Wimbledon Roof Closed

After the 2006 championships the roof was removed and 2007 championships were played with no roof.

Wimbledon roof closed.

The roof was closed at 2000 gmt on thursday night the huge trusses and flexible fabric covering taking around eight minutes to close from the moment the switch was flicked. The original roof built in the inaugural year 1922 was replaced in 1992. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. History of the wimbledon roof.

It was a measure to. The roof closed from inside no 1 court the roof was built on a budget of 70m and took three years to complete it will enable more matches to be played for longer if weather conditions turn during the club s wimbledon grand slam tournament. The roof was needed for the opening ceremony as rainfall swept across sw19 on sunday afternoon. What made it historic was the closed roof overhead.

Rafael nadal made clear that he was far from happy with wimbledon organisers decision to keep the centre court roof closed throughout his two day semi final defeat to novak djokovic. The tournament rules for the wimbledon fortnight dictate that the roof once closed must remain closed until the end of the match so some matches may be completed indoors even though the sun has re emerged. The court was initially covered with a green tarp wimbledon s timeworn method of waiting for rain to subside so play can resume before all england club officials quickly decided to shut the roof. Maximum time expected before play can start continue after the roof is closed and the internal environment is controlled and stabilised.