Sunday, June 20, 2010

The Championships Wimbledon

The Wimbledon Championships or simply say Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the soil. It is usually considered the most prestigious tournament which has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877 and it is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. It is the only one which is still played on the game’s original surface; grass and it gave the game of lawn tennis’ name.

The tournament goes on within two weeks in late June and early July and finishes with the ladies’ and gentlemen’s singles final. The scheduled is respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Five major events are contested and four junior events plus four invitational events holding each year.

The hard court Australian Open and the clay court French Open too goes before Wimbledon in the current year. Besides, the hard court US Open also will be preceded. The grass court AEGON Championships will be in London for men and the Gerry Weber Open will be in Halle, Germany that will serve as respective warm-up events. The AEGON Classic will be in Birmingham for women, the UNICEF Open will be in‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands and this AEGON International Eastbourne will be served as warm-up events to Wimbledon.
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