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  Wimbledon Website - The Championships and The All England Lawn Tennis Club
The 2007 Championships saw Roger Federer win his fifth title in a row, while Venus Williams was crowned ladies' champion for the fourth time in eight years.
Roger Federer was satisfied with his performance after the world number one moved into the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters with a three-set victory over Nicolas Almagro.
On Monday 20th August, 128 boys and girls from all over the UK will be competing in the finals of the Road to Wimbledon 14 and Under Challenge at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
www.wimbledon.org /en_GB/index.html   (176 words)

  
  Wimbledon F.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wimbledon captain Dave Beasant became the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in an FA Cup final, stopping a controversial spot-kick (Clive Goodyear had clearly played the ball) from John Aldridge.
Wimbledon finished high enough in 1991–92 to become founder members of the new Premier League, and Joe Kinnear was appointed manager at the start of 1992–93.
Terry Burton remained manager of Wimbledon for two seasons in Division One until he was controversially sacked at the end of 2001–2002 after the club had narrowly missed out on the promotion playoffs two seasons in a row.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wimbledon_F.C.   (2042 words)

  
 Venus Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2000, she won the Wimbledon championship and the U.S. Open in singles and defended both titles in 2001.
In 2003, Williams faced her sister Serena Williams at the 2003 Wimbledon finals despite suffering a severe abdominal injury which required medical attention during the match.
In the longest Wimbledon final in history, Venus overcame a match point against her to triumph over top seed Lindsay Davenport 4-6 7-6(4) 9-7 to claim the 2005 Wimbledon Championship - her third Wimbledon title in six years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venus_Williams   (876 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Sampras always confident at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England -- The most famous stadium in tennis was quiet as a cathedral, the stands empty, the scoreboards blank, the first match still days away.
But he also wins at Wimbledon because grasscourt matches often come down to just a few pivotal points, and Sampras is at his best under pressure.
He regards his most recent match at Wimbledon as probably the best he ever played anywhere, especially given the stakes and the caliber of opposition.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=604789&type=story   (821 words)

  
 Venus: The Goddess Of Wimbledon - CBS News
At the tournament revered for its history and tradition, Venus Williams staked her claim to the future of women's tennis.
With an extraordinary display of power and athleticism, the 20-year-old Williams beat defending champion Lindsay Davenport in straight sets Saturday to claim the Wimbledon title she always felt she was destined to win.
It was the ultimate performance on the sport's grandest stage by the Venus Williams the tennis world has been hearing about ever since she emerged as a child prodigy in Compton, Calif.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/07/08/sports/main213429.shtml   (927 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
The Wimbledon 2000 semi finalist said her “annoyance over an article that appeared during the Australian Open was not worth denying herself the opportunity to participate in September”.
Dokic was referring to an article in which she reportedly claimed the draws at some tennis tournaments had been rigged to impede her progress, supposedly as punishment for the misbehaviour of her father, Damir.
William Renshaw won Wimbledon seven times in the 1880s but that was when they had the challenge round where the winner only match the final — once everyone else had through the draw and a challenger rose from among them.
www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000711/sports.htm   (5662 words)

  
 The Tennis Bookshop - Newsletter 41
WIMBLEDON 2000 was a good though not quite a classic Championships.
You will recall that 1997 was their fifth consecutive year as Wimbledon doubles champions.
An edition limited to 2000 numbered copies, this is the first Oz Open Annual, written on a day-by-day basis, profusely illustrated; very collectable.
www.tennisbookshop.com /newsletter41.htm   (3385 words)

  
 wimbledon tennis 2000 for you at wimbledon tennis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
U.S. Open title and last year's Wimbledon; is lifetime at Wimbledon; Making her grasscourt debut with her second Open Tennis Release To Coincide With Wimbledon.
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wimbledon-tennis.gimmesomemore.info /wimbledon-tennis-2000   (505 words)

  
 History of Women in Sports Timeline - 2000 continued
2000 - Venus Williams becomes only the second player in history to win Wimbledon, the US Open and the Olympics in the same year with her 6-2, 6-4 victory over Elena Dementieva for an Olympic gold medal in the women’s singles final.
2000 - US track and field star Marion Jones moves closer to her goal of five gold medals in one Olympics with her win in the women’s 200 meters in 21.84 seconds for her second gold medal of the Sydney Games.
2000 - Birgit Fischer becomes the all-time leading Olympic medal-winner in kayaking with her ninth medal, winning the women’s four for the second straight time and third in four Olympics, tying swimmer Kristin Otto and Reiner Klimke of equestrian for most golds by a German at six.
www.northnet.org /stlawrenceaauw/timlne10.htm   (4547 words)

