[DOC] [TLE] 1877 Wimbledon Championship - Wikipedia [PAR] The 1877 Wimbledon Championship was a men's tennis tournament held at the 
All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club (AEC & LTC) in Wimbledon, London. 
It was the world's first official lawn tennis tournament, and was later .... As a 
consequence, the remaining croquet lawns were converted to tennis courts. [DOC] [TLE] Wimbledon tournament begins - Jul 09, 1877 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first 
lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. ... 
Semifinals were held on July 12, but then the tournament was suspended to 
leave the ... men's doubles championship was also played at Wimbledon for the 
first time after... [DOC] [TLE] First Wimbledon tournament begins | HISTORY [PAR] On 9 July 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first 
lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer suburb of London. ... Real 
tennis grew into lawn tennis, which was played outside on grass and enjoyed a ... 
Semi-finals were held on 12 July, but then the tournament was suspended to 
leave... [DOC] [TLE] Origins of the Wimbledon tennis tournament | chrispearce52 [PAR] Jun 29, 2015 ... ... go back to July 1877 when the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club ... 
then an outer suburb of London, where the club leased four acres of ... Various 
forms of tennis and tennis-type games had been played over the centuries. ... The 
event would become the club's first Lawn Tennis Championship. [DOC] [TLE] Wimbledon 2015: history of tennis at the All England Club - The Week [PAR] Jun 30, 2015 ... Wimbledon is the oldest lawn tennis contest in the world, and remarkably is ... 
The first tournament took place in July 1877 at the All England Croquet Club off 
Worple Road in the south London suburb of Wimbledon. ... The game played 
today, however, is a 19th-century adaptation of a variety of different bat... [DOC] [TLE] Wimbledon History - History & Origin Of Wimbledon Championship [PAR] The name of the tournament is derived from Wimbledon, a suburb of London, ... 
Wimbledon is held for a period of two weeks, starting from late June until early 
July. ... was rechristened as The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club in 
1877. ... In August, the final stages of the US European Championships were 
played. [DOC] [TLE] Wimbledon History - A Brief History of The Championships ... [PAR] The Wimbledon tennis tournament is one of the oldest sporting events in the ... 
first played, The All England Club which is located in the suburbs of London in ... 
towards the end of June and is spread over two weeks, ending in early July. ... It 
was renamed to The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in the year 
1877,... [DOC] [TLE] History and Culture of Wimbledon - Elysium Tennis [PAR] Jul 17, 2015 ... Among these was the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club (All England ... 
In the weeks prior to the first opening day of the Wimbledon championships (on 
July 9, 1877), the ... guests were numbering in the thousands, and by 1905 would 
begin attracting ... 1884 Women begin playing at Wimbledon. [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Wimbledon | History | Smithsonian [PAR] May 31, 2007 ... London Top Destinations ... Within years, however, those croquet lawns were all 
but obsolete, ... This is not the only way in which Wimbledon has made tennis 
what it ... The first championships were won by a man named Spencer Gore, ... 
1920 was the first year in which a woman played without wearing a... [DOC] [TLE] The History Of The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon History [PAR] The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was founded in 1868 and is ... 
and Gentlemen's Doubles (Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles were added in 
1913). ... A lot had changed since the first ever Lawn Tennis Championship in 
1877 .... from 1st July 1975, when Ashe beat him in the quarter finals, to 4th July 
1981... [DOC]

Question: In July 1877 the first tennis championships were played on a croquet lawn in this London suburb
Answer: Wimbledon