Location | London United Kingdom |
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Venue | AELTC |
Governing body | AELTC / LTA |
Created | 1884 |
Editions | 130 events (2024) 56 events (Open Era) |
Surface | Grass (1884–Present) |
Prize money | £ 2,350,000 (2023) |
Trophy | Venus Rosewater Dish |
Website | wimbledon.com |
Most titles | |
Amateur era | 7: Dorothea Lambert Chambers (challenge round) 8: Helen Wills Moody (regular) |
Open era | 9: Martina Navratilova |
Most consecutive titles | |
Amateur era | 3: Lottie Dod Suzanne Lenglen (challenge round) 4: Helen Wills Moody (regular) |
Open era | 6: Martina Navratilova |
Current champion | |
Barbora Krejčíková (First title) |
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] The ladies' singles was started in 1884.[2]
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