1913 Wimbledon Championships 1913 Wimbledon Championships The 1913 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 23 June until 4 July. It was the 37th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1913. The 1913 Wimbledon Championships for the first time included a Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles competition. The men's entry consisted of 116 competitors. Anthony Wilding defeated Maurice McLoughlin, 8–6, 6–3, 10–8 Dorothea Lambert Chambers defeated Winifred McNair, 6–0, 6–4 Herbert Roper Barrett / Charles Dixon
The Championships, Wimbledon interviews from Bud Collins, whose tennis acumen and (in)famous patterned trousers were well known to tennis fans in the US. Collins was sacked by NBC in 2007, but was promptly hired by ESPN, the cable home for The Championships in the States. For many years NBC's primary Wimbledon host was veteran broadcaster Dick Enberg. From 1975 to 1999, premium channel HBO carried weekday coverage of Wimbledon. Hosts included Jim Lampley, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, John Lloyd and Barry MacKay among others. Previously, weekday coverage in the United States was exclusively handled by ESPN2 during the tournament's first week. During