothing; the contract with Polo Ralph Lauren is set to end in 2015.[citation needed]

uidelines regarding prominently white clothing rule:

o solid mass of colouring1.Little or no dark or bold colours2.

o fluorescent colours3.Preference towards pastel colours4.Preference for the back of the shirt to be totally white5.Preference for shorts and skirts to be totally white6.All other items of clothing, including hats, socks and shoe uppers to be predominantly white7.




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The Royal Gallery at Centre Court

Wimbledon

Referring to players

rior to 2009 female players were referred to by the title "Miss" or "Mrs" on scoreboards. As dictated by strict rule oiquette, married female players are referred to by their husbands' names: for example, Chris Evert-Lloyd appeared

coreboards as "Mrs. J. M. Lloyd" during her marriage to John Lloyd, since "Mrs. X" essentially designates the wife . This tradition has continued at least to some extent.[26] For the first time during the 2009 tournament, players were

eferred to on scoreboards by both their first and last names.

[27]

For example "Andy Murray", not "A. Murray".

[28]

he title "Mr" is not used for male players who are professionals on scoreboards but the prefix is retained for amateuthough chair umpires refer to players as "Mr" when they use the replay challenge. The chair umpire will say "Mrsurname> is challenging the call..." and "Mr has X challenges remaining." However, the umpires still sa

Miss when announcing the score of the Ladies' matches.

f a match is being played with two competitors of the same surname (e.g. Venus and Serena Williams, Bob and Mikryan), the chair umpire will specify to whom they are referring by stating the player's first name and surname durinnnouncements (e.g. "Game, Miss Serena Williams", "Advantage, Mike Bryan").

Royal Family

reviously, players bowed or curtsied to members of the Royal Family seated inhe Royal Box upon entering or leaving Centre Court. In 2003, however, theresident of the All England Club, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent,ecided to discontinue the tradition. Now, players are required to bow or curtsynly if HRH Prince of Wales, or Her Majesty the Queen is present,[29] as was inractice during the 2010 Championships when the Queen was in attendance at

Wimbledon on 24 June.[30][31] On 27 June 2012, Roger Federer said in his post-match interview that he and his opponent had been asked to bow towards the

oyal Box as Prince Charles and his wife were present, saying that that was noroblem for him.[citation needed]

Radio Wimbledon

Main article: Radio Wimbledon

riday before the start of the tournament. Radio Wimbledon can be heard within a five-mile radius on 87.7 FM, and nline. It operates under a Restricted Service Licence and is arguably the most sophisticated RSL annually in the UKhe main presenters are Sam Lloyd and Ali Barton. Typically they work alternate four-hour shifts until the end of thest match of the day. Reporters and commentators include Gigi Salmon, Nick Lestor, Rupert Bell, Nigel Bidmead, Gwindells, Lucie Ahl, Nadine Towell and Helen Whitaker. Often they report from the "Crow's Nest", an elevateduilding housing the Court 3 and 4 scoreboards which affords views of most of the outside courts. Regular guests

nclude Sue Mappin. In recent years Radio Wimbledon acquired a second low-power FM frequency (within the grounly) of 96.3 FM for uninterrupted Centre Court commentary, and, from 2006, a third for coverage from No. 1 Court7.8 FM. Hourly news bulletins and travel (using RDS) are also broadcast.

Television coverage

or over 70 years, the BBC has broadcast the tournament on television in the UK, starting in 1937. The matches covre split between its two main terrestrial channels, BBC One and BBC Two. The BBC holds the broadcast rights for

Wimbledon until 2014 and it distributes its commercial-free feed to outlets worldwide. During the days of British




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atellite Broadcasting, its sports channel carried extra coverage of Wimbledon for subscribers. One of the most notabritish commentators was Dan Maskell, who was known as the BBC's "voice of tennis" until his retirement in 1991.urrent commentators working for the BBC at Wimbledon include British ex-players Andrew Castle, John Lloyd, Tienman, Greg Rusedski, Samantha Smith and Mark Petchey; tennis legends such as John McEnroe, Tracy Austin,oris Becker and Lindsay Davenport; and general sports commentators including David Mercer, Barry Davies, Androtter and Nick Mullins. The coverage is presented by Sue Barker and highlights with John Inverdale. Previous BBCresenters include Des Lynam, David Vine and Harry Carpenter.

he Wimbledon Finals are obliged to be shown live and in full on terrestrial television (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, orhannel 5) by government mandate. Highlights of the rest of the tournament must be provided by terrestrial stations;ve coverage (excepting the finals) may be sought by satellite or cable TV.[32]

mericans have made a tradition of NBC's "Breakfast at Wimbledon" specials at weekends. During Breakfast atWimbledon, strawberry with cream is the typical food that is served. Live coverage starts early in the morning (the Ueing a minimum of 5 hours behind the UK) and continues well into the afternoon, interspersed with commentary annterviews from Bud Collins, whose tennis acumen and (in)famous patterned trousers are well-known to tennis fans ihe USA. Collins was sacked by NBC in 2007, but was promptly hired by ESPN, the cable home for Thehampionships in the States. For many years NBC's primary Wimbledon host was veteran broadcaster Dick Enberg.

rom 1975 to 1999, premium channel HBO carried weekday coverage of Wimbledon. Hosts included Jim Lampley,illie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, John Lloyd and Barry MacKay among others.[33] Presently, weekday coveraghe United States is exclusively handled by ESPN2 during the tournament's first week. During the tournament's seconeek it was split between ESPN2 and NBC. ESPN's online service ESPN3 provides full coverage of courts notlevised using BBC graphics and commentary. Effective the 2012 tournament, all live coverage, including the Finalill be exclusively on ESPN and ESPN2, marking the second major tennis championship (after the Australian Open)

vailable in the United States exclusively on pay television (although taped highlights from the tournament will beresented at weekend afternoons on sister network ABC).[34] Taped coverage using the BBC world feed is aired inrimetime and overnights on Tennis Channel and is branded Wimbeldon Primetime.

Wimbledon was also involved, unintentionally, in a piece of television history, on 1 July 1967. That was when the fifficial colour television broadcast took place in the UK. Four hours live coverage of Wimbledon was shown on BBC

wo (then the only colour channel in the UK), and although footage of that historic match no longer survives, theentlemen's Final that year is still held in the BBC archives because it was the first Gentlemen's Final transmitted in

olour.

ince 2007, the most anticipated Wimbledon matches have been transmitted in High Definition, on the BBC's free-tohannel BBC HD, with continual live coverage during the tournament of Centre Court and Court No. 1 as well as anvening highlights show Today at Wimbledon.

n Ireland RT broadcast the tournament during the 1980s and 1990s on their second channel RT Two, they alsorovided highlights of the games in the evening. RT made the decision in 1998 to discontinue broadcasting theournament due to falling viewing figures and the large number of viewers watching on the BBC. [35] Since 2005 TG4

eland's Irish-language broadcaster has provided coverage of the tournament. Live coverage is provided in the Irishnguage while they broadcast highlights in English at night.[36]

he BBC's opening theme music for Wimbledon was composed by Keith Mansfield and is titled "Light and Tunefuliece titled "A Sporting Occasion" is the traditional closing theme, though nowadays coverage typically ends either wmontage set to a popular song or with no music at all.




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n Australia, the free-to-air Nine Network covered Wimbledon for almost 40 years but decided to drop their broadcasollowing the 2010 tournament, citing declining ratings and desire to use money saved to bid on other sports coveragn April 2011, it was announced that the Seven Network, the host broadcaster of the Australian Open, along with itsster channel 7Two would broadcast the event from 2011.

elevision coverage complaints

he BBC was forced to apologise after many viewers complained about "over-talking" by its commentary team durinhe TV coverage of the event in 2011. It said in a statement that views on commentary were subjective but that they "ppreciate that over-talking can irritate our audience". The BBC added that it hoped it had achieved "the right balanccross its coverage and was "of course sorry if on occasion you have not been satisfied". Tim Henman and John

McEnroe were among the ex-players commentating.[37]

