Wimbledon Championship

The Wimbledon Championship is third grad slam after French Open which is played mostly in the month of June for over two weeks at  Wimbledon, London. It is the oldest grand slam of all therefore is considered is the most prestigious of all tournaments in tennis. The tournament is host by The All England Lawn Tennis Club. The most distinctive of its features is, all the players are dressed in white shirts and shorts, as well it is played on Grass courts.





Matches in Men's and Women's Singles are contested in Five Sets and in other events are played in Three Sets. Adding more to my information about it, almost 128 players takes part in each singles event. Moreover, total of 19 courts are used for this tournament and main courts are Centre Court and No. 1 Courts.

Centre Court

Court No. 1

                                                    Prize Money Awarded at 2011

                                                                     (in Pounds)

	Single's	Double's Per team	Mixed Per team
1st Round	11,500	5,250	1,300
2nd Round	20,125	9,000	26,00
3rd Round	34,375	16,000	5,200
4th Round	68,750	N/A	N/A
Quarter Finalist	137,500	31,250	10,500
Semi Finalist	275,000	62,500	23,000
Runner-Up	650,000	125,000	46,000
Champion	1,100,000	250,000	92,000

Points awarded at each Stage

	ATP	WTA
1st Round	10	5
2nd Round	45	100
3rd Round	90	160
4th Round	180	280
Quarter finalist	360	500
Semi finalist	720	900
Runner up	1200	1400
Champion	2000	2000

Wimbledon trophies

Men's Champion's and Runner up Trophies

Women's singles championships Trophy

So, this was in all a brief summary about Wimbledon Championship.