Wimbledon Roof First Used

The new roof is identical to the one used on the 15 000 capacity centre court and is a boost for wimbledon as they look to reduce the number of match delays due to rain.

Wimbledon roof first used.

Wimbledon s new centre court roof has been used in a match at the tournament for the first time after rain interrupted the match involving dinara safina and amelie mauresmo. It has been held at the all england club in wimbledon london since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts and since 2009 with a retractable roof over centre court and since 2019 over no. Stored at 68 deg f. Yellow balls used for first time in 1986.

The new roof on wimbledons court one was used for the first time on tuesday but for fading light rather than for rain. Subject to availability used balls are sold daily. It is considered the world s most famous tennis court. It incorporates the clubhouse of the all england lawn tennis and croquet club its only regular use for play is during the two weeks a year that the championships take place.

The all england lawn tennis club aeltc had installed a retractable roof on the centre court in 2009. The roof on the 12 000 ca. Centre court is the main court at the championships wimbledon the third annual grand slam event of the tennis calendar. A decision was made to shut the roof at 5 5 in the final set of the match between croatian 22nd seed donna vekic and alison riske of the united states.

After the success of the retractable roof on the centre court the club installed another roof on the no 1 court this year. New balls after first seven games to allow for warm up then after every nine games. 2 50 per can of three. First used during a match between dinara safina and amélie mauresmo at that year s tournament the first time a full game was played underneath the roof was a thrilling 4 th round match between andy murray and stanislas wawrinka which allowed the game to go on until 22 38 at night.

Proceeds go to the wimbledon foundation.