The grass courts at
As you can imagine, maintaining these courts takes a tremendous year round effort. Approximately one ton of seed is used yearly. During the Championships the courts are relined, rolled, and mowed to a precise 8mm in height every day. A maximum of 3,000 gallons of water is allotted for use during the two weeks…. Of course most of the time, mother nature provides more than enough water to keep the grass green. A special compound that contains china clay is used to create the white lines.
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Predominately white clothing is still required for all players. This tradition was started because it was thought that perspiration did not show as much on white clothing. A couple of years ago, the juniors got wind of the fact that if you show up for a match in a colored shirt, the tournament would give you a white one… I don’t have to tell you how many juniors came wearing colored shirts!
Bow and Curtsy
In the old days, the male players had to bow and the female players had to curtsy to any member of the British royal family who sat in the Royal Box, but progress has been made, Now players must bow or curtsy only if Queen Elizabeth or her son, Charles, the Prince of Wales is at the match.
Middle Sunday
No play on the middle Sunday. I’ve talked about this. This in my opinion is the BEST tradition, one that is unique to
How did this treat become synonymous with the Championships? The tradition started around the time of the first
Being a
Referring to players
Female players are referred to by the title "Miss" or "Mrs" on the scoreboards and by the chair umpires. The title Mr. is not used for male players on scoreboards, but the chair umpires refer to players as Mr. when they use the replay challenge.
The Women get two tone pink and blue towels, and the men have dark green purple and beige.
Colors and uniforms
Dark Green and purple are the traditional colors of
Green clothing was worn by the chair umpire, linesmen, ball boys and ball girls until the 2005 Championships; however, beginning with the 2006 Championships, officials, ball boys and ball girls were outfitted in new navy blue and cream colored uniforms from American designer Ralph Lauren. This marked the first time in the history of the Championships that an outside company was used to design
Advertising
While every other tennis event in the world is a veritable bill board,
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