Official website | |
Founded | 1877 |
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Editions | 137 (2024) |
Location | London England, United Kingdom |
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Worple Road (1877–1921) Church Road (since 1922) |
Surface | Grass outdoors[a] |
Prize money | £50,000,000 (2024) |
Men's | |
Draw | S (128Q) / 64D (16Q)[b] |
Current champions | Carlos Alcaraz (singles) Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten (doubles) |
Most singles titles | Roger Federer (8) |
Most doubles titles | Todd Woodbridge (9) |
Women's | |
Draw | S (128Q) / 64D (16Q) |
Current champions | Barbora Krejčíková (singles) Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend (doubles) |
Most singles titles | Martina Navratilova (9) |
Most doubles titles | Elizabeth Ryan (12) |
Mixed doubles | |
Draw | 32 |
Current champions | Jan Zieliński Hsieh Su-wei |
Most titles (male) | Leander Paes (4) Vic Seixas (4) Owen Davidson (4) Ken Fletcher (4) |
Most titles (female) | Elizabeth Ryan (7) |
Grand Slam | |
Last completed | |
2024 Wimbledon |
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon,[c] is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. It is played in Wimbledon, a suburb of London in England, Great Britain. The Championships are unique because they are the only Grand Slam played on a grass court. Wimbledon is the third tennis grand slam of the year and is widely seen as the biggest event on the sport's calendar. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is the most prestigious.[1][2][3][4][5]
Wimbledon was first competed in 1877. The women's single and the mens doubles events began seven years later in 1884. It has always been played during the summer. It is played over two weeks, from late June to the beginning of July. The tournament is played after the French Open and before the U.S. Open. In 1968, the championships were opened up to both professionals and amateurs for the first time, with Rod Laver and Billie Jean King winning their respective singles titles.
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Federer said[:] 'I love playing with him, especially here at Wimbledon, the most prestigious tournament we have.'
this first tennis championship, which later evolved into the Wimbledon Tournament ... continues as the world's most prestigious event.
It seems pretty clear that of the four tennis Grand Slam events—Wimbledon and the French, Australian and U.S. Opens—the former is by far the most prestigious one.