Wimbledon

They earn 17,000 each game that's if you pro and win. If not pro or win its 100.

I am not too sure exactly, but I think Venus and Serena both started playing tennis at an academy aged 10 years old, but whether that means they actually knew how to play tennis then, or not.

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Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis in the 2003 men's Wimbledon final, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6.

All 19 Wimbledon courts are made up of Rye Grass.

Mens singles - Roger Federer, 15 Slams

Mens combined singles and doubles and mixed doubles - Roy Emerson, 28 Slams (12 singles, 16 doubles, 0 mixed doubles)

Women's singles - Margaret Court Smith, 24 Slams

Women's combined singles and doubles - Margaret Court Smith, 62 Slams (24 singles, 19 doubles, 19 mixed doubles)

be able to keep your hands behind your back.

It was originally scheduled for 4:00 PM EST on Sunday, September 12, but a rain delay forced the third straight final on a Monday.

The final was then held at the same time on Monday, September 13, only to be delayed a few hours by yet another rain delay.

Finally, at around 8:30 PM EST, the play resumed, only to be concluded at about 11:15 PM EST. Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, becoming only the seventh player (the first since Roger Federer in 2009) to win a career Grand Slam.

Goran Ivanisevic was in 4 Wimbledon men's finals, winning once in 2002. He is the only player to win the title as a wildcard.

The retractable concertina-style structure, made of recycled waterproof material, has taken three years to build, weighs 3,000 tons and is estimated to have cost £20million.

Andy Roddick got £453,000 after losing to roger federer in the 2009 final

It's an old gesture dating back to the time when gold and silver coins were widely in use. Pure gold is so soft that when you bite into it you can actually feel the metal yield a little, which was a crude way of testing if it was real or not.

Yes, Tim Henman was disqualified from Wimbledon in 1995 during a doubles match when in a fit of anger he swatted a ball out of bounds and hit a ball girl in the head.

Rafael Nadal was the winner of men event, Venus Williams won women event, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the winners of men doubles event, The Williams Sisters (Serena Williams & Venus Williams) won women doubles and Samantha Stosur and Bob Bryan were the winner of mixed doubles.

1969 the first Open Wimbledon Tennis Championships were held. The first Wimbledon Champions to receive prize money for winning were Rod Laver and Billy Jean King.

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Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 for the 1978 Ladies Singles Wimbledon Championship.

Supposedly she was raised going to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Whether she is a baptised, active member of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses is unknown. It is important to note that Jehovah's Witnesses is an active faith, so if a person is not actively engaged in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, they are not considered JW's by the congregation. Only baptised, active members are counted as JW's.

The winner gets 2000 Points for winning the final and runners up gets 1200 Points.

If the teams are tied after 3 periods (regulation time), the game goes to a 5-minute sudden-death overtime period. If they are still tied, a shootout is held, with 3 shooters per team. Once a team has more goals in the shootout, they are awarded one goal for the final result.

The winning team gets 2 points, counted as a regular win. A team losing in overtime gets 1 point, counted in the Overtime Loss column. Some papers still list Overtime Losses and Shootout Losses separately, but they're both worth 1 point, and the NHL makes no such distinction.

Venus Williams has won Wimbledon five times: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008. She won the doubles title with sister Serena four times: 2000, 2002, 2008 and 2009.

1877. The winner was W. Spencer Gore (1850 - 1906. The final was postponed from Monday 16 July to the following Thursday because of rain, which should never happen again due to the new roof over centre court. There were only two hundred spectators watching from a stand made of three planks of wood.

The runner-up of the 1976 Wimbledon championship was Ilie Nastase of Romania who lost 6-4, 6-2, 9-7 to Bjorn Borg of Sweden, who would go on to win the next 4 successive champinships at Wimbledon.

Roger Federer in 2009.

Rafael Nadal in 2010.