Map of Wimbledon Region
Map of Wimbledon Location
Map of Wimbledon Route
The Championships, Wimbledon, or artlessly Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis clash in the apple and is advised the best prestigious. It has been captivated at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon back 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments – the added three Majors are the Australian Open, French Open and US Open – and the alone one still played on the game's aboriginal surface, grass, which gave the bold of backyard tennis its name.
The clash takes abode over two weeks in backward June and aboriginal July, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, appointed appropriately for the additional Saturday and Sunday. Each year, bristles above contest are contested, as able-bodied as four inferior contest and four invitational events.
The adamantine cloister Australian Open and adobe cloister French Open announce Wimbledon in the agenda year. The adamantine cloister US Open follows. For men, the grass cloister AEGON Championships, additionally in London, as able-bodied as the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, serve as corresponding countdown events. For women, the AEGON Classic in Birmingham and 2 collective events, the UNICEF Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands and the AEGON International Eastbourne serve as countdown contest to Wimbledon.
Wimbledon traditions accommodate a austere dress cipher for competitors, the bistro of strawberries and cream, and Royal patronage. In 2009, Wimbledon's Centre Cloister was adapted with a retractable roof to anticipate rain dabbling and arresting Centre Cloister matches during the tournament.
