the first wimbledon tennis tournament was held in 1877.
the first wimbledon tennis tournament was held in 1877.
when was the first wimbledon tennis tournament held?
1877
the 1877 wimbledon championship was a men's tennis tournament held at the all england croquet and lawn tennis club (aec & ltc) in wimbledon, london. it was the world's first official lawn tennis tournament, and was later recognised as the first grand slam tournament or "major". the aec & ltc had been founded in july 1868, as the all england croquet club; lawn tennis was introduced in february 1875 to compensate for the waning interest in croquet. in june 1877 the club decided to organise a tennis tournament to pay for the repair of its pony roller, needed to maintain the lawns. a set of rules was drawn up for the tournament, derived from the first standardised rules of tennis issued by the marylebone cricket club in may 1875.
1877 wimbledon championship
the [[rogers cup]], historically known as the canadian open, is an annual professional tennis tournament held at the [[aviva centre]] at [[york university]]. the tournament began in 1881 and is the third oldest major tennis tournament in the world behind only [[the championships, wimbledon|wimbledon]] and the [[us open (tennis)|us open]]. the men's competition is an [[atp world tour masters 1000]] event on the [[association of tennis professionals|association of tennis professionals (atp) tour]]. the women's competition is a [[wta premier tournaments|premier 5]] event on the [[women's tennis association|women's tennis association (wta) tour]]. the events alternate from year-to-year between the cities of montreal and toronto. in odd-numbered years, the men's tournament is held in montreal, while the women's tournament is held in toronto, and vice versa in even-numbered years. the competition is played on hard courts.
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