Wimbledon Tennis Centre Court Roof

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Wimbledon tennis centre court roof.

The first wimbledon final to be played partially under the roof was in 2012 between roger federer and andy murray. Centre court is the main court at the championships wimbledon the third annual grand slam event of the tennis calendar. I always dreamt of winning that tournament. Along with no 1 court and no 2 court centre court was used during the 2012 london olympics.

Some of tennis greatest players went head to head under the new roof at no 1 court in wimbledon. The all england lawn tennis club unveiled the fully retractable roof on top of its second biggest. Getty images despite temperature s soaring so far this summer no doubt the rain will be back again in time for sw19. It incorporates the clubhouse of the all england lawn tennis and croquet club its only regular use for play is during the two weeks a year that the championships take place.

It is considered the world s most famous tennis court. I think when i was six or seven years old i was making this improvised wimbledon trophy and imagining looking at myself in the mirror and lifting that trophy and imagining i ll be standing one day on centre court. The singles gold medals were won by andy murray and serena williams. The all england lawn tennis club aeltc had installed a retractable roof on the centre court in 2009.

The grass is sacred says populous principal dale jennins of the courts at london s all england lawn tennis club. Wimbledon is definitely the most special tournament he said a few years ago. A new retractable roof has been unveiled over wimbledon s no 1 court ahead of this summer s competition. Wimbledon s centre court with the roof fully closed credit.

Designed and put in place by hightex 5 200m of folding ptfe polytetrafluoroethylene fabric concertina will protect centre court from inclement weather. On 17 may 2009 centre court at the all england lawn tennis club aeltc in wimbledon tested the functionality of its new retractable roof with upgraded 15 000 seat capacity. So when jennins team was designing a retractable roof for the centre court the main stage of the wimbledon tennis championship the most important thing to determine was how not to block the sunlight that feeds the world s most visible patch of grass. After the success of the retractable roof on the centre court the club installed another roof on the no 1 court this year.