Archive for June, 2008

Welcome to the Wimbledon 2008 website

The official Wimbledon 2008 website will bring you live scores from every court, interviews, videos, match reports, audio, blogs, features and a fans log where you can broadcast your opinions to the world.

Wimbledon 2007 in numbers

Who served the most aces at Wimbledon last year? How many tennis balls were used during the Championships? Find the answers here in the numbers that made up Wimbledon 2007.

Wimbledon Village Fair

The Wimbledon Village Fair is on 21 June, 2008 at Southside Wimbledon Common from 10.30 am till 5.30 pm. The show is the major fund raising activity for local charity the Wimbledon Guild and the AELTC is the event’s major sponsor.

Best quotes from 2007

Transcripts and videos of post-match player interviews will be available to throughout the 2008 Championships. Here are a selection of some of the best quotes from post-match interviews during Wimbledon 2007.

Semi-Final preview, French Open 2008

The semi-finals are set at this years French Open. The French fans will be thrilled at the two intriguing semi-final matches that will be played on Friday. The big 3, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have all made it through again to the last 4 of a major, and they will be joined this time by [...]

Tennis Channel’s French Open Tonight Gives Fans Insight From the Biggest Names in the Game

Federer, Sharapova, McEnroe, Navratilova Just a few of the Guests to Appear on the Nightly Recap Show During the First Week of the French Open

USTA TENNIS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO GRANT 54 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS THIS SPRING TOTALING $287,000

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 2, 2008 — The USTA Tennis & Education Foundation (USTA T&EF), the philanthropic and charitable entity of the United States Tennis Association, today announced that it will grant 54 high school students a variety of college…

French Open – Week 2: News – Prince Brand Sees Significant Presence in FOOTWEAR and APPAREL (in addition to racquets) at Grand Slam Event for First Time in Company History

June 1, 2008 – As the second week of the French Open gets underway today, we wanted to share some compelling news from the Prince brand. While perhaps best known as a leading racquet manufacturer that converted hundreds of thousands…

No Problem for Nadal

Playing three 5 sets matches in three consecutive days would be worrisome for most players. The fatigue to the body and mind is tremendous and when you add to this equation the fact that this effort has to be done on red clay, the task seems quite impossible. However Rafa Nadal does not think so. [...]

Long Term Plan update

London, UK, Tuesday 29 April 2008: The All England Club, Wimbledon, confirmed today that the second phase of its three-year plan to transform the Centre Court is on schedule.

AELTC Community Investment Programme

The All England Club and The Championships maintains an extensive community investment programme of donations, charitable contributions and other benefits directed primarily at helping the local community, especially the London Boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth.

Quarter-Final Preview, French Open 2008

The quarter-finals of this years French Open should provide some great match-ups and potential pop corn matches. The following is a break down of what coming up at Roland Garros.

1) Roger Federer vs 24) Fernado Gonzalez

Head to head Federer leads 10-1, 4-0 on clay.

This match up should be interesting in the sense that R-Fed did lose his last encounter to Gonzo at the season ending championships in Shanghai last year. I can see Fernadno troubling Roger for a set, but I believe Federer knows Gonzo’s game all to well. Roger will slice up Gonzalez in 4 sets.

French Open mid week review for week 1, Guga, Moya, and Coria out!

The years second major is in full swing andthe usual suspects, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic are all moving through the draw convincingly. Federer and Nadal are in round 2, while Novak won his match today and is in round 3.  The biggest stories on the mens side of this year have been the exit of two former [...]


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