With the first tournament dating back more than a century ago, Wimbledon has long since been the international proving ground for lawn tennis excellence.  Founded and organized by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, a private club based at Wimbledon in London, Wimbledon has hosted some of the sport’s most talented players including Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, Billie-Jean King and Martina Navratilova.

This year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament will take place at the 87-year-old Centre Court which now sports a new retractable roof and its surrounding courts. Prior to Wimbledon’s kick-off on June 22nd, the club will be holding a Centre Court Celebration on Sunday May 17th where several tennis greats such as Andre Agassi, Stefanie Graf, Tim Henman and Kim Clijsters will be the first to play under the new roof.

Growing on the success of each preceding year, Wimbledon recently announced the hosting of the first women’s wheelchair doubles tournament. The decision to add the tournament was reached after the 2005 success of its male tournament counterpart.

While playing at Wimbledon is about tennis excellence, success and honor, it is also about reputation, cash prizes and celebrity. Qualifying for the event, which is hosted from June 22 to July 5, 2009, will be determined during the 2009 Qualifying matches held a week prior to the championships at the Bank of England Sports Club.

The 2009 Wimbledon tournament brims with excitement as this season’s tennis hopefuls compete for excellence in this highly challenging and lucrative sport.

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