The first is, of course, the tennis itself. This major tennis tournament attracts the top players in the world, and is a favorite with fans as well. It regularly draws over , fans and in fact, set an attendance record at the tournament with , fans experiencing the tournament in person. This stunning tourist destination offers luxury resorts, world-class golf, incredible shopping and dining, high-end spas, and plenty to appease the nature lovers.
It also boasts wonderful weather, the perfect spot for a late winter getaway. The ATP Finals are another top tennis tournament. The ATP Association of Tennis Professionals Finals date back to , though it has gone through a few different names and versions since then. Since , the tournament has been held at O2 Stadium in London, though this year it moves to a new host city: Turin, Italy.
This event follows a group stage format. Each player is put into a group of four and plays each other player in his group. The top two from each group move on to a semi-final and then the championship final match.
The professional women have their own major tournament to cap off their season. To win the full amount, the winner would need to go undefeated in the tournament. Named after popular Australian tennis pro Rod Laver, the Laver Cup is a relative newcomer to the tennis scene.
The inaugural tournament took place in and it has been held annually since then, with the exception of due to COVID The Laver Cup is a weekend tournament that pits players from Europe against players from the rest of the world. Each of the two teams Team Europe and Team World are comprised of six players: three that qualify based on their ranking and three that are chosen by team captains.
The location of the Laver Cup alternates between Europe and the rest of the world, with the tournament taking place in London. Roadtrips offers custom tennis travel packages to the best tennis tournaments in the world. Grass is also the surface which provides the fastest game of tennis. As it was not permissible for women to enter the tournament in , the first Wimbledon champion from a group of twenty-two male competitors was twenty seven year old Spencer William Gore.
In front of a crowd of , who had paid a shilling apiece to attend, Gore beat his opponent William Marshall in a decisive , , defeat lasting only forty-eight minutes. As would also be the tradition for many Wimbledon tournaments to follow until a retractable roof was installed over centre court in , the final was postponed due to rain. When it was eventually played three days later the weather conditions had not greatly improved.
The game of lawn tennis was still in its infancy at this stage, with players using basic handmade equipment and imprecise strokes, unlike the slick powerful serves and top of the range rackets we see today.
Whilst no tournaments were held at Wimbledon during and because of the First and Second World War s, the game continued to grow in popularity. In the fifties the club moved from its original rented site on Worple Road to the larger, present day Church Road site and in the tournament made history when the event became the first broadcast to ever be televised in colour.
Following the completion of the five major competitions the winners are presented with the traditional Wimbledon trophies. Having had to replace both the Field Cup in and the Challenge Cup in , the All England Club decided that future trophies should no longer become property of the Championship winners, who would instead receive a replica of the trophy whilst the originals were housed in the Wimbledon museum.
In , when there was no more room for the names of future Wimbledon Champions, the addition of a black plinth adorned with a silver band was incorporated so that more names could be commemorated. GMSA at 9 a. Why were Wimbledon, British Open canceled instead of postponed? While other golf, tennis majors in U. Published: July 20, am.
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