1990 Wimbledon Championships Casals / Sharon Walsh-Pete, 6–2, 6–4 1990 Wimbledon Championships The 1990 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 104th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1990. The total prize money for 1990 championships was £3,819,730. The winner of the men's title earned £230,000 while the women's singles champion earned £207,000. Stefan Edberg defeated Boris Becker, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 Martina Navratilova defeated Zina Garrison, 6–4, 6–1 Rick Leach / Jim Pugh
1877 Wimbledon Championship 1877 Wimbledon Championship 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,