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Wimbledon Championships, is an annual tennis tournament first contested in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts [a] [b] [3] at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom. [4]
This marked only the second time in the Open Era that the defending Wimbledon women's singles champion lost in the first round, after Steffi Graf lost to Lori McNeil in 1994. [ 9 ] Lulu Sun became the first woman representing New Zealand to reach a major quarterfinal since Belinda Cordwell at the 1989 Australian Open , and the first qualifier ...
Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka were in contention for the women's singles No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Świątek retained the No. 1 ranking after Sabalenka lost in the semifinals. [8] Elina Svitolina was the first wildcard to reach the Wimbledon semifinals since Sabine Lisicki in 2011. [9]
Wimbledon is scheduled for 14 days, beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. Before 1982 it ended a day earlier, with the women's singles final on the Friday and the men's singles final on the Saturday. [46] The five main events span both weeks, but the junior and invitational events are held mainly during the second week.
Elena Rybakina defeated Ons Jabeur in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was her first major title. [ 2 ] Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani [ i ] to win a major title, and the third player representing an Asian nation to win a major title after Li Na and Naomi ...
Ashleigh Barty defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 6–7 (4–7), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was her first Wimbledon title and second major singles title overall.
[1] [2] It was the 98th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1984. To celebrate the centenary of the Ladies' Singles competition, first held in 1884 , 17 of the surviving 20 singles champions were presented with an engraved crystal vase on Centre Court by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess ...
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