History
at Wimbledon The Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon have developed from
the garden party atmosphere of the first meeting in 1877, witnessed by a few hundred
spectators, to a highly professional tournament attracting an attendance of nearly
500,000 and through the press, radio and television a following of millions throughout
the world History of The Championships Part I: 1877-1945 History of The
Championships Part II: 1877-1945 Records & Statistics Roll of
Honour, 1877-2004 Records & Statistics Attendance Figures, 1999-2004
Wimbledon Surplus, 1877-2003 Prize Money, 1968-2004 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis
Museum The museum offers a glimpse of how the original medieval real tennis,
has now become a multi-million dollar professional sport, played all over the
world. Open all year round, the Museum includes memorabilia from many famous players
and includes views of Centre Court and a state of the art Audio/Visual Theatre
showing highlights of great players in action Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
Kenneth Ritchie Library Great Wimbledon Champions Gentlemen's Champions
Ladies' Champions Bjorn Borg Rod Laver John Newcombe John McEnroe
Pete Sampras Margaret Court Steffi Graf Billie Jean King Suzanne
Lenglen Martina Navratilova Classic Championships 1877 - The First
Wimbledon 1936 - Fred Perry's Hat-Trick 1961 - The All British Ladies'
Final 1964 - Bueno v Smith 1968 - First Open Championships 1973 -
The Player's Strike 1975 - Year of the Upset 1977 - Wade's Jubilee Win
1980 - The Tiebreak 1985 - Becker Wins Title at 17 1991 - The First Wimbledon
2000 - Millennium Championships 2001 - The Wild Card Winner Historical
Features Lefties: Rare Wimbledon Winners Love All at Wimbledon Borg's
Wimbledon Debut Nastase and the Strike Murder Off the Grass Court
Fashion at Wimbledon Royalty at Wimbledon The Trophies
History at Wimbledon History History of The Championships Wimbledon
Lawn Tennis Museum Records & Statistics Roll of Honour, 1877-2004
Records & Statistics Attendance Figures, 1999-2004 Wimbledon Surplus,
1877-2003 Prize Money, 1968-2004 Historical Feature Articles Great
Wimbledon Champions Classic Championships Historical Feature Articles
Royalty at Wimbledon The Trophies |