Sports For All - #OnThisDay in 1877 the first ever Wimbledon Championships took place and the rest is history! 📆 Being the only Grand Slam event to be played on grass courts,
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July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon – The Asian Telegraph
HISTORY - On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club began its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to
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