Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

[mmmm8]

The real sin is putting women in the back and two guys who haven't done anything on grass up front

[skatingfan]

The real sin is putting women in the back and two guys who haven't done anything on grass up front

Yes, but also the two women have never played each other at Wimbledon, and I don't know who the grass-court women's rivalry is right now - Alcaraz vs Sinner at least actually happened.

[ti-amie]

[Owendonovan]

The 2008 Wimbledon Men's Final is still consistently voted as the best match ever. There is no way they could leave Rafa and Federer out. I question them making what was a duopoly - Federer and Nadal, into a triumvirate putting Djokovic with them.

Murray carried British tennis for years and I don't understand why he's not included.

AELTC might just be being petty because Murray identifies as a Scotsman, not an Englishman.

[ponchi101]

The 2008 Wimbledon Men's Final is still consistently voted as the best match ever. There is no way they could leave Rafa and Federer out. I question them making what was a duopoly - Federer and Nadal, into a triumvirate putting Djokovic with them.

Murray carried British tennis for years and I don't understand why he's not included.

AELTC might just be being petty because Murray identifies as a Scotsman, not an Englishman.

Only when he losses...

[ti-amie]

[meganfernandez]

Clearly out

[JTContinental]

Jeremy Chardy has retired

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

About Chardy. A true professional.
Never a contender at a slam, but a person that put a very decent career through the years.

[nelslus]

We'll be seeing Kei in Chicago next week. Very much looking forward to this.

[Fastbackss]

Hopefully you buy tickets early. I waxed poetic to anyone who would listen about this tournament coming to the area, but didn't buy tickets early because I wasn't sure what day I could go.

Went to buy tickets Monday and there was ONE ticket left - wasn't going to work when I intended to bring one of the progeny.

Ended up having to buy him lunch, which was way more expensive

[meganfernandez]

who owns Wimbledon - or rather, the AELTC, the entity that owns Wimbledon? Is it privately owned? Is it a nonprofit run by a board of directors?

[nelslus]

Hopefully you buy tickets early. I waxed poetic to anyone who would listen about this tournament coming to the area, but didn't buy tickets early because I wasn't sure what day I could go.

Went to buy tickets Monday and there was ONE ticket left - wasn't going to work when I intended to bring one of the progeny.

Ended up having to buy him lunch, which was way more expensive

My partner John already purchased all of our tickets. Probably not necessary- as previously, we had no problems just showing up and purchasing tickets for the same day, and/or for that year's tournament. This Chicago tournament has not proven to be real good with publicity these past few years. Today is the first day we finally found a site for 2023. We've also figured out to bring lunches with us each day. NOT a lot of decent food options. AND Porta-potties- always my favorites.

I also doubt we'll go every day. But, the tickets this year are reasonably cheap. This year, they have all of these "Box Seat" and "Special" options. Bump all of that- we'll figure out where to sit.

[skatingfan]

who owns Wimbledon - or rather, the AELTC, the entity that owns Wimbledon? Is it privately owned? Is it a nonprofit run by a board of directors?

The day-to-day operations of The Championships are led and conducted by the AELTC.

The AELTC is a wholly owned subsidiary of The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited ("the Club") and, on 1 August 2011, acquired all the assets and undertaking of the Club in relation to The Championships.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited, Church Road, Wimbledon, Tel: +44 (0)20 8944 1066

The Board: I.L Hewitt (Chair), Ms D A Jevans C.B.E (Vice-Chair), Ms S.J Ambrose, R.A Baker, Ms A Keothavong M.B.E, The Lord O'Donnell GCB KCB CB, K.J Havelock. T.H Henman O.B.E, S.A Jones L.V.O, R.T Stoakes, A.J.K Tatum, The Hon H B Weatherill.

Directors: S. Bolton O.B.E (Chief Executive), R.G Atkinson (Financial Director), M.J Dite (Operations Director), M.W.C Guntrip (Club Director), W.R Jinks (IT Director), U. Al-Qassab (Marketing and Commercial Director)

https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/about_aeltc.html