What is Wimbledon Event…?
Wimbledon is one of four major tennis tournaments that take place every year. These four championships are called the Grand Slam or the Majors, and they’re the most important yearly tennis events, they determine players, rankings and account for the highest prize money.
When and where is The Wimbledon…?
Wimbledon is an annual event. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments that take place across the year along with the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open, though becoming champion at Wimbledon is usually the most sought after crown for any professional tennis player!
Named after the town in which the tournament is played, Wimbledon is in south west London in the south of England and it is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The tournament takes place every year over a period of two weeks covering late June and early July, ending up with the match for the title of ladies’ singles champion on the last Saturday, and gentlemen’s singles champion on the last Sunday.
In 2010 the Wimbledon Championships will be held between Monday 21 June and Sunday 4 July.
A History of Wimbledon
No other tennis tournament can claim to have as much history as Wimbledon because this is the oldest tennis tournament in the world! Wimbledon has been held since 1877 and was the birthplace of lawn tennis. Though there is other lawn tennis tournaments held around the world, Wimbledon remains the only Grand Slam tournament to be held on grass.
The Championships, Wimbledon are held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club which is a private club that was established in 1868.
In the ‘Open Era, from 1968 onwards the most successful man has been Pete Sampras who won Wimbledon a staggering 7 times, however Swiss player Roger Federer is hot on his heals and only needs one more win to equal Sampras’ seven titles. Win Wimbledon, doing so in 1977, while Martina Navratilova is the most successful woman of all time because she won the title nine times.
Tickets for Wimbledon
Though demand for Wimbledon tickets is high, there are several ways in which you could get to see some live action.
To be in with a chance of visiting The Championships for a whole day you need to enter the Public Ballot. This involves sending in an application during a specific time period, and applicants are selected by ballot. For the 2010 Championships the ballot dates have now passed, but you can find out more information on applying for 2010 on the Official Wimbledon website like premierevents.co.uk
The second option is to queue outside Wimbledon to be in with a chance of buying one of 500 tickets that are sold daily for Centre, Number 1 and Number 2 Courts or you can buy general admission tickets to give you entrance into the club. With general admission you can watch matches on other courts where seating is not designated, or queue again inside to buy returns for the top three courts. These are tickets that have been handed back when people have left Wimbledon for the day.
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