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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Television and radio presenter (born 1942) Des Lynam OBE Lynam in 2005 Born Desmond Michael Lynam (1942-09-17) 17 September 1942 (age 82) Ennis, County Clare, Ireland Occupation Radio/Television presenter Years active 1968–present Spouses Susan Skinner (m. 1965; div. 1974) Rosemary ...
[2] [a] [4] From 1946 BBC Television broadcast Wimbledon live from 2-3pm until approximately 7.30pm. [5] [6] With play starting on centre court after 2pm in those days, this represented a full day's play, though sometimes the coverage was shared with other sports such as cricket and racing, a practice that was to continue until 1998. [7]
The 1967 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967. [1] It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967.
High-definition television coverage of Wimbledon is broadcast by the BBC for the first time. The BBC HD channel shows continual live coverage during the tournament of Centre Court and Court No. 1 as well as the evening highlights show Today at Wimbledon. 2008. No events. 2009. December – The BBC broadcasts the end of year ATP Finals for the ...
The Wimbledon World Lawn Tennis Professional Championships, also known as the Wimbledon Pro, was a men's tennis tournament held in August 1967. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tournament was sponsored and broadcast by the BBC to mark the invention of colour television .
After reaching the semifinals in 1963 (beating Roy Emerson before losing to Chuck McKinley) [2] and 1964 (losing to Emerson), the unseeded Bungert was the second German player (thirty years after Gottfried von Cramm) to reach the Wimbledon men’s finals in 1967 when he beat Roger Taylor in five sets.
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He lost to Newcombe, the champion that year, in the 4th round of the 1967 Wimbledon championships. In the 1967 United States Championship, the last time the event, today's U.S. Open, was open only to amateur players, Graebner was the top-seeded U.S. player at No. 7. He defeated the No. 2 seed Roy Emerson in a marathon quarterfinal, but lost in ...