Tickets

he majority of centre and show court tickets sold to the general public are made available by a public ballot that thengland Club holds at the start of the year. A ballot for tickets has been held since 1924.[citation needed]

he ballot has always been substantially oversubscribed. Successful applicants are selected at random by a computer

he All England Club, through its subsidiary The All England Lawn Tennis Ground plc, issues Debentures to tennisans every five years to raise funds for capital expenditure. Fans who invest thus in the club receive a pair of tickets fvery day of the Wimbledon Championships for the five years the investment lasts. [39] Only debenture holders areermitted to sell on their tickets to third parties, although for many years ticket touts have made a habit of purchasingckets allocated to non-debenture holders in the draw and selling them for a profit. Demand for debentures has

ncreased in recent years, to such an extent that they are even traded on the London Stock Exchange.

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament where fans without tickets for play can queue up and still get seats onentre Court, Court 1 and Court 2. Sequentially numbered queue cards were introduced in 2003. From 2008, there is

ngle queue, allotted about 500 seats for each court. When they join the queue, fans are handed queue cards. Anyoneho then wishes to leave the queue temporarily, even if in possession of a queue card, must agree their position withthers nearby in the queue and/or a steward.

o get into the show courts, fans will normally have to queue overnight at Wimbledon.[40] This is done by fans from ver the world and is considered part of the Wimbledon experience in itself. The All-England Club allows overnightueueing and provides toilet and water facilities for campers. Those planning to queue overnight are advised to bringnt and sleeping bag. Should a camper be successful in obtaining a ticket, the Club also provides unattended baggagorage where items not allowed into the grounds (including camping equipment such as tents) can be left while matcre in progress.

imes to queue up vary according to the weather, but anyone queueing up before 9 pm on a weekday should be able et a show court ticket. Early in the morning when the line moves towards the Grounds, stewards walk along the linend hand out wristbands that are colour-coded to the specific court. The wrist band (and payment) is exchanged at thecket office for the ticket when the grounds open. Queuing for the show courts ends after the quarter finals have beenompleted.

t 2.40pm on Day Seven (Monday 28 June) of the 2010 Championships, the one-millionth numbered Wimbledon quard was handed out[41] to Rose Stanley from South Africa.




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The Ladies' (top) and Gentlemen's

singles trophies

eneral admission to the grounds gives access to the outer courts and is possible without queuing overnight. Ticketseturned by people leaving early go on sale at 2:30pm. The money goes to charity.

Trophies and prize money

he Gentlemen's Singles champion receives a silver gilt cup 18.5 inches (about

7 cm) in height and 7.5 inches (about 19 cm) in diameter. The trophy has beenwarded since 1887 and bears the inscription: "All England Lawn Tennis Clubingle Handed Championship of the World." The Ladies' Singles championeceives a sterling silver salver commonly known as the "Venus Rosewaterish", or simply the "Rosewater Dish". The salver, which is 18.75 inches (about8 cm) in diameter, is decorated with figures from mythology. The winners ofhe Gentlemen's Doubles, Ladies' Doubles, and Mixed Doubles events receivelver cups.[42] The runner-up in each event receives an inscribed silver plate.he trophies are usually presented by the President of the All England Club,RH The Duke of Kent.

rize money was first awarded in 1968, the first year that professional playersere allowed to compete in the Championships.[43]

rior to 2007, among grand slam tournaments, Wimbledon and the French Openwarded more prize money in men's events than in women's events. In 2007,

Wimbledon changed this policy, giving the same money for both events.[44] Theecision has been controversial as women spend approximately half the amountf time on court as men during the tournament due to them playing only threeets, therefore earning considerably more per hour than their male counterparts.5][46][47] Wimbledon In 2009, a total of 12,500,000 in prize money was awarded with the singles champions receivi850,000 each, an increase of 13.3 percent on 2008.[48]

or the 2010 Championships, the total prize money increased to 13,725,000, and the singles champions received1,000,000 each.

