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28 unusual facts about Wimbledon


1791 in Australia

13 July – Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer, best known for discovering the Darling Downs is born in Wimbledon, London.

2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions

Ivanovic's performances at the Grand Slams tournaments were dismal; apart from reaching the fourth round of the US Open (losing to the eventual champion Kim Clijsters), she was defeated in the second round at Australian and French Opens and in the first round at Wimbledon, in the process winning a total of only five Grand Slam matches.

AKS Chorzów

The club also made its mark on the international stage: Halina Richter-Górecka was part of the gold-medal winning women's 100m relay team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games; tennis player Danuta Wieczorek appeared at Wimbledon as a junior.

Albert H. Maggs

He qualified for the Wimbledon Championships, and he won the All Ireland Men's Championship.

Ali Kemal Bey

Ali Kemal stayed with his mother-in-law Margaret Brun (née Johnson) and with his children, first in Christchurch, near Bournemouth, and then in Wimbledon until 1912, when he returned to the Ottoman Empire, soon marrying again.

Andrew Solt

She is the daughter of 1948 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis champion Bob Falkenburg and the niece of 1950s actress-model-TV personality Jinx Falkenburg.

Another Monty Python Record

(The "serious" liner notes on the back also bear a Pythonesque stamp: the biography of Beethoven quickly turns into a commentary on Beethoven's Wimbledon debut.)

Carol Kirkwood

Since 2005, Kirkwood has also presented live forecasts as part of the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, sharing these duties with Dan Corbett and Susan Powell.

Eidos Interactive

SCi left their Battersea Office and moved into the old Eidos office on the second floor of Wimbledon Bridge House, 1 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon.

From Wimbledon to Waco

The Williamses do not live in Wimbledon, nor do they reach Waco, but as Nigel Williams explains in the last chapter of the book "I like the title..."

Gabriel Tschumi

In retirement, Tschumi went to live in Wimbledon where he wrote his memoirs, entitled Royal Chef: Recollections of a Life in Royal Households from Queen Victoria to Queen Mary, which was published in 1954.

George Ewart Bean

He was an avid player of badminton and tennis, and once reached the third round at Wimbledon.

Gillian Bailey

Gillian Bailey or Gilli Bush-Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, London) is a British academic and former actress.

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Florence wins the Wimbledon women's singles title, then abruptly quits the game, announcing her impending marriage to Gordon and leaving her mother a forlorn figure on the sideline.

Hell River

The producter, Ika Panajotovic, was a lawyer and former tennis player who represented Yugoslavia in the Davis Cup and reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

James Gildea

He founded the Royal Homes for Officers' Widows and Daughters at Wimbledon in 1899 and was also at one time treasurer of the St. John Ambulance Association.

Jimmy Van Alen

Two days after his death, on July 5, 1991, in a Wimbledon semifinal, Stefan Edberg lost to Michael Stich 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-7(5-7), 6-7(2-7).

Karen Krantzcke

After reaching the US Open quarterfinals, she reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and the French Open and then reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

Keith Prowse

Within the United Kingdom it is used by the Sport, Leisure and Hospitality Division of Compass Group Plc (who provide catering facilities), the company operates at numerous prestigious venues for many of the world's most iconic sporting and cultural events including Cirque du Soleil, Chelsea Flower Show and Wimbledon.

Kinross and West Perthshire by-election, 1963

A last-minute candidate appeared in the shape of Richard Wort, a schoolmaster from Wimbledon who stood as an Independent right-wing candidate; his nomination paper was handed in with 29 minutes to spare.

Mabel Brookes

With chapters on tennis by Sir Norman Brookes, her husband and 1907 and 1914 winner of the Wimbledon singles and doubles tennis tournament, and America's Davis Cup.

Madeline O'Neill

Since 1905, O'Neill competed in the Wimbledon Championships.

Nigel Napier-Andrews

Nigel Napier-Andrews was born in England, and spent parts of his childhood in Wimbledon, Cairo, Egypt and Benghazi, Libya.

Pathetic Sharks

Viz 166 (June 2007) showed the Sharks attempting to attend the Wimbledon tennis championships: they couldn't get into the stadium, because their tickets (purchased on eBay by Rupert) were actually second-hand bus tickets.

Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet

Janssen moved to England in 1680, making his home at Wimbledon.

TV+

It airs entertainment programs, TV series and films, and also broadcasts sports events like Spanish La Liga, Dutch Eredivisie, ATP World Masters, Wimbledon, WTA, MotoGP, Formula 1, NHL and NBA.

Video, Video

The song is in praise of the then-new technology of video recorders, with the singer describing the wealth of viewing he has on tape — everything from Humphrey Bogart to Wimbledon.

Westside Tennis Club

The club is unique in that it offers courts of all the Grand Slam surfaces: Rebound Ace (Australian Open), red clay (French Open), grass (Wimbledon), and DecoTurf (US Open).


1910 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Edith Johnson 6–4, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Dora Boothby 6–2, 6–2 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1910 Wimbledon Championships.

1992–93 Wimbledon F.C. season

Wimbledon's kit was manufactured by English company Admiral.

1998–99 Wimbledon F.C. season

He was succeeded by former Norwegian national coach Egil Olsen, who had frequently spoke of his admiration of Wimbledon and had transformed Norway into a leading international side with long-ball tactics similar to those employed by Kinnear.

2007 Rogers Cup

The men's singles featured World No. 1, Australian Open and Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, French Open winner and Stuttgart titlist Rafael Nadal, and new ATP No. 3 and Miami Masters champion Novak Djokovic.

