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	The Championships, Wimbledon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply "Wimbledon", is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis.
		Wimbledon usually lasts for two weeks; the main events span both weeks, but the junior and invitational events are for the most part held during the second week.
		Due to possibility of rain during Wimbledon, a retractable roof is planned for the court; it is expected to be completed in 2009.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wimbledon_Championships (2421 words)

	Wimbledon (tennis) - MSN Encarta
		Wimbledon (tennis), annual tennis tournament held in the district of Wimbledon, in the London borough of Merton.
		Officially known as The Lawn Tennis Championships, the event is considered one of the four most important tournaments in the sport, along with the Australian Open, French Open, and United States Open.
		Wimbledon was cancelled from 1940 to 1945 because of World War II, and Centre Court was damaged by a German bomb in 1940.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701509024/Wimbledon_(tennis).html (358 words)

	Don Budge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		However, a good instructor and hard work changed all that and in 1937 he swept the Wimbledon championships, winning the singles, the men's doubles title with Gene Mako, and the mixed doubles crown with Alice Marble.
		In 1938, Don Budge dominated tennis, defeating John Bromwich in the Australian Open final, Roderick Menzel in the French Open, Henry Austin at the Wimbledon championships, where he never lost a set, and Gene Mako in the U.S. Open to become the first person ever to win the Grand Slam in tennis.
		He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1964 and with the advent of the Open era in tennis, in 1968 he returned to play at Wimbledon in the Veteran's doubles.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/d/do/don_budge.html (514 words)

	The Championships, Wimbledon - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Held every June or July, the tournament is the third Grand Slam event played each year, preceded by the Australian Open and the French Open, and followed by the U.S. Open.
		Britons are very proud of the tournament but it is a source of national anguish and humour—no British man has won the singles event at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, and no British woman since Virginia Wade in 1977.
		The trophies are usually presented by the President of the All England Club, HRH The Duke of Kent, and by his wife, HRH The Duchess of Kent.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/w/i/m/Wimbledon_championships.html (1972 words)

	Virginia Wade
		In 1968, she fulfilled her early promise by winning the US Open.
		However, her inconsistency, especially after losing to Ann Jones[?] at Wimbledon championships in 1969, resulted in her remaining only number two in the British rankings.
		Her career was considered virtually at an end by 1977 when, against the odds and urged on by the partisan crowd, she put it all together in a masterful performance and won through to the Ladies Singles Final at Wimbledon, where she defeated Betty Stove[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/vi/Virginia_Wade.html (173 words)

	Rod Laver
		There was much resistance by the tournament operators to paying "professional" players prize money and as a result, Rod Laver did not play at the US Open, the Wimbledon championships or any of the other great championships for five years after he turned professional in 1963.
		In addition, he won the French Open singles championship twice and the Wimbledon championships singles title 4 times.
		He defeated Roy Emerson[?] in the Australian and French Open finals, Marty Mulligan[?] at the Wimbledon championships and Roy Emerson[?] again in the U.S. Open to complete his Grand Slam.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ro/Rod_Laver.html (511 words)

	History of Wimbledon
		But it is not just the calibre of players which makes the Wimbledon Championships so special, but also their rich history.
		It was not until 1968 that the first professional Open Championships was held, with Rod Laver and Billie Jean King the inaugural winners - a total purse of over £26,000 was on offer that year.
		The 100th Championships were held in 1986, with the centenary of the Ladies' Singles and Doubles championships being staged in 1993.
	impalassz57.com /Wimbledon (1038 words)

	Fabulous Wimbledon tennis, wimbledon 2006,tennis tickets 2006 centre court championship tickets 2005 wimbledon images ...
		Wimbledon's ticket windows would be opening at 10:30am, and I wanted one more shot at it.
		AELTC is most generous with its facilities, hosting many tournaments: British Hard Court Championships Tournament, The London Parks and Clubs LTA Tournaments, and the services stage their Championships on the grass courts, the National Veterans Championships are held in the Aorangi Park section with its fourteen grass courts, and it goes on and on.
		And, like Wimbledon, who spends profits on the fortunes of British tennis, other tournaments must be willing to channel funds to promote their country's tennis fortunes, while feathering their own nests.
	www.wimbledontennis.co.uk /fab5.htm (10920 words)

	The Wimbledon Village - 2005 Wimbledon Tennis Championships Page
		Venus Williams had lost her last two Wimbledon finals to her sister Serena, who was beaten at the end of the first week in a similar late night encounter.
		Wimbledon Championships 2005, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport, Roger Federer, Marat Safin,Lleyton Hewitt, Wimbledon
		For live Wimbledon Tennis Betting Game Odds and Lines, go to PinnacleSports or BODOG where there are wide array of tennis betting propositions to choose from including odds to win the 2005 Wimbledon, round by round head-to-head matchups and sets betting.
	wimbledoncupwinners.blogspot.com (2116 words)

