It’s a late start Wimbledon this year, the Lawn Tennis Association and All England Lawn Tennis Club announced that the Championships will take place from 3 – 16 July 2017.
This will ultimately allow players more preparation for the most highly anticipated sporting event in the tennis calendar.
Michael Downey, LTA CEO said: “We want to jump-start the important summer season of participation by trying to ‘own the month of June’ with an extensive and high quality series of Major Tennis Events to help inspire more people to pick up a racket and play tennis. At the same time, this new look calendar will help optimise the players’ preparation for competing in the world’s premier tennis tournament.
“It’s all about delivering a bigger and better set of grass court tournaments for the players and our fans. It represents another major step in the evolution of the British grass court circuit.”
