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Wimbledon Park is the name of an urban park in Wimbledon and also of the suburb south and east of the park and the Wimbledon Park tube station. The park itself is 27 hectares (67 acres) in area. [2] The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is immediately to the west of the park.
Aorangi Terrace, commonly known as "Henman Hill", alongside a series of other nicknames, [1] is a mostly grassed banked area in the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club where, during the annual Wimbledon tennis championships, crowds of people without show court tickets can watch the tennis matches live on a giant television ...
The show courts were in action for the second time in three months in 2012 as Wimbledon hosted the tennis events of the 2012 Olympic Games. One of the show courts is also used for home ties for the Great Britain teams in the Davis Cup on occasions. Wimbledon is the only remaining Grand Slam event played on natural grass courts. At one time, all ...
City Country Tournament hosted Capacity Indoor/Outdoor Surface Tour Ref. Image Arthur Ashe Stadium: New York City: United States: US Open: 23,771 outdoor, retractable-roof hard: Combined [1] Indian Wells Tennis Garden – Stadium 1: Indian Wells: United States: Indian Wells Masters: 16,102 outdoor hard: Combined [2] Palasport Olimpico: Turin ...
The windmill in February 2005 A map from 1944. Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London.There are three named areas: Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath, and Putney Lower Common, which together are managed under the name Wimbledon and Putney Commons totalling 460 hectares (1,140 acres).
Centre Court is a tennis court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (also known as the All England Club) and is the main court used in The Championships at Wimbledon, the third annual Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar. It is considered the world's most famous tennis court. [2] [3] [4] It incorporates the clubhouse of the All ...
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 .
The New Wimbledon Theatre is a Grade II listed Edwardian theatre built by J. B. Mullholland as the Wimbledon Theatre, on the site of a large house with spacious grounds. [43] The theatre was designed by Cecil Aubrey Masey and Roy Young (possibly after a 1908 design by Frank H Jones). It opened on 26 December 1910 with the pantomime Jack and ...