This world-famous tennis tournament is named for its location in the former municipal borough of Wimbledon in England, southwest of London. The tournament has been staged here annually by the All-England Tennis and Croquet Club for the past one hundred and twenty years (since 1886).
The All-England Tennis and Croquet Club is a private Club founded in 1868. Lawn Tennis was introduced to the Club in 1875. The first Lawn Tennis Championship was instituted in the spring of 1877. The Ladies Singles contest was added in 1884. The Championship became an international event by the turn of the 20th century and the first champion from overseas was American May Sutton, winner of the Ladies Singles.
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