Wimbledon Centre Court Roof Design

Centre court is the main court at the championships wimbledon the third annual grand slam event of the tennis calendar.

Wimbledon centre court roof design.

The wimbledon championships 2019 roof has been an important addition to the event in recent years. The grass is sacred says populous principal dale jennins of the courts at london s all england lawn tennis club. It is considered the world s most famous tennis court. 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.

The new roof incorporating the retractable roof and air conditioning plant has been designed to function not only during the championships when the retractable roof can be deployed in the event of rain but also throughout. The all england lawn tennis club aeltc had installed a retractable roof on the centre court in 2009. Prior to the 2009 championships wimbledon centre court roof was tested at a special centre court celebration in may of that year which saw past champions playing in front of a capacity 15 000 strong crowd. The roof can be safely operated in wind speeds of up to 43mph 69kph.

Wimbledon centre court redevelopment london. 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. After the success of the retractable roof on the centre court the club installed another roof on the no 1 court this year.

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