The Championships, Wimbledon the 2017 tournament would begin on Monday 3 July. Other grass-court tournaments before Wimbledon are Eastbourne, England, and Rosmalen in the Netherlands, both combining mixed events. The other women's warm-up tournament for Wimbledon is Birmingham, also in England. The only grass-court tournament scheduled after the Championships is the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, which takes place the week after Wimbledon. Wimbledon is scheduled for 14 days, beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. Before 1982 it ended a day earlier, with the women's singles final on the Friday and the men's singles final
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Exhibition Men's Singles of the tournament, no third place match was played, and both semifinal losers received bronze medals. Mexican Rafael Osuna won the tournament by defeating West German Ingo Buding 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the final. Both Soviet Vladimir Korotkov and Italian Nicola Pietrangeli won bronze medals. Both seeds received a bye into the second round. Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Exhibition Men's Singles Since the 1968 Summer Olympics did not feature tennis as an official sport, two unofficial tournaments were held during the Games: a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament. The Exhibition tournament was played from 24 to