Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship
22nd June - 5th July 2009The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 5AE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8944 1066
The 23rd of June to the 6th of July is gong to be a very busy period for the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at London. This club organizes the annual Wimbledon tennis championship every year during the last week of June and the first week of July - and tickets sell like hot cakes!The grounds to the club will be opened at 10.30 a.m. every morning. Play is expected and scheduled to begin on courts 2 to19 at noon reportedly for the first 8 days and thereafter at 11.00 every morning for the Junior matches on the middle Saturday and during the second week of the tournament.
Play will start at 1:00 P.M. on Court No. 1 with an exception to the final days when play is scheduled to begin at 2:00 P.M.
The first rounds of the Ladies' and Men's Singles and Men's, Ladies' and Mixed Double matches will be played on all courts of the club. The top seeds' matches will be played on the 'show' courts. Some of the Junior matches are also scheduled to be played on the Show Courts.
The draft of the daily matches is prepared the previous evening by the Referee and submitted to the Order of Play Committee for their approval or possible amendment. This committee makes all efforts to schedule the potentially attractive matches on courts that have the maximum accommodation for spectators. However, the potentially good players, the ones that show potential to go far in the tournament, are also given an opportunity to play their matches on the Show Courts.
Visiting Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship:
Cost: Singles 1st Round 2008-06-23 £ 475.00
Singles 1st Round 2008-06-24 £ 525.00
Singles 2nd Round 2008-06-25 £ 475.00
Singles 2nd Round 2008-06-26 £ 525.00
Singles 3rd Round 2008-06-27 £ 650.00
Singles Last 16 2008-06-30 £ 675.00
Ladies Quarter-Finals 2008-07-01 £ 550.00
Men's Quarter Finals 2008-07-02 £ 850.00
Ladies Semi-Finals 2008-07-03 £ 850.00
Mixed Doubles Play 2008-07-03 £ 325.00
Men's Semi-Finals 2008-07-04 £ 1695.00
Ladies Final 2008-07-05 £ 995.00
Men's Final 2008-07-06 £ 2600.00
Time: First 8 days 12 noon then 11:00 A.M. for the Junior matches and 1:00 P.M. for the Center court matches except on the final days where the matches will start at 2; 00 P.M.
Age Restrictions: n/a
Nearest Underground Stations:
Wimbledon Tube (10 minutes)
South Wimbledon Tube (22 minutes)
Nearest Hotels: Stay at Quality Crown Hotel Kensington or Derby Hotel Kensington and take a short walk to Earls Court for a direct District Line train to Wimbledon and follow the signs and the crowds.
For more information about the 2008 Wimbledon matches, please call +44 (0)20 8944 1066 and please visit: www.wimbledon.org