History And Tradition At Wimbledon

The Wimbledon Championships started in 1877 near London.   

It was a garden-party tennis tournament but it became a Grand Slam tournament with millions of people following it around the world. It is the only Slam contested on grass.

Traditions is something very important : there is a strict dress code for competitors, people enjoy eating strawberries and cream, and there is always a member of the Royal family to patronize it. 

In 2013, Andy Murray became the first British male singles champion since Fred Perry in 1936.

Flushing Meadows

Located at Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York, it is the famous US Open. It is one of the four Grand Slams of tennis held each year and it dates back to 1881 when the event was first held at Newport Casino on Rhode Island. 

The tournament changed from grass courts to clay courts in 1975-77 and is now played on hard courts.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam of the year, held after the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon and is one of sports most coveted events. 

It is played in the Arthur Ashe Stadium, from the name of the very famous American tennis champion from New York.

Australian Open

The Grand Slam season begins at the Australian Open, where fans from across the globe come to Melbourne Park in the last fortnight of January. 

It is nicknamed "the happy slam".

It began in 1905 as the Australasian championships.  It is today the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere. 

Before 1988 it was played on grass courts, but now it is played on hardcourt surfaces. 

Between 2004 and 2019, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won all but two  of the Australian Open titles.