	SHE THANG: PROFILE-MARIA BUENO
		In 1958 she won the women's doubles championship, with Althea Gibson, at Wimbledon, and in 1959 she won the singles championships at Wimbledon and Forest Hills.
		She swept the Wimbledon and Forest Hills singles events in 1964, and in 1965 she won the Wimbledon doubles with Billie Jean Moffitt (afterward Billie Jean King).
		In 1968 she joined Margaret Smith Court to win the women's doubles title in the first open tournament (both amateurs and professionals eligible) at Forest Hills.
	www.harlemlive.org /shethang/profiles/mariabueno/maria.html (313 words)

	Wimbledon \| Fun Facts
		Charlotte (Lottie) Dod became the youngest player ever to win a Wimbledon singles event when, in 1887, she won at the age of 15 years, 285 days.
		The last married woman to win the women's singles championship was Chris Evert Lloyd in 1981.
		In 1968, the year of the first "open" championships, the prize money was £2,000 and £750, respectively.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/00wimbledon1.html (532 words)

	Wimbledon Tennis Tournament Tickets Information
		Wimbledon Tennis is home to the All England Lawn that loves Wimbledon Tennis Tournament; Tennis and Croquet Club who organize the world famous Wimbledon Tennis Tournament held in the last week of June and first week of July and where lots of Wimbledon Tennis Tournament Tickets were sold.
		Wimbledon Tennis is surely known as the leader tennis tournament in the world, hosted by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club by attracting lots of people to buy Wimbledon Tennis Tournament Tickets.
		The exhausting five set loss ended Pistol Pete's run of five uninterrupted Wimbledon championships and left the men's side of the tournament wide open for a new champion that Is why lots of Wimbledon Tennis Tournament Tickets were sold.
	www.rhinotickets.com /tennis/wimbledon-tickets.htm (1208 words)

	BORIS BECKER, FRANÇOISE DÜRR, NANCY RICHEY AND BRIAN TOBIN ENTER INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At Wimbledon she was a mixed doubles winner in 1976, and appeared in 6 women's doubles finals at Wimbledon (1965, '68, '70, '72, '73, '75).
		She also was a finalist in the Italian Championships singles (1965) and the South African Championships singles (1969), as well as a finalist in the year-ending Virginia Slims Championships (1973).
		One of her most memorable matches was in 1968 against Billie Jean King, when she rallied from 6-4, 5-1 down to win 12 straight games for a dramatic semifinal victory on her way to winning the Madison Square Garden Championships in New York.
	www.tennisfame.com /PressCenter/03Enshrinee.html (1379 words)

	London
		Wimbledon F.C., in an extremely controversial move, left London in 2003 to play in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, changing their name to Milton Keynes Dons F.C, and the newly formed AFC Wimbledon inherited most of their support, despite playing at a much lower level in the football pyramid.
		London hosted the World Cup Final in 1966, the European Football Championship in 1996 and the European Cup final in 1968 & 1978.
		The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which hosts the Wimbledon Championships, is based in Wimbledon.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/l/lo/london.html (2058 words)

	Pete Sampras: Career highlights \| Wimbledon 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sampras had stressed that he did not believe Wimbledon 2000 was his last chance to break Emerson's record but the fact he invited his parents to watch him for the first time at Wimbledon indicated he believed his time was running out.
		Having won the four major championships in 1962, he turned professional and was prevented from playing at such amateur sanctums as the All England Club.
		WIMBLEDON, England -- This was supposed to be the moment Pete Sampras stood apart from all the rest, serving his way to a record 13th Grand Slam title with a victory over Patrick Rafter in the Wimbledon final.
	www.samprasfanz.com /bio/2000wim1.html (12978 words)

	Historical Encyclopedia of WA - WA Snapshots
		The first national championship played in WA was in 1980, hosted by the Chapel polocrosse club.
		In 1994 the national championships were hosted in WA by the Walkaway club.
		WALTA gained the right to conduct three Australasian Open Men’s Championships in 1909, 1913 and 1922, yet it was not until 1994 that a permanent tennis centre was established at Burswood.
	www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au /wa_snapshots (9972 words)

	The Wimbledon Village - 2005 Wimbledon Tennis Championships Page
		Meanwhile, 14th seed Venus Williams becomes the lowest seeded player to win a Wimbledon championship, beating No. 1 Lindsay Davenport in what was recorded as the longest women's final on Saturday.
		Wimbledon Championships 2005, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport, Roger Federer, Venus Williams,Lleyton Hewitt, Wimbledon
		The most successful male players in the history of Wimbledon are Pete Sampras and William Renshaw who took the title seven times.
	wimbledoncupwinners.blogspot.com /2005/07/its-3-in-row-for-federer-venus.html (464 words)

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		In 1977, The Championships celebrated their centenary and as part of the celebrations, the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum was opened.
		In 1993, Wimbledon saw the emergence of the most successful Gentleman’s Champion in the Open era when Pete Sampras of the United States won the first of his seven Singles Championships.
		A major addition to the Wimbledon Archive is sixteen hours of fl and white and colour material acquired from British Movietone, covering The Championships from 1900 to 1980.
	www.twiarchive.com /reviews/wimbledon.shtml (1521 words)

	britishtennis.com - History Of Tennis
		As the Australasian Championships were predominantly held in Australia anyway, they became the Australian Championships and would only be hosted in Australia.
		The longest Tie-break at Wimbledon was in the 1980 Mens Singles Final between John McEnroe (USA) and Björn Borg (Sweden), with a score of 18-16 in favour of Björn Borg.
		Martina Hingis of Switzerland was the youngest ever Wimbledon champion when she won the Ladies Doubles in 1996 at the age of only 15 years and 282 days.
	www.britishtennis.com /newtotennis/history (1628 words)

