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EventsWimbledon is made up of five main events, four junior events and invitation events, where some former professionals return to compete. The five main events are the gentlemen's singles, ladies' singles, gentlemen's doubles, ladies' doubles and mixed doubles.

ScheduleWimbledon takes place for two weeks in July. Usually, there is no play on the ‘Middle Sunday’, however bad weather has sometimes meant that matches are played on this day.

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TrophiesThe gentlemen's singles champion receives a silver gilt cup. The women’s singles champion wins a sterling silver salver.

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EventsThe five main events are the gentlemen's singles, ladies' singles, gentlemen's doubles, ladies' doubles and mixed doubles.

There are also four junior events and invitation events where some former professionals return to compete. In addition to this, there are wheelchair singles and doubles matches.

TicketsThe majority of centre court tickets are made available by a public ballot where applicants are selected at random by a computer. Fans without tickets can queue up overnight to get seats on match day.

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9. 'An average of 89,000 ice creams are sold during the championships and 28,000kg of strawberries are consumed.' What is wrong with this statement? Correct it below: An average of 86,000 ice creams are sold during the championships and 28,000kg of strawberries are consumed.

10. What qualities do you think a person needs to become a Wimbledon champion? Own answers

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can be invited to return to compete.

Former professionals

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Wimbledon is the world’s oldest tennis tournament and is thought by many to 58�G;8�@BFG�CE8FG<:<BHF��&<A68��<G�;4F�588A�;8?7�4G�G;8��??��A:?4A7��?H5�in Wimbledon, London. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments (majors), the others being the French Open, the Australian Open and the US Open. Wimbledon is the only major still played on traditional grass, the game's original surface, which gave the game its original name of ‘lawn tennis’.

EventsThe five main events are the gentlemen's singles, ladies' singles, gentlemen's doubles, ladies' doubles and mixed doubles.

There are also four junior events including the boys’ and girls’ singles and doubles matches.

In addition to this, there are invitation events where some former professionals return to compete. Wheelchair singles and doubles matches also take place.

TicketsThe majority of centre court tickets are made

available by a public ballot where applicants are selected at random by a computer. Due to the popularity of the event, the public ballot has always been oversubscribed. Fans without tickets can queue up overnight to get seats on match day.

ScheduleWimbledon takes place for two weeks in July. Usually, there is no play on the ‘Middle Sunday’, however bad weather has sometimes forced play on this day. The middle Sunday is classed as a rest day for the players.

The Courts';8�CE<A6<C4?�6BHEG��8AGE8��BHEG�J4F�BC8A87�<A��A��4�@BI<A:�EBB9�was added to this court which can be automatically closed.

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Trophies and Prize MoneyThe gentlemen's singles champion receives a silver gilt cup which bears the <AF6E<CG<BA �m�??��A:?4A7��4JA�'8AA<F��?H5�&<A:?8��4A787��;4@C<BAF;<C�B9�G;8�World.’ The women’s singles champion receives a sterling silver salver which is decorated with figures from mythology. The winners keep a smaller replica of their trophy.

The prize money for the winners runs into the millions!

A Few Famous ChampionsMartina Navratilova won a record nine Wimbledon singles titles. She often commentates on the women’s matches.

Serena Williams, and her sister Venus, have won Wimbledon several times. They have even competed against each other in the singles final. The sisters have also paired up and won the Wimbledon women’s doubles title on a number of occasions.

Pete Sampras won seven singles titles at *<@5?87BA�4??�58GJ88A��4A7��

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Did You Know? • Wimbledon's Centre Court seats 14,979 people.

• An average of 86,000 ice creams are sold during the championships and 28,000kg of strawberries are consumed.

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• The longest ever match played at Wimbledon lasted for over 11 hours!

• During the tournament, 40 miles of string is needed to restring rackets!

• Tennis players’ clothing must be all-white, or at least almost all-white.

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