The annual CHIO ( short for the French term Concours Hippique International Officiel ) is the biggest equestrian meeting of the world and among horsemen considered to be as prestigious for equitation as the tournament of Wimbledon for tennis.

By the late 1870s, however, croquet had been eclipsed by another fashionable game, tennis, and many of the newly-created croquet clubs, including the All England club at Wimbledon, converted some or all of their lawns into tennis courts.

In Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is where the famous lawn tennis tournament takes place.

* 2010 – John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.

* 2009 – Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam title in tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.

Also in 2004, she portrayed a rising tennis player in the Wimbledon Championships opposite Paul Bettany, who played a fading former tennis star in the romantic comedy Wimbledon.

On 1 November 2007, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis after testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007.

From 2000 to 2002, Albert helped call TNT's coverage of the Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament.

" The world's oldest tennis tournament, the Wimbledon championships, were first played in London in 1877.

Thus, Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open ( dating to 1905 ) became and have remained the most prestigious events in tennis.

Wimbledon has its own particular methods for disseminating tickets, often leading tennis fans to follow complex procedures to obtain tickets.

* June 27 – Lottie Dod, 88, English tennis player ; Wimbledon women's champion, 1887 – 88, 1891-93 ( b. 1871 )

The first one is from the tennis championship at Wimbledon.

* January 22 – Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning 5 consecutive Wimbledon championships.

* Wimbledon: Henry Cavendish Jones convinces the " All England Croquet Club " to replace a croquet court with a lawn tennis court.

* July 9 – The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon.

* August 21 – John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon ( b. 1849 )

* January 9 – John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon ( d. 1935 )

* Wimbledon, London, a neighborhood in southwest London where the tennis championships ( see below ) are held

** The Championships, Wimbledon, a grass court tennis tournament, one of the four Grand Slam championships

Amos was also a nationally ranked tennis player who competed at the Wimbledon tennis championships in 1922.

He has a poor record on lawn ( having never passed the Wimbledon first round ), but had success on hard courts, reaching two Australian Open semifinals and three US Open quarterfinals.

In the fourth round of the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, Connors defeated Mikael Pernfors, ten years his junior, 1 – 6, 1 – 6, 7 – 5, 6 – 4, 6 – 2, after having trailed 4 – 1 in the third set and 3 – 0 in the fourth set.

Perhaps of all of Evert's records and accomplishments, what may be her greatest single achievement is her record of having won at least one Grand Slam singles title a year for 13 consecutive years, from 1974 through 1986: ' 74 French, Wimbledon ; ' 75 French, US Opens ; ' 76 Wimbledon, US Open ; ' 77 US Open, ' 78 US Open ; ' 79 French Open ; ' 80 French, US Opens ; ' 81 Wimbledon ; ' 82 US, Australian Opens ; ' 83 French Open ; ' 84 Australian Open ; ' 85 French Open ; ' 86 French Open.

He advanced to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 1999 for the second straight year, where he retired in the second set against Sampras after having won the first set.

At Wimbledon, as the No. 32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier María José Martínez Sánchez, 6 – 0, 4 – 6, 9 – 7 in round two, having had several match points.

After a depleted Roland Garros without the WCT players ( this organisation having about 24 players under contract after absorbing the NTL ), all the best players met again at Wimbledon.

Repton has a long tradition of sporting excellence, having produced numerous top-level sportsmen and women including the second-to-last male British Wimbledon tennis finalist and 130 first-class cricketers.

He moved to Wimbledon on 28 March 1985 at the age of 18 and remained at Plough Lane for over 5 years as Wimbledon consolidated their position in Division One, having risen from Division Four in only four years.

Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003, a section of their fans already having decamped to the newly established AFC Wimbledon in protest when the old club were given permission by the FA to move in 2002.

On 21 April 2012 Swindon were promoted to Football League One after Crawley Town's 1-1 draw with Dagenham & Redbridge and Torquay United's 2-0 loss to AFC Wimbledon, despite Di Canio's side having lost 3-1 to Gillingham on the same day.

The rocket is at first thought to be lost, having dramatically overshot its planned orbit, but eventually it is picked up on radar and returns to Earth, crash-landing in Wimbledon, London.

