wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis match on the planet and is taken into account essentially the most prestigious.It has been held at the All England Membership in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877. It is without doubt one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments - the opposite three are the Australian Open, French Open and US Open - and the only one still performed on the game's unique surface, grass, which gave the sport of lawn tennis its name.

The match takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Girls' and Gents's Singles Final, scheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Annually, five main events are contested, as well as four junior occasions and 4 invitational events.

The exhausting courtroom Australian Open and clay court French Open precede Wimbledon in the calendar year. The laborious courtroom US Open follows. For men, the grass courtroom AEGON Championships, additionally in London, as well as the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, function respective heat-up events. For ladies, the AEGON Traditional in Birmingham and a couple of joint occasions, the UNICEF Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands and the AEGON Worldwide Eastbourne function warm-up events to Wimbledon.

Wimbledon traditions include a strict gown code for competitors, the eating of strawberries and cream, and Royal patronage. In 2009, Wimbledon's Centre Court docket was fitted with a retractable roof to stop rain delaying and interrupting Centre Court matches through the tournament.