	Don Johnson Joins Carolina Tennis Staff :: Elite professional doubles player comes on as Coach Sam Paul's top assistant.
		He won the mixed doubles championship in 2000 with Kimberly Po as the duo teamed to defeat Australia's Lelyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters 6-2, 7-6 in the final.
		The Wimbledon title was the first for an American doubles team since 1990.
		Altogether, Johnson was 23 ATP Tour doubles championships in his professional career which began in 1992.
	tarheelblue.cstv.com /sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/100703aaa.html (487 words)

	Billie Jean Moffitt King, 1987 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1979 she got the 20th in her 19th Wimbledon, the doubles, in the company of Martina Navratilova, with whom she won her last major, U.S. doubles, in 1980.
		Elizabeth Ryan's 19 Wimbledon titles (between 1914 and 1934) were all in doubles and mixed doubles.
		King's most important titles were Wimbledon singles, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975, and the U.S, singles at Forest Hills 1967, 1971, 1972, and 1974.
	www.tennisfame.com /enshrinees/billiejean_king.html (1225 words)

	Long Island Tennis Clubs, Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis, Woodbury Indoor Tennis Court, Cold Spring Valley Racquet Club
		Thefirst championship was in 1877 and it was accepted as Britain's National Championship.
		It was during the 1920's that Wimbledon had great growth and became the most important tennis championship in the world.
		The growth of the Championships accelerated after 1968 with the advent of "open" tennis where professionals could compete.
	longislandtennisclubs.com /Grand_Slams.htm (688 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76
		Clapp, like Gibson a U.S. and Wimbledon champion, remembered that one grass-court event in the East would not admit Gibson into its field until she submitted to a physical examination meant to establish that she was, indeed, a woman.
		She also won Wimbledon championships in 1957 and '58 after capturing the French championship in 1956.
		After open tennis began in 1968, she played in a few events, but by then she was too old to be successful.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20030929-9999_1s29gibson.html (868 words)

	Tennis Grand Slam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1968 the tournament became open to all players and the US Open was held at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
		The Wimbledon Championships were first held in 1877 at the All-England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club.
		Wimbledon is unique in that it is the only one of the four Slams still to be played on grass courts.
	groups.msn.com /TennisGrandSlam/thegrandslams.msnw (357 words)

	Guiness Tennis World Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Both were former Wimbledon singles champions, and at the age of 87 and 88 respectively.
		The longest tiebreak was 26-24 for the fourth and decisive set of a first round men's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships on 1 July 1985.
		Charlotte 'Lottie' Dod (1871-1960) won the Wimbledon singles tennis title five times between 1887 and 1893, the British Ladies' Golf Championship in 1904, an Olympic silver medal for archery in 1908, and represented England at hockey in 1899.
	www.tennis4you.com /guiness/guiness4you.htm (2702 words)

	Pure Class
		Thus, you are stuck with this 1997 Wimbledon Story that almost had an unhappy ending.
		I was not surprised Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras won the crowns and the ton of sterling Wimbledon awards for excellence; Sampras received £415,000 and Hingis £373,500.
		Willie won the Singles Championship again in 1890 and the twins combined to win seven doubles titles making Willie the winningest Gentleman of all times with 14 titles.
	www.strato.net /~walkerj/fabwimpics3.html (4991 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Tennis \| Wimbledon History \| Modern grasscourt legends
		But that quartet are just four on a roll call of celebrated champions since the start of the Open era in 1968, during which time there have been 33 different singles winners.
		She was to dominate the women's tournament as Borg did the men's, eclipsing King, her friend and predecessor, with six successive titles and nine in all.
		The future of Wimbledon promises to deliver a story as exciting and intriguing as the past.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/tennis/wimbledon_history/3742047.stm (646 words)

	Billie Jean King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		By 1968 she had won three Wimbledon championships as well as the United States title and was the world's top-ranked women's amateur.
		In 1968 she won Wimbledon for the third consecutive year and also won the Australian Open.
		She won two more straight Wimbledon crowns in 1972-73 and her sixth in 1975, when she retired from singles competitions, although she continued playing in team tennis (1973-78) and in doubles, in which she was a superb player, winning the Wimbledon title 10 times and the U.S. crown 5 times.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/king-bj.html (248 words)

	Wikinfo \| Ken Rosewall
		In 1956, partnered with Lew Hoad, he won the doubles Grand Slam in tennis, taking all four major championships that year.
		During an outstanding playing career he remained virtually injury free, something that helped him to still win championships at the age of 43 and remain ranked in the top 15 in the world.
		Although he was a finalist 4 times at the Wimbledon championships, it was the one major tournament that eluded him.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.phtml?title=Ken_Rosewall (215 words)

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