Alex Hales

His father Gary broke several local batting records (including 321 not out for Gerrards Cross versus Chalfont St Peter in a limited overs league match in 1991) while his grandfather Dennis was a talented tennis player who once forced Rod Laver to five sets at Wimbledon.

Alexander McNeill

McNeill was educated Wimbledon, Surrey, England and at Trinity College, Dublin.

Ashley Pharoah

Pharoah played rugby for Wimbledon and began his television writing career on the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1991, on which he worked for four years and where he met co-writer Matthew Graham.

Christine Truman

The British junior champion in 1956 and 1957, Truman made her Wimbledon debut in 1957 at age 16 and reached the semifinals, where she lost to Althea Gibson.

Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers

1This was actually the all-comers final as Muriel Robb did not defend her 1902 Wimbledon title, which resulted in the winner of the all-comers final winning the challenge round and, thus, Wimbledon in 1903 by walkover.

Dr. Robert Walter Johnson House and Tennis Court

Stressing sportsmanship and discipline, Johnson trained stars such as Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe, the first African-Americans to ever win at Wimbledon.

Dundonald Road tram stop

At this point, the track follows the route of the old West Croydon to Wimbledon Line between Wimbledon and Croydon, although there was no station on the Dundonald Road site.

Ernest Black

Black reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1900, losing to the only other competing British player, future three-time Wimbledon champion Arthur Gore.

Forest Lodge, New South Wales

Hoad went on to be a member of Australia’s four Davis Cup winning squads in 1952 to 1956, won Wimbledon twice and was the world’s number one tennis player in 1956 before turning professional.

Frank Hadow

He returned to Wimbledon nearly half a century later to collect a commemorative medal from Queen Mary for being the oldest surviving champion.

Georgie Bingham

During her time at ESPN, she participated in broadcasts from Wimbledon, The Open, the US open golf and tennis, The ESPYs, and interviewed Pele, David Beckham, Tracy McGrady, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant among others.

Gerry Weigall

Born in Wimbledon, Weigall was the son of a Victorian artist Henry Weigall (best known for his portrait of Disraeli in 1878–1879) and his wife Lady Rose Fane, daughter of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland.

Gilles Elseneer

This was arguably the strongest year of his career, in which he reached the second rounds of the French Open (l. to Gustavo Kuerten) and Wimbledon (l. to Ivo Karlović), and won the challengers of Heilbronn and Sarajevo.

Gillian Wise

She studied art at the Wimbledon and Central schools of Art and early in the 1950s became the youngest member of the Constructionist group, centred around Victor Pasmore and including Adrian Heath, John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin, and Mary Martin.

Gladiators Australian Series 2

John Alexander was unable to return due to his commitments to Wimbledon and was replaced by Mike Whitney.

Henry Monck-Mason Moore

The son of Rev. Edward William Moore, he was educated at Rokeby Preparatory School, King's College School, Wimbledon and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1909.

Izak van der Merwe

He says he tried to base his play on the former Wimbledon champion, Pete Sampras.

Jane O'Donoghue

She was also given a wild card into Wimbledon and was beaten in round one by Marlene Weingärtner, 4–6 2–6.

John Dykes

Highlights of his time with ESPN STAR Sports include his anchoring the broadcast of cricket's 1999 World Cup in England, trips to Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows to work alongside Vijay Amritraj on Grand Slam tennis, and his work in Augusta for Tiger Woods' triumph at the 2001 Masters.

John-Laffnie de Jager

The duo had an even year 2000 nevertheless winning back-to-back in February, in Rotterdam and London, in Munich in May, and reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon.

Judy Dixon

From 1973 to 1975 she played professionally, including both Wimbledon and in the U.S. Open.

Lamine Ouahab

He reached the boys' singles final of Wimbledon in 2002, defeating Rafael Nadal en route before losing to Todd Reid.

Leif Shiras

In 1995, Shiras won the Wimbledon over-35 men's doubles title (partnering Paul McNamee).

Longest tennis match records

However, among the Grand Slams, only the US Open uses the tiebreak in the final set; the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic tennis instead use the advantage set rules in the final set – in such a set there can be an indefinite number of games until there is a winner.

Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era

The Championships at Wimbledon, the US Championships, the French Championships, and the Australian Championships were typically the top events, where amateur players could compete for the title, albeit without prize money.

Olga Morozova

Earlier, she and Alex Metreveli were the first players from the Soviet Union to reach a Grand Slam final when they teamed at Wimbledon in 1968, losing to Margaret Court and Ken Fletcher.

Sam Hammam

In 1990, before Wimbledon had moved out of their ground to groundshare at Selhurst Park with local rivals Crystal Palace, Hammam bought out a covenant held on the ground by the Council that required it to be retained for sporting use.

Tennis male players statistics

Another example is John Bromwich, the best Australian player, who was prevented by Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, from playing Wimbledon three consecutive years (1938, 1939, 1946) because Brookes' priority was to win the Davis Cup.

Top Players' Tennis

In single-player mode, the player may compete in the four Grand Slams: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

Welby Van Horn

One of the high points of his career was a crushing defeat (6–0, 6–2, 6–1) of the great Bill Tilden at a match between U.S. and British Empire service teams at Wimbledon in July 1945, supposedly the worst drubbing of Tilden's career — Tilden, however, was 52 years old at the time while Van Horn was 25.

Wimbledon Park tube station

On 18 June 2012, Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard was hit and killed by a London Underground train while trying to escape from police near Wimbledon Park station.