Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON WIMBLEDOY WIMBLEDON IS WIDELY CONSIDERED THE MOST TRADITIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD. IT IS THE LAST OF THE FOUR GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENTS TO BE PLAYED ON GRASS, A SURFACE THAT HAS LARGELY VANISHED FROM TENNIS COURTS AROUND THE WORLD. ROGER FEDERER, PETE SAMPRAS (BOTH 7 SINGLES TITLES) AND MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (9 SINGLES TITLES) ARE THE RECORD WINNERS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. MULTIPLE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS FROM 1968 TO 2012 GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES LADIES' SINGLES ROGER FEDERER MARTINA NAVRATILOVA PETE SAMPRAS STEFFI GRAF BJÖRN BORG SERENA WILL ROD LAVER BORIS BECKER VENUS WILLIAMS JOHN MCENROE BILLIE JEAN KING JOHN NEWCOMBE RAFAEL NADAL CHRIS EVERT STEFAN EDBERG EVONNE GOOLAGONG CAWLEY JIMMY CONNORS WIMBLEDON IS ONE OF THE MOST-WATCHED SPORTING EVENTS IN THE WORLD. IN 2012, THE CHAMPIONSHIPS REACHED A GLOBAL TV AUDIENCE OF 379M PEOPLE. ALMOST 30 MILLION AMERICANS FOLLOWED WIMBLEDON ON TV IN THE PAST YEAR. U.S. TV AUDIENCE AT SELECTED SPORTING EVENTS SUPER BOWL 113,305,700 WORLD SERIES Q0 70,559,770 OLYMPICS 52,350,890 NBA FINALS 46,715,380 MASTERS 41,861,490 DAYTONA 500 38,065,180 U.S. OPEN (GOLF) O 30,727,070 WIMBLEDON 29,825,660 U.S. OPEN (TENNIS) 28,461,350 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS 21,948,650 THE WINNER'S PURSE AT THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH THIS YEAR. BOTH WINNERS OF THE SINGLES COMPETITION WILL TAKE HOME £1.6 MILLION ($2.45 MILLION). WINNER'S PURSE GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES LADIES' SINGLES £5,000 £3,000 1973 £ 66,600 £ 60,000 1983 £ 305,000 £ 275,000 1993 £ 575,000 £ 535,000 2003 £ 1,600,000 £ 1,600,000 2013 THE WINNER'S PURSE AT THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH THIS YEAR. BOTH WINNERS OF THE SINGLES COMPETITION WILL TAKE HOME £1.6 MILLION. FUN FACTS 484,805 TOTAL ATTENDANCE (2012) 300,000 CUPS OF TEA AND COFFEE 54,250 BALLS USED 100,000 PINTS OF BEER 11 HOURS 05 MINUTES LONGEST MATCH 25,000 BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE statista OEeatives O0 SOURCE: ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB, SCARBOROUGH RESEARCH commons The Statistics Portal THE CHA