Kiefer participated at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships despite having not fully recovered from his abdomen injury.

The leasehold, which safeguards the site for the borough's football team, was originally held by Kingstonian FC but is currently owned by AFC Wimbledon, having been purchased from the previous owners in March 2003.

In 1997 he was bought by his childhood favourites, Liverpool, joining them at a time when they were known as the Spice Boys, having just left the Crazy Gang at Wimbledon.

He is among the most successful doubles players of all time, having won 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles ( nine Wimbledons, three US Opens, three Australian Opens and one French Open ), and a further seven Grand Slam mixed doubles titles ( three US Opens, one Wimbledon, one French Open, one Australian Open ).

He had a poor run of form following this, but reversed the poor form by qualifying for Wimbledon, having entered the qualifying via a wildcard.

For the first time in his career, his ranking was high enough for him to be granted regular entry ( i. e. without having to qualify ) into the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island the week after Wimbledon, which his compatriot Greg Rusedski had won the previous two years.

Despite her injuries, she has earned almost $ 1 million in prize money, has represented her country at both junior and senior level, reached a WTA Tier I final in Canada ( 2003 ), a semi-final appearance at Wimbledon in the doubles with Elena Dementieva ( having beaten the Williams sisters on centre court in the 3rd round ) and runner-up at the US Open in 2003 in the mixed doubles with Daniel Nestor, who had 3 match points.

He retired from playing, due to injury and business commitments, soon after Wimbledon won election to the Football League in 1977, having made just 35 Football League appearances.

Tramlink serves seven National Rail stations and has one interchange with the London Underground, at Wimbledon station for the District Line, and one with London Overground, at West Croydon for the East London Line ; one of the factors leading to its creation was that the area around Croydon has no Underground service.

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She reached the third round at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, and at the 1993 US Open, the American reached the fourth round ranked no.

His victory over Andre Agassi in the Wimbledon final is often cited as one of Sampras's greatest performances ( despite this, he lost his no.

In 2002, Sampras suffered an early exit from Wimbledon, losing in the second round to no.

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By 1922, the popularity of tennis had grown to the extent that the club's small ground could no longer cope with the numbers of spectators and the renamed All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club moved to new grounds close to Wimbledon Park.

no: Wimbledon ( London )

Despite its name, Mitcham Junction no longer has a junction: one of the two lines that crossed here ( the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line ) has become a grade-separated Tramlink route.

In 1986, Becker successfully defended his Wimbledon title, defeating world no.

2, was upset in the second round of Wimbledon in 1987 by the world no.

With only two majors played by all the best players ( Wimbledon and the U. S. Open ), there was no clear-cut World No. 1 in 1970.

Leaving school at 15 with no qualifications, and after being sacked within four months of his first job at Ely's department store in Wimbledon, Clifford's brother Bernard used his print union connections to gain Clifford a job as editorial assistant on the Eagle comic.

In view of its transplanting to Milton Keynes, a large majority of Wimbledon fans felt that the original club no longer represented Wimbledon's legacy and traditions, and thus withdrew their support, choosing instead to start a new so-called " phoenix club " from scratch.

no: AFC Wimbledon

As the first Marquess of ExeterLord Burleigh is said to have entirely devoted his time to business and study, taking no diversion but that afforded by his gardens, of which he was both fond and proud, it is to be supposed that this painting was not " his " portrait, though mistaken for his, as was the ownership of the old manor-house of Wimbledon.

In particular, no services to Bristol, Salisbury or Exeter call at Wimbledon.

Tramlink passengers starting a journey at Wimbledon, after passing through the entry gates, will not be able to " touch out " at the end of their tram journey, since tram stops provide no facility to do so.

no: Wimbledon stasjon

He won his last major championship at Wimbledon in 1930 at the age of 37 but was no longer able to win titles at will.

He won the three most prestigious tournaments in amateur tennis — the French, Wimbledon, and American Championships — en route to being ranked world no.

In the 2007 ATP Champion's Race, Haas, the thirteenth seed ( 10th-ranked ), not known for being much of a grass courter, advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time, defeating Zack Fleishman, Tomáš Zíb, and no.

This success at Wimbledon made Haas rise considerably in ATP ranking, reaching no.