* Modern lawn tennis was patented by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield He marketed the game as 'Sphairistike'

* The Wimbledon All England Club started life in 1872 as a croquet club

* The longest match was a doubles match in 1967: 3-6, 49-47 (!), 22-20

* The shortest match on record at Wimbledon was the women's final in 1922. Suzanne Lenglen beat Molla Mallory 6-0, 6-2 in 25 minutes

* The first Tennis Tournament ever, the Wimbledon, took place in Wimbledon, England, in 1877 There are four different tournaments today - the French, Australian, and U.S. Opens, and the Wimbledon tournament