or the 2011 Wimbledon Championships it was announced that the total prize money would be 14,600,000, anncrease of 6.4% from 2010. Both male and female singles champions prize money also increased to 1,100,000, a rif 10% since the previous year.[49]

n April 24, 2012 it was announced that the total prize money offered at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships would16,060,000, an increase of 10.0% from 2011. The bulk of the increases were given to players losing in earlier round0] This move was in response to the growing angst among lower ranked player concerning the inadequacy of their phen 68th ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky, of the Ukraine, was among the most vocal in the push for higher pay for player

ho bow out in the earlier rounds. In an interview with the Ukrainian website, LB.ua, Sergiy intimates that it is notncommon for lower ranked players to be in the negative, for certain tour events, if their results weren't stellar. [51] Tsue gained the attention of the men's "big four"Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murrays well as the Championships.

2012 Wimbledon Championship Prize Money[52]




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Record plaque about the longest

match ever played at Wimbledon.

Event Result Prize MoneyPercentIncrease

from 2011

Singles

Winner 1,150,000 4.5%

Finalist 575,000 4.5%

Semi-Finalists 287,500 4.5%

Quarter-Finalists 145,000 5.5%

Fourth Round Losers 75,000 9.1%

Third Round Losers 38,875 13.1%

Second Round Losers 23,125 14.9%

First Round Losers 14,500 26.1%

Ranking points

anking points for the ATP and WTA have varied at Wimbledon through the years but presently singles players recehe following points:

ATP WTA

1st Round 10 5

2nd Round 45 100

3rd Round 90 160

4th Round 180 280

Quarter Finalist 360 500

Semi Finalist 720 900

Runner Up 1200 1400

Champion 2000 2000

Ranking points

Champions

Main article: List of Wimbledon champions (and the Championships byyear)

Gentlemen's Singles[53]Ladies' Singles[54]Gentlemen's DoublesLadies' DoublesMixed DoublesSingles Finals




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Current champions

Roger Federer is theGentlemen's champion,after defeating AndyMurray. This is hisseventh Wimbledontitle and seventeenthGrand Slam title.

Serena Williams is theLadies' champion,having defeatedAgnieszka Radwanska.This is Williams' fifthWimbledon Ladies'Singles title and

fourteenth Grand SlamSingles title.

Jonathan Marray ispart of the winningMen's Doubles team in2012. This is his firstGrand Slam title andWimbledon title.

Frederik Nielsen ispart of the winningMen's Doubles team in2012. This is his firstGrand Slam title andWimbledon title.

Serena Williams is partof the winningWomen's Doubles teamn 2012. This is her

13th Women's DoublesSlam title, and fifthWimbledon ladies'doubles crown.

Venus Williams is partof the winningWomen's Doubles teamin 2012. This is her13th Women's DoublesSlam title, and fifthWimbledon ladies'doubles crown.

Mike Bryan is part ofthe winning MixedDoubles team in 2012.This is his firstWimbledon MixedDoubles title and thirdWimbledon title for hiscareer.

Lisa Raymond is partof the winning MixedDoubles team in 2012.This is her secondWimbledon MixedDoubles title and thirdWimbledon title for hercareer.




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Event Champion Runner-up Score

012 Men's Singles Roger Federer Andy Murray 46, 75, 63, 64

012 Women's Singles Serena Williams Agnieszka Radwaska 61, 57, 62

012 Men's DoublesJonathan MarrayFrederik Nielsen

Robert LindstedtHoria Tecu 46, 64, 76, 67, 63

012 Women's Doubles Serena WilliamsVenus Williams

Andrea HlavkovLucie Hradeck

75, 64

012 Mixed Doubles Mike BryanLisa Raymond

Leander PaesElena Vesnina

63, 57, 64




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Records




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Record Era Player(s) Count Winning years

Gentlemen since 1877

Winner of mostGentlemen's Singles titles

Before1968:

WilliamRenshaw

7 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889

After

1967:

Pete Sampras

Roger Federer

71993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Winner of mostonsecutive Gentlemen's

Singles titles

Before1968:

WilliamRenshaw[55]

6 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886

After1967:

Bjrn BorgRoger Federer 5

1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 19802003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Winner of mostGentlemen's Doubles titles

Before1968:

ReggieDoherty & LaurieDoherty

81897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904,1905

After

1967:

Todd

Woodbridge9

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 (withMark Woodforde), 2002, 2003, 2004 (withJonas Bjrkman)

Winner of mostonsecutive Gentlemen's

Doubles titles

Before1968:

ReggieDoherty & LaurieDoherty

5 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901

After1967:

ToddWoodbridge &Mark Woodforde

5 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Winner of most MixedDoubles titles Gentlemen

Before

1968:

Ken Fletcher

Vic Seixas

4

1963, 1965, 1966, 1968 (with Margaret Court)

1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (3 with Doris Hart, 1

with Shirley Fry Irvin)

After1967:

OwenDavidson 4 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974 (with Billie Jean King)

Winner of mostChampionships (total:ingles, doubles, mixed)

Gentlemen

Before1968:

WilliamRenshaw

14 18801889 (7 singles, 7 doubles)

After1967:

ToddWoodbridge

9 19932004 (9 doubles)

Ladies since 1884

Winner of most Ladies'Singles titles

Before1968: Helen Wills 8 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935,1938

After1967:

Martinaavratilova

91978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986,1987, 1990

Winner of mostonsecutive Ladies' Singlesitles

Before1968:

SuzanneLenglen

5 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923

After1967:

Martinaavratilova

6 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987




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Winner of most Ladies'

Doubles titles

Before1968:

ElizabethRyan

12

1914 (with Agatha Morton), 1919, 1920, 1921,1922, 1923, 1925 (with Suzanne Lenglen),1926 (with Mary Browne), 1927, 1930 (withHelen Wills), 1933, 1934 (with SimoneMathieu)

Billie JeanKing 10

1961, 1962 (with Karen Hantze Susman), 1965

(with Maria Bueno), 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971,1973 (with Rosie Casals), 1972 (with BettyStve), 1979 (with Martina Navratilova)

After1967:

MartinaNavratilova

71976 (with Chris Evert), 1979 (with Billie JeanKing), 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (withPam Shriver)

Winner of most

onsecutive Ladies'Doubles titles

Before1968:

SuzanneLenglen &Elizabeth Ryan

5 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923

After1967:

MartinaNavratilova &Pam Shriver

/ NatashaZvereva

4

1981, 1982, 1983, 1984

1991 (with Larisa Neiland), 1992, 1993, 1994(Gigi Fernndez)

Winner of most MixedDoubles titles ladies

Before1968:

ElizabethRyan

7

1919, 1921, 1923 (with Randolph Lycett), 1927(with Frank Hunter), 1928 (with PatrickSpence), 1930 (with Jack Crawford), 1932(with Enrique Maier)

After

1967:

Martina

Navratilova 4

1985 (with Paul McNamee), 1993 (with Mark

Woodforde), 1995 (with Jonathan Stark), 2003(with Leander Paes)

Winner of mostChampionships (total:ingles, doubles, mixed) adies

Before1968:

Billie JeanKing

20 196179 (6 singles, 10 doubles, 4 mixed)

ElizabethRyan 19 191434 (12 doubles, 7 mixed)

After1967:

MartinaNavratilova

20 19762003 (9 singles, 7 doubles, 4 mixed)

Miscellaneous

Most games won in a final Andy Roddick 39 2009

Most matches played (men) Jean Borotra 223 192239, 194864

Most matches played (women)Martina

avratilova326

Loser of most singles finals (men orwomen)

BlancheBingley Hillyard

Chris Evert7

1885, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 19011973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985




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Lowest-ranked winner (men orwomen)

GoranIvanievi

125th 2001

Wildcard winner (men or women)Goran

Ivanievi2001

Lowest-ranked winner (women)Venus

Williams

31st(23rd

seed)

2007

Youngest winner (men) Boris Becker 17 1985

Youngest winner (Ladies' Singles) Lottie Dod 15 1887

Youngest winner (Ladies' Doubles)Martina

Hingis15 1996

Longest men's final by timeRoger Federer

vsRafael Nadal

4hrs48mins

2008

Longest men's match by time

John Isner vs

NicolasMahut

11hrs5mins 2010

Longest men's final by gamesRoger Federer

vsAndy Roddick

77games

2009

Longest men's match by gamesJohn Isner vsNicolas

Mahut

183games

2010

Longest women's final by time

LindsayDavenport vs

VenusWilliams

2hrs45mins 2005

Longest women's match by time

Chanda Rubinvs

Patricia Hy-Boulais

3hrs45mins[56]

