HISTORY - On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club began its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to
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Findmypast - On this day in 1877, the first tennis tournament at Wimbledon began. It wasn't until 1884 that the Women's Singles competition was included, with the first winner being Maud Watson.
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