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The very first Lawn Tennis Championships at The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club was an amateur event in 1877. Just 22 men entered the Gentlemen's Singles which was eventually won by Spencer Gore. The Ladies' Singles competition began in 1884, with Miss Maud Watson triumphant out of the 13 entrants. CLICK HERE TO BET ON WIMBLEDON 2002
By 1900, Wimbledon had become an international tournament. The first overseas winner was May Sutton of the United States who was the Ladies' Champion in 1905. She won again in 1907, the same year that Australian Norman Brookes became the first foreign Gentlemen's Champion. Ever since, only two British players, Arthur Gore and Fred Perry, have managed to win the Gentlemen's event.
The rise of air travel in the 1950s meant more overseas players were able to compete. From the mid '50s until the early '70s, the Gentlemen's Singles was dominated by Australians such as Lew Hoad, Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and John Newcombe.
In the 1960s, Angela Mortimer and Ann Jones won for Great Britain; other female winners included Americans, Australians and even a Brazilian.
After rejection in 1959, the Lawn Tennis Association voted in 1967 to open The Championships, and in 1968 professionals played against amateurs for the first time. Rod Laver and Billie Jean King were the first champions of this new era.
In 1980, Bjorn Borg of Sweden became the first player to win the Gentlemen's Singles five times in succession since William Renshaw in the late 1880s. His classic battles with contrasting American rivals John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors are now firmly established in Wimbledon folklore.
Away from the courts, Wimbledon fortnight has become a annual flurry of betting. Britain's legal off-course betting allows anyone over 18 to have a wager on the matches. William Hill's fully interactive online betting site allows you to join in the fun without the bustle.
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