  
 SLAM! TENNIS: 2000 WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 10: Wimbledon champ Williams is queen of the ball
Pete Sampras went to the edge of daylight Sunday to beat Patrick Rafter and every other man who ever played tennis and yet he'll be lucky if the glow of victory is still on him by the end of the week.
 WIMBLEDON, England -- Except for the showers in Sunday's final between Pete Sampras and Pat Rafter, this year's two-week run at Wimbledon had been nearly rain-free.
www.canoe.ca /SlamTennisWimbledon00/day14.html   (537 words)

  
 TennisRoundup.com Tournament Information
Wimbledon is only his ninth event, but he has won four titles so far, leading the tour for the season alongside Roger Federer.
Despite his four semifinal appearances at Wimbledon, Henman is not one of the 18 men who arrived at 2003 Wimbledon owning at least one grass court title.
One was at the US Open in 2000 (defeated Jiri Vanek 63 64 76), one at the 2001 Australian Open (defeated Paradorn Srichaphan 36 64 61 36 62), and the other was at the 2002 US Open, where he defeated Andreas Vinciguerra 76 76 62.
www.tennisroundup.com /events/2003/2003_Wimbledon/info_Wimb1.htm   (20547 words)

  
 wimbledon tennis 2000 men singles r site you'll visit often us for more information.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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Information about wimbledon tennis 2000 men singles r changes with time, so read on to learn the latest information aboout it.
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 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
Rafter, who has been nothing if not consistent at Wimbledon — he’s reached at least the fourth round every year since 1996 — got into early command against the German who is coveted by the British for his UK passport.
She finally served for the match at 5/4 and with Serena watching and cheering from the players’ box Venus accomplished what her father had been saying all along, that both would meet in a Grand Slam final or semifinal — he had predicted that they would both win their quarterfinal matches.
Strange, that both at the US Open last year and Wimbledon this year it was left to her to take out the world’s No. 1 player while her sister had the better draw.
www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000706/sports.htm   (5768 words)

  
 Search Results for "Wimbledon"
...most major events are now played on courts of hard, composite materials; exceptions include Wimbledon, played on grass, and the French Open, played on clay.
The first African American to play at Wimbledon (1951), she won the U.S. women's singles title and the singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon...
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www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Wimbledon   (249 words)

  
 List of female tennis players - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Bueno (Brazil) - 1965 Australian Championships finalist, 1964 French Championships finalist, 1958, 1960, 1965 and 1966 semi-finalist; 1959-60 and 1964 Wimbledon Championships champion, 1965-66 finalist; 1959, 1963, 1964 and 1966 U.S. Championships champion, 1960 finalist, 1962, 1965 and 1968 semi-finalist.
Margaret Smith Court (Australia) - 1960-61-62-63-64-65-66, 69-70-71 and 1973 Australian Open champion, 1968 finalist; 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970 and 1973 French Open champion, 1965 finalist; 1963, 65, 70 Wimbledon champion, 1964 and 1971 finalist; 1962, 1965, 1968-69-70, 73 U.S. Open champion.
Lisa Raymond (USA) - 2000 Wimbledon quarter-finalist, 2001 doubles champion, 1999 mixed doubles champion • 2004 Australian Open quarter-finalist, 2000 doubles champion, 2006 finalist • 2001/2005 U.S. Open doubles champion, 1996/2002 mixed doubles champion • 2006 French Open doubles champion, 2003 mixed doubles champion
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_female_tennis_players   (2036 words)

  
 It Must Be Dons 2000/2001 Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Tuesday night see's the start of Norway's Euro 2000 campaign against one of the favourites Spain the game kicks off at 5pm UK time and I will bring you news from the match that we hope Trond is involved in.
With Euro 2000 it looks like their will not be much news on the domestic side of the game.
To this end we will be having a meeting this coming Wednesday the 7th June 2000 in Wimbledon - the venue is yet to be confirmed, but we shall have sufficient time for the meeting and an adjournment to the pub at the conclusion of the evening.
www.itmustbedons.com /Current/oldnews/jun00.html   (3437 words)

  
 SLAM! TENNIS: 2000 WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
She tried to brace her fall with her left hand and rolled onto her stomach, writhing in pain.
 WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Jan-Michael Gambill pulled off the biggest upset of Wimbledon so far with a straight-set victory Tuesday over Lleyton Hewitt, who was regarded as a strong threat to Pete Sampras' title.
 WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- From the other side of the net, Lindsay Davenport watched helplessly as her friend tumbled to the Wimbledon grass and rolled over in pain.
www.canoe.ca /SlamTennisWimbledon00/day2.html   (432 words)

  
 Mariaan De Swardt, Martina Navratilova, Wimbledon, Tennis, The Masters Series, ASAP Sports FastScripts, Interviews, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
I didn't have anything planned for a couple months, "I'll play Wimbledon." I have a great life from the tennis, doing a lot of different things.
I mean, the players, when they have their friends and family here, they work for 20 years to come to Wimbledon, they're struggling, begging, stealing practically to get their friends and family on the court.
You're known for your progressive thinking, yet when you think of Wimbledon, you think of Royal Box, tweeds and tea, traditional culture, traditional ways of life.
www.asapsports.com /tennis/2000wimbledon/062800MD.html   (2568 words)

