The tournament always ends on a Sunday in July culminating with the Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Finals.Īngelique Kerber Won her first Wimbledon Title in 2018. Over £40,350,000 (over AUS$71.25 million) in prize money is shared between the Wimbledon winners each season, which runs over two weeks from the last Monday in June in the UK, which is the last Sunday in June Australian time. Played on grass courts, a much faster surface than the red clay courts of the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships were first contested in 1877 and as of 2016 there has been 130 editions of this time-honoured classic. Held in London at the all England Club and also known as The Championships, Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. The fourth Grand Slam Major is the US Open. Wimbledon is the third of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and follows the Australian Open and French Open Majors.
The 2022 Wimbledon Singles Champions are Novak Djokovic who successfully defended his title in the Gentlemen’s Singles for his 21st majors success and Elena Rybakina who became the first Kazakhstani player to win a major title taking out the Ladies’ Singles.
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