# Wimbledon Championships

Wimbledon Championships| Official website |
| Founded | 1877 (1877) |
| Editions | 137 (2024) |
| Location | London England, United Kingdom |
| Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Worple Road (1877–1921) Church Road (since 1922) |
| Surface | Grass outdoors |
| Prize money | £50,000,000 (2024) |
| Men's |
| Draw | S (128Q) / 64D (16Q) |
| Current champions | Carlos Alcaraz (singles) Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Roger Federer (8) |
| Most doubles titles | Todd Woodbridge (9) |
| Women's |
| Draw | S (128Q) / 64D (16Q) |
| Current champions | Barbora Krejčíková (singles) Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Martina Navratilova (9) |
| Most doubles titles | Elizabeth Ryan (12) |
| Mixed doubles |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Jan Zieliński Hsieh Su-wei |
| Most titles (male) | Leander Paes (4) Vic Seixas (4) Owen Davidson (4) Ken Fletcher (4) |
| Most titles (female) | Elizabeth Ryan (7) |
| Grand Slam |
| * Australian Open
* French Open
* Wimbledon
* US Open
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| Last completed |
| *2024 Wimbledon* |

The **Wimbledon Championships**, commonly called **Wimbledon**, is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. It is played in Wimbledon, a suburb of London in England, Great Britain. The Championships are unique because they are the only Grand Slam played on a grass court. Wimbledon is the third tennis grand slam of the year and is widely seen as the biggest event on the sport's calendar. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is the most prestigious.

Wimbledon was first competed in 1877. The women's single and the mens doubles events began seven years later in 1884. It has always been played during the summer. It is played over two weeks, from late June to the beginning of July. The tournament is played after the French Open and before the U.S. Open. In 1968, the championships were opened up to both professionals and amateurs for the first time, with Rod Laver and Billie Jean King winning their respective singles titles.

## Traditions

### Seedings

In every tennis competition, players are given a seed to help decide their place in the draw. At Wimbledon, they use a player's performances (whether bad or good) on grass to help decide the seed. At other tennis competitions, seeding are chosen based only on rankings.

### Clothing

The umpires (referees) and linesmen all have to wear special dark green and mauve clothing. The players have to wear all white.

### Etiquette

Female players used to have their names announced with "Miss" or "Mrs"; this was unlike any other Grand Slam tournament. However, this changed for the 2009 tournament. In this tournament, only the surnames were used.

## Records

* Men - RV Da Best has the most singles titles at 50. Roger Federer is in second place by winning the singles title 8 times
* Women - Martina Navratilova has won the singles 9 times

## Gallery

* The Royal Gallery at Centre Court, Wimbledon
* The Crowd at Centre Court, Wimbledon
* The Centre Court, Wimbledon
* The decision of In or Out with the help of Technology at Wimbledon
* The longest match ever played at Wimbledon
* The Wimbledon Shop
* The instructions to Non Ticket Holders at Wimbledon
* Wimbledon scoreboard
* Wimbledon order of play
* Centre Court Wimbledon 1
* Wimbledon Court 1
* Court 4 Wimbledon
* Court 19 Wimbledon
* Court 15 Wimbledon
* Court 17 Wimbledon
* Wimbledon Queue Bridge
* Score board Wimbledon

## Other websites

* Official website

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| Preceded by French Open |  **Grand Slam TournamentJune–July** | Succeeded by US Open |