  
 SLAM! TENNIS: 2000 WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
 WIMBLEDON, England (AP)-- Martina Navratilova and Mariaan de Swardt are in the doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon where they'll face Venus and Serena Williams.
 WIMBLEDON, England -- Jelena Dokic, who reached the semifinals on Tuesday, has fired Tony Roche as her coach and turned over the role to her father, Damir.
Damir Dokic was detained last week at Wimbledon after he smashed a reporter's cellular phone.
www.canoe.ca /SlamTennisWimbledon00/day9.html   (347 words)

  
 Venus Williams (USA) tennis player - bios, pictures, statistique
In July 2005, Venus defeated world number one Lindsay Davenport in the Wimbledon finals at what is being hailed as one of the greatest Wimbledon matches of all time.
Captured her 1st Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon 2000, becoming the 2nd fl woman in history to win the title.
In 2000, joined Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Billie Jean King, and Martinal Navratilova as the players who have won both Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year.
www.smashsportsbetting.com /player/venus_williams   (424 words)

  
 Venus Williams
Williams dominated women's tennis in 2000, winning singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Sydney Olympics, and winning doubles titles at Wimbledon and Sydney with her younger sister Serena.
After her breakthrough 2000 campaign she was named Sportswoman of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine.
In 2001 she repeated as Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion (defeating Serena in the U.S. Open finals) and she won again at Wimbledon in 2005.
www.factmonster.com /biography/var/venuswilliams.html   (158 words)

  
 The Tennis Bookshop - Newsletter 40
WIMBLEDON 2000 features a Centre Court parade on the middle Saturday of surviving singles champions and runners-up, plus those who have won two or more Doubles titles.
Three times a losing Wimbledon Singles finalist (1935 and 1936 to Perry; 1937 to Budge), he is well remembered for being not just a fine stroke player and athlete, but also a most sporting competitor.
Written by Perry after his first Wimbledon win, in which he exercises his bitterness about the way he was treated, coming as was made clear to him, from distinctly the wrong side of the railway-line.
www.tennisbookshop.com /newsletter40.htm   (4654 words)

  
 A Profile Of Tennis Star Venus Williams
2000 - Missed first four months of season with tendonitis in both wrists; in just fourth tournament of 2000 due to injury, captured first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, becoming second African-American woman to win the title (Althea Gibson won in 1957-58); d.
No.1 Hingis (was two points from losing, trailing 5-3 third set), avenging 1999 SF loss to her (d.
S.Williams in final, first time sisters met in Grand Slam final since Wimbledon in 1884 when Maud Watson d.
blogs.tennisuniverse.com /venus/Profile   (1054 words)

  
 Wimbledon 2000
After several rain delays, Sampras defeated Patrick Rafter 6-7 (10-12), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-2 for his record seventh Wimbledon singles title and 13th Grand Slam win.
Venus Williams' run to the Wimbledon women's singles title drew strong TV audiences for NBC.
The stars seem to be aligned for Pete Sampras as he seeks his seventh Wimbledon title, writes ESPN.com's Greg Garber.
espn.go.com /tennis/wimbledon00   (366 words)

  
 Wimbledon 2000 Official Film - sporting goods specials
Wimbledon 2000 Official Film - sporting goods specials
Take a look back at the greatest moments of Wimbledon 2000.
Their mission is to be the #1 sports and fitness specialty retailer for all athletes and outdoor enthusiasts through the relentless improvement of everything they do.
www.train4golf.com /sports-4/Wimbledon2000OfficialFilm-1225288.htm   (140 words)

  
 Wimbledon 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Court 2 and 3 scoreboards - The Poo's game sitting at 19-18 in the fifth, great battle between two big hitters.
The Poo took out what turned out to be the longest game in the history of the modern game at Wimbledon.
The whole gang chilling out in front of the big TV on the hill behind court one.
www.fortunecity.com /boozers/slug/200/wimbledon2000.htm   (239 words)

  
 2002 Swingtime
Henin-Hardenne in final after her compatriot retired with a left wrist and finger sprain; reached SF at Wimbledon, dropping only one set en route, l.
In 1976, there were 16 seeds, 12 in 1977 before reverting to 16 seeds again in 1978 until 2000.
At Wimbledon, five Russian women reached the round of the last 16 for the very first time at a major tournament.
www.tennisroundup.com /events/2003/2003_USOpen/2003_USOpWTA_Info2.htm   (14756 words)

  
 The Championships, Wimbledon 2006 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Championships, Wimbledon 2006 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM
The match between Britain's Andy Murray and Julien Benneteau of France had to be abandoned due to failing light.
Defending champion Venus Williams exuded calm confidence as she explained how she fought her way back from the brink of an embarrassing second round defeat to Lisa Raymond.
www.wimbledon.org   (97 words)

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