2. Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in
the world, considered by many to be the most
prestigious. It has been held at the All England
Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one
of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments.
Wimbledon is the only Major still played on
grass, the game's original surface, which gave
the game of lawn tennis its name.
3. Wimbledon History
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is
a private club founded in 1868, originally as 'The
All England Croquet Club'. Its first ground was
situated off Worple Road, Wimbledon.
9. Tennis & the Olympics
• The tennis event of the 30th Olympiad, to be
staged in London, will be held on the lawns of
The All England Lawn Tennis Club at
Wimbledon, for nine days from Saturday 28th
July to Sunday 5th August 2012. The event is
organised by the London Organising
Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG),
working closely with the International Tennis
Federation, on behalf of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC).
10. Tennis & the olympics
• Tennis has long been associated with the modern
Olympic Games, reaching back to the beginning
when the game was one of nine sports being
contested. Tennis continued to be a contesting
sport up until after the games of 1924, when the
International Tennis Federation could not reach
agreement with the IOC over the amateur
question and general management of the
tournament, which resulted in tennis being side-
lined for 64 years until 1988.
11. The Event 2012
• 172 players (86 men, 86 women)
• Five medal events - men’s and women’s singles
(64 draws) and men’s and women’s doubles (32
draws) , mixed doubles (16 draw - last held
in1924).
• All matches will be the best of three sets with the
exception of the men’s singles final, which will be
the best of five sets. All mixed doubles matches
will be resolved by a first-to-10 tie-break if they
reach one set all.
• The competition 2012 ends on Sunday 5th August
