The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, The Wimbledon Championships or simply Wimbledon is the auldest tennis toornament in the warld, an widely considered the maist prestigious.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} It haes been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, Lunnon, syne 1877. It is ane o the fower Grand Slam tennis toornaments (Majors), the ithers bein the Australian Open, the French Open (Roland Garros) an the US Open. Syne the Australian Open shiftit tae haird coort in 1988, Wimbledon is the anerly Major still played on grass, the gemme's oreeginal surface, whilk gae the gemme its oreeginal name o "lawn tennis".

The Championships, Wimbledon
Offeecial wabsteid
Foondit	1877
Location	Wimbledon, Lunnon Unitit Kinrick
Venue	The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Surface	Grass / Ootduir [lower-alpha 1]
Prize money	£28,100,000 (2016)[1]
Men's
Draw	128S (128Q) / 64D (16Q)[lower-alpha 2]
Current champions	Andy Murray (singles) Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (doobles)
Maist singles titles	William Renshaw (7) Pete Sampras (7) Roger Federer (7)
Maist doubles titles	Todd Woodbridge (9)
Weemen's
Draw	128S (96Q) / 64D (16Q)
Current champions	Serena Williams (singles) Serena Williams / Venus Williams (doobles)
Maist singles titles	Martina Navratilova (9)
Maist doubles titles	Elizabeth Ryan (12)
Mixed Doubles
Draw	48
Current champions	Heather Watson / Henri Kontinen
Maist titles (male)	Ken Fletcher (4) Vic Seixas (4) Owen Davidson (4) Leander Paes (4)
Maist titles (female)	Elizabeth Ryan (7)
Grand Slam
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open

The toornament taks place ower twa weeks in late Juin an early Julie, culminatin wi the Ladies' an Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled for the seicont Setturday an Sunday respectively. Ilka year five major, junior, an invitational events is held.

The haird coort (Plexicushion) Australian Open an clay coort French Open precede Wimbledon in the year, an the haird coort (DecoTurf) US Open follaes. For men, the grass coort Queen's Club Championships, an aa in Lunnon, an the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, serve as warm-up events; for weemen, the Aegon Classic in Birmingham an twa jynt events, the Topshelf Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands an the Eastbourne Internaitional.

Wimbledon tradeetions include a strict dress code for competitors, the eatin o strawberries an cream bi the spectators, an Ryal patronage. The toornament is forbye notable for the absence o sponsor advertisin aroond the courts. In 2009, Wimbledon's Centre Coort wis fittit wi a retractable roof tae lessen the loss o playin time due tae rain.

Notes

1. Except Centre Coort durin rain.
2. This means that, in the men's main draws, thare are 128 singles (S) an 64 doobles (D), an thare are 128 an 16 entrants in the respective qualifyin (Q) draws.

References

1. "Prize Money and Finance". AELTC. Retrieved 7 Juin 2016.
2. Clarey, Christopher (7 Mey 2008). "Traditional Final: It's Nadal and Federer". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 Julie 2008. Federer said[:] 'I love playing with him, especially here at Wimbledon, the most prestigious tournament we have.'
3. Will Kaufman & Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson, ed. (2005). "Tennis". Britain and the Americas. 1 : Culture, Politics, and History. ABC-CLIO. p. 958. ISBN 1-85109-431-8. this first tennis championship, which later evolved into the Wimbledon Tournament ... continues as the world's most prestigious event.
4. "Djokovic describes Wimbledon as "the most prestigious event"". BBC News. 26 Juin 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
5. Ryan Rudnansky (24 Juin 2013). "Wimbledon Tennis 2013: Why Historic Tournament Is Most Prestigious Grand Slam". bleacherreport. Retrieved 25 Juin 2013.
6. Monte Burke. "What Is The Most Prestigious Grand Slam Tennis Tournament?". Forbes. Retrieved 25 Juin 2013.