Staff
Some fact and figures about this year’s Wimbledon Covers
Catering
Head Groundsman - Eddie Seaward MBE (since 1991). 14 permanent groundstaff. A further 12 join for the period of The Championships.
Court Maintenance
Court grass composed of 100% rye grass (chosen for its durability).
1 tonne of grass seed is used each year.
All courts re-lined, rolled and mown daily during The Championships.
Centre Court received a new cover in 1998, weighs 1 tonne (wet and dry) and takes 17 people approximately 22-28 seconds to move on and off.
There are 160 court coverers who are trained two weeks prior to The Championships.
Court Dimensions
The Championships playing height of grass is 8mm.
Paint is not used to mark the lines on the court. A transfer wheel marker is used to apply a white compound (500 gallons used yearly)
All the lines are 50mm wide, except the baselines, which are 100mm.
Total area of grass on each of Centre and No.1 Courts is 902 square mteres (41m x 22m).
A singles court is 23.77m (78ft) x 8.23m (27ft).
A doubles court is 23.77m (78ft) x 10.97m (36ft).
Attendance
containing china clay to make it durable.
The total attendance figure for the thirteen days of The Championships was 475,812, the second all-time highest for 13 days.
Merchandise
The top five best selling items in the Wimbledon Shop were:
• 18,191 Mini yellow tennis ball key-rings.
• 11,000 Men’s
Championship towels. • 8,600 Ladies’
Championship towels. • 8,000 twin wrist bands.
• 6,300 5” tennis balls for signatures.
Tennis Balls
• Over 54,200 Slazenger balls used during the fortnight.
All courts have been provided with covers since 1971.
• Pimms: 200,000 glasses drunk.
• Strawberries: 25 tonnes consumed.
• Poached salmon: 7,000 sides eaten.
TV Viewing Figures UK
• Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final: Watched by a peak audience of 13.1m viewers at 9.15pm on BBC One, representing a 47.6% share of the TV audience.
• Average audience of 8.6m watched the match.
The 122nd Championships came to a fantastic
conclusions in near-darkness on Centre Court as Spain’s Rafael Nadal beat the five- time champion Roger Federer in the longest, and quite possibly the finest, men’s final in the history of The All England Club.
Nadal’s 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6- 7 (8-10), 9-7 victory took 4 hours and 48 minutes of actual playing time but occupied all of the afternoon and all of the evening because of two rain delays.
All in all this year’s Wimbledon was regarded as an
outstanding success, both on and off the courts.
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