2009

Set won without losing a pointgolden set)

YaroslavaShvedova(3rd round vs S Errani,

1st set)

15 mins 2012

Singles champions never World No. 1

According to Wallis Myers ofThe Daily Telegraph and theDaily Mail[57] and the computer rankings of theWomen's Tennis Association, only seven women have won the Wimbledon singles title since 1921, but neverreached the World No. 1 ranking. In 2011, Petra Kvitov won the tournament and later reached a career high oWorld No. 2. (Since Wimbledon's "Open Era" (1968), only five of the 17 winners haven't reached WTA WorldNo. 1.) These are, in chronological order: Kathleen McKane Godfree, Cilly Aussem, Karen Hantze Susman, AHaydon Jones, Virginia Wade, Conchita Martnez, Jana Novotn, and Petra Kvitov.




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The men fared differently. Although the men ranked World No. 1 have been dominant in Wimbledon (11 out othe 19 winners), the Open Era features a mixed fortune of champions. Three champions reached a career high oWorld No. 2, Arthur Ashe, Goran Ivanievi, and Michael Stich. Richard Krajicek, Pat Cash, and Jan Kode,while reaching career highs of World No. 4, have also won the singles championship.

See also

List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles championsList of Wimbledon ladies' singles championsList of Wimbledon gentlemen's doubles championsList of Wimbledon ladies' doubles championsList of Wimbledon mixed doubles championsList of Wimbledon Open Era championsWimbledon Effect2012 Summer Olympics venuesWimbledon court surfacesBritish finalists at Grand Slam tennis tournamentsHistorical British performances at Wimbledon

Footnotes

otes1.^ This means that, in the men's main draws, there are 128 singles (S) and 64 doubles (D), and there are 128 a16 entrants in the respective qualifying (Q) draws.2.^ Federer also won non-consecutive titles in 2009 and 2012. Some of the other record holders for consecutivtitles also have non-consecutive titles.

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^ Will Kaufman & Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson, ed. (2005). "Tennis".Britain And The Americas. 1 : Culture, Politics, anHistory. ABC-CLIO. pp. 958. ISBN 1-85109-431-8. "this first tennis championship, which later evolved into the WimbledTournament ... continues as the world's most prestigious event."

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^ The men who are eligible for the Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles are 35 years old and older.12.




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^ The men who are eligible for the Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles are 45 years old and older.13.^ ab There are no age limits for the Wheelchair Doubles events.14.^ In a single-elimination tournament, a losing player or team is eliminated from the tournament.15.^ "Wimbledon - Grass Courts" (http://www.wimbledon.com/news/media-centre/grass-courts) . AELTC.http://www.wimbledon.com/news/media-centre/grass-courts. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

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^ "Women Don't Deserve Equal Prize Money at Wimbledon" (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/210746-women-dont-des-equal-prize-money-at-wimbledon#poll) . Bleacher Report. 2 July 2009. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/210746-womendont-deserve-equal-prize-money-at-wimbledon#poll. Retrieved 26 July 2010.

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^ "2009 Championships Prize Money" (http://aeltc2009.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/guide/prizemoney.html) .Aeltc2009.wimbledon.org. http://aeltc2009.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/guide/prizemoney.html. Retrieved 14 September2010.

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Further reading

Robertson, Max Wimbledon 18771977

External links

Official site (http://www.wimbledon.com/)Official blog (http://www.wimbledon.com/news/blog/)Map of the Grounds (http://www.wimbledon.com/championships/spectator/maps)Satellite image of the venue (Google Maps) (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=51.501049,-0.13999&sspn=0.202605,0.454559&ll=51.433919,-0.214362&spn=0.006341,0.014205&t=k&om=0)

BBC Five Live's coverage of Wimbledon (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l7vpg)




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