Wimbledon Tennis Centre Court Roof

I always dreamt of winning that tournament.

Wimbledon tennis centre court roof.

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. Wimbledon is definitely the most special tournament he said a few years ago. It is considered the world s most famous tennis court. 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.

As the all england club unveiled the retractable roof at centre court yesterday that will lead to the biggest scheduling shake up in wimbledon s 132 year history organisers admitted indoor. After the success of the retractable roof on the centre court the club installed another roof on the no 1 court this year. The grass is sacred says populous principal dale jennins of the courts at london s all england lawn tennis club. Designed and put in place by hightex 5 200m of folding ptfe polytetrafluoroethylene fabric concertina will protect centre court from inclement weather.

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. A new retractable roof has been unveiled over wimbledon s no 1 court ahead of this summer s competition. The all england lawn tennis club aeltc had installed a retractable roof on the centre court in 2009. 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. The first wimbledon final to be played partially under the roof was in 2012 between roger federer and andy murray. The new roof cost 70million and is identical to the one that has covered centre court. Centre court is the main court at the championships wimbledon the third annual grand slam event of the tennis calendar.

Along with no 1 court and no 2 court centre court was used during the 2012 london olympics. Wimbledon s centre court with the roof fully closed credit. See our packages for wimbledon centre court tennis action. Some of tennis greatest players went head to head under the new roof at no 1 court in wimbledon.