Wimbledon 2011: June 20th- July 3rd
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There is something magical about the Wimbledon tennis tournament, the only Grand Slam to be played on grass. It is fair to say it has captured the imagination of players, fans and tennis bettors the world over.
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This year will mark the 125th Anniversary that The All England Lawn Tennis Club will have hosted The Wimbledon Championships since it started on 1877.
The first event was won by Spencer Gore, the only times when there was no Wimbledon Championships was during First and Second World Wars.
The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Each year, five major events are contested, as well as four junior events and four invitational events.
Matches in the Gentlemen's Singles and Gentlemen's Doubles competitions are best-of-five sets. Matches in all other events are best-of-three sets. A tiebreak game is played if the score reaches 6–6 in any set except the fifth (in a five-set match) or the third (in a three-set match), in which case a two-game lead must be reached.
A total of 128 players feature in each singles event, 64 pairs in each single-sex doubles event, and 48 pairs in Mixed Doubles. Players and doubles pairs are admitted to the main events on the basis of their international rankings, with consideration also given to their previous performances at grasscourt events. Currently (since 2001) 32 male and female players are given seedings in the Gentlemen's and Ladies' singles while 16 teams are seeded in the doubles events.
Prize Money at Wimbledon
| Year |
Men's Singles |
Men's Doubles |
Ladies' Singles |
Ladies' Doubles |
Mixed Doubles |
Total for Meeting |
| 2011 |
1,100,000 |
250,000 |
1,100,000 |
250,000 |
92,000 |
14,600,000 |
| 2010 |
1,000,000 |
240,000 |
10,000 |
240,000 |
92,000 |
13,725,000 |
| 2009 |
850,000 |
230,000 |
850,000 |
230,000 |
92,000 |
12,550,000 |
| 2008 |
750,000 |
230,000 |
750,000 |
230,000 |
92,000 |
11,812,000 |
Key Dates
| Tuesday 19 April 2011 |
Prize Money announced |
| Monday 6 June 2011 |
LTA Wild Card play-off starts at AELTC |
| Tuesday 7 June 2011 |
Wild Cards announced |
| Monday 13 June 2011 |
Qualifying begins |
| Wednesday 15 June 2011 |
Seedings announced |
| Thursday 16 June 2011 |
Qualifying ends |
| Friday 17 June 2011 |
Wimbledon Draw |
| Monday 20 June 2011 |
Wimbledon 2011 starts |
| Saturday 2 July 2011 |
Ladies' Singles Final |
| Sunday 3 July 2011 |
Men's Singles Final |
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Schedule of Matches
Days 1-7
Monday / Tuesday
Gentlemen's & Ladies' Singles
Gentlemen's & Ladies' Doubles
Thursday
Mixed Doubles
Saturday
Boys' and Girls' Singles
Days 8-13
Tuesday
Ladies Singles QF
Boys' & Girls' Doubles
Veterans' Invitation DoublesCentre & No.1 Court
Wednesday
Gentlemen's Singles QFCentre & No.1 Court
Thursday
Ladies' Singles SF
Championship Doubles SFCentre Court
Centre & No.1 Court
Friday
Gentlemen's Singles SF
Championship Doubles SF
Wheelchair Doubles SFCentre Court
Centre & No.1 Court
Court tbc
Saturday
Ladies' Singles Final
Gentlemen's Doubles Final
Ladies' Doubles FinalCentre Court
Centre Court
Centre Court
Sunday
Gentlemen's Singles Final
Mixed Doubles Final
Wheelchair Doubles FinalsCentre Court
Centre Court
Court tbc
During the first week, the early rounds of the Men’s and Ladies’ Singles, Men’s, Ladies’ and Mixed Doubles will be played on all courts, with top seeds’ matches played on the show courts. On the middle Saturday the Veterans’ and Juniors’ events commence and will be played on the outside courts as well as on some of the Show Courts.
On the last 3 days of The Championships on No.1 Court there will be a full programme of play; it will comprise Juniors’ and Veterans’ matches, with the possibility of Championship Doubles semi-finals. |
2011 Wimbledon Results
| Centre Court - Gentlemen's Singles -Finals |
| Novak Djokovic SRB (2) |
6 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
| Rafael Nadal ESP (1) | 4 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
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| Centre Court - Ladies' Singles - Finals |
| Petra Kvitova CZE (8) |
6 |
6 |
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| Maria Sharapova RUS (5) |
3 |
4 |
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2010 Wimbledon Results
| Event |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
| 2010 Men's Singles |
Rafael Nadal |
Tomáš Berdych |
6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2010 Women's Singles |
Serena Williams |
Vera Zvonareva |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 2010 Men's Doubles |
Jürgen Melzer
Philipp Petzschner |
Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău |
6–1, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2010 Women's Doubles |
Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova |
Elena Vesnina
Vera Zvonareva |
7–6(6), 6–2 |
| 2010 Mixed Doubles |
Leander Paes
Cara Black |
Wesley Moodie
Lisa Raymond |
6–4, 7–6(5) |
2009 Wimbledon Results
Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam title, outlasting Andy Roddickfor his sixth Wimbledon championship in a match that went to 30 games in the final set.
Federer served a career-high 50 aces and overcame the resilient American 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14 to break the record of major titles he shared with Pete Sampras.
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Wimbledon is hosted by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in South West London and has been
going since 1877. Then there were 22 contestants and 200 spectators paid a shilling to enter. Today
the final is always played on the famous Centre Court. The tournament features men’s and women’s
singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. With so many matches there are Wimbledon betting
opportunities galore.
2008 Wimbledon Tennis Championship Odds
Wimbledon Tennis History
The very first Lawn Tennis Championships at The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club was an amateur event in 1877. Just 22 men entered the Gentlemen's Singles which was eventually won by Spencer Gore.
The Ladies' Singles competition began in 1884, with Miss Maud Watson triumphant out of the 13 entrants.
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By 1900, Wimbledon had become an international tournament. The first overseas winner was May Sutton of the United States who was the Ladies' Champion in 1905. She won again in 1907, the same year that Australian Norman Brookes became the first foreign Gentlemen's Champion. Ever since, only two British players, Arthur Gore and Fred Perry, have managed to win the Gentlemen's event. |
| The rise of air travel in the 1950s meant more overseas players were able to compete. From the mid '50s until the early '70s, the Gentlemen's Singles was dominated by Australians such as Lew Hoad, Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and John Newcombe.
In the 1960s, Angela Mortimer and Ann Jones won for Great Britain; other female winners included Americans, Australians and even a Brazilian. |
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After rejection in 1959, the Lawn Tennis Association voted in 1967 to open The Championships, and in 1968 professionals played against amateurs for the first time. Rod Laver and Billie Jean King were the first champions of this new era.
In 1980, Bjorn Borg of Sweden became the first player to win the Gentlemen's Singles five times in succession since William Renshaw in the late 1880s. His classic battles with contrasting American rivals John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors are now firmly established in Wimbledon folklore.
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Each week there will be a fairly comprehensive listing of the matchups and tennis betting lines offered by Sportbet.com on the different Tour events.
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