Wimbledon

Wimbledon is one of the four most prestigious Grand Slam tournaments, which is held annually in late June-early July for 2 weeks.

The Wimbledon tournament is the only one among the Grand Slam tournaments, which is held on the grass cover. Wimbledon is considered to be the oldest tennis tournament in the history of sports – its first draw was in 1877. In the men’s singles, the tournament was won by such great tennis players as Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and William Renshaw. In the women’s category, only Martina Navratilova took 9 titles. A distinctive feature of the Wimbledon tennis tournament – a large prize. The winners of singles get almost 2 million pounds, and the total prize pool in recent years tends to a mark of 30 million pounds.