Hi everyone! Wimbledon 2019 is a few weeks away, and we are all thrilled for it. As every year, the legends will play at the All England Club, the club that hosts the Wimbledon championship.
A bit of history of the All England Club
Its full name is All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, although people commonly know it as the All England Club. It’s located in Wimbledon, distric and town of south-west London.
They founded the Club as a Croquet Club in 1868, before introducing lawn tennis in 1875.. The fist Men’s Singles Championship was in 1877, and 1884 when they introduced Ladies’ Single and Men Doubles. It wasn’t until 1914 when Ladies’ Doubles and Mixed Doubles where added.
Almost 100 years ago, they set the current location of the tournament.. They moved from the previous location because of the popularity of Suzanne Lenglen, who atracted larged crouds to the tournament.
The All England Club in the present
There are 40+ courts at Wimbledon, divided by the type of grass used in each one, 18 of them have the grass used in hte tournament. The largest is the Centre Court, with 15.000 seats and retractable roof since 2009. The name is because of its location, although at first it wasn’t accurate.
It’s also important the Nº1 Court, built in 1997 and remodelated this year to also add the retractable roof. It has 11.500 seats. The Davies Cup also uses the Nº1 court for matches, as the Centre Court is reserved for Wimbledon Championship only.
Besides the biggest ones, Wimbledon has the Nº2 Court and the Nº3 Court, with 4.000 and 2.000 seats each. The Nº2 was built, causing the Nº3 to become the new Nº2.
Wimbledon 2019
From Slazenger, partners of Wimbledon since the beggining, we wish the best luck to all the participants in this year tournament. We are sure that we will live thrilling matches between the best tennis players of the world.
If you are attending Wimbledon this year, you probably want to go well-dressed. That’s why we made the Slazenger Heritage Tennis Legen Sweaters, to make you feel like a legend. Follow us on instagram @slazengerheritage.
