Interesting Facts About Wimbledon

British summer is announced every June by a two-week tennis tournament known as the Wimbledon Championship. Wimbledon, as commonly called, is hosted by the All England Club in the Wimbledon district on the outskirts of London. Wimbledon is one of the four tournaments that make up the tennis Grand Slam. The early summer tournament at Wimbledon is the oldest and most respected tennis tournament in the world.

Wimbledon began humbly in 1877. Only 200 spectators each shilled and saw Spencer Gore defeat William Marshall in the final and become the first champion in Wimbledon. Gore was unable to defend the championship the year after Robshot inventor Frank Hadow beat him in the final. After his defeat, Gore immediately retired from tournament tennis. Since then, 64 men have won the title of gentleman.

More than a century later, 32,036 participants gathered on the last day in Wimbledon and saw the Spanish Rafael Nadal successfully defend the title against Thomas Belditch. The total number of participants in the two-week 2010 tournament was approximately 500,000, with another 5 million people watching on TV worldwide. Wimbledon was first aired in 1937 by a British broadcaster. The British broadcaster still has Wimbledon broadcast rights. The British government mandates that the finals be broadcast live on television.

Wimbledon consists of single and double competitions. Most are familiar with Wimbledon's famous gentlemen and women, but there are also categories for event, junior, senior and wheelchair participants. In total, there are 14 different championship events.

Wimbledon champion roll calls are dotted with tennis legends. Most of the gentleman single title records are seven shared by William Renshaw and Pete Sampras. Sampras won his title in the modern open era when professionals were allowed to compete at Wimbledon. Prior to 1968, participation was limited to amateurs. Martina Navlitarova holds a ladies record. Single at 9 o'clock. She achieved these six consecutive years. Other notable champions include the 7-time Steffi Graf and 6-time Roger Federer and Billie Jean King. Bjorn Borg and Venus Williams have won Wimbledon five times each.

Wimbledon has a lot of tradition. The most important of these traditions is the grassy coat where the championship is contested. Wimbledon is the last game of a great tennis tournament that takes place on the lawn-a hard, unpredictable surface in favor of big hitters. Wimbledon's traditional colors are green and purple. Until 2006, all officials were dressed in green. Players must wear white, but some color accents are gradually sneaking into the court. Wimbledon's delicious edible tradition is to devour strawberries and cream. Wimbledon consumes thousands of pounds of strawberries and gallons of ice cream every year. Wimbledon has even a literary tradition. On the way to the center court, the player must pass two lines from the Radyard Kipling poem "If". And of course, if it doesn't rain, it will not be England. Since 1922, there are only six championships that have never stopped raining.

All sports have the best events. Baseball will play the World Series. Hockey team skates in Stanley Cup Winning at the Masters is considered the best result of golf. However, none of these events is comparable to Wimbledon's long history, colorful traditions, and legendary tennis champions.