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Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum (WLTM) is the largest tennis museum in the world. [citation needed] The museum was inaugurated at The Championships centenary event in 1977.On 12 April 2006, The Duke of Kent declared the brand new Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum open to the public inside the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
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Wimbledon (/ ˈ w ɪ m b əl d ə n /) is a town and area of south-west London, England, 7.0 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton.
Excited tennis fans are set to queue overnight to get their hands on tickets for the opening day of Wimbledon, as the tournament returns to normal service after two years affected by the pandemic.
More fans than ever before are attending the Championships including thousands braving the queue for several hours Wimbledon: How to get tennis tickets and register for 2024 ballot Skip to main ...
Wimbledon was also involved in a piece of television history, when on 1 July 1967 the first official colour television broadcast took place in the UK. Four hours live coverage of the 1967 Championships was shown on BBC Two, which was the first television channel in Europe to regularly broadcast in colour. Footage of that historic match no ...
No. 1 Court is a tennis court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London.Opened in 1997, it is used primarily for the Wimbledon Championships.It also occasionally plays host to Great Britain's Davis Cup home ties, as Centre Court is reserved for the Grand Slam tournament, with the one exception of the 2012 Olympic Games.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club [2] (AELTC), also known as the All England Club, [3] based at Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members' club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships , the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass .