Wimbledon Tennis Centre Court Roof

Npr s rob gifford attended yesterday s opening of the.

Wimbledon tennis centre court roof.

Its only regular use for play is during the two weeks a year that the championships take place. After the 2006 championships the roof was removed and the 2007 competition was played with no roof. Wpc this is an undated but modern and official wimbledon tennis club souvenir showing centre court and explaining on reverse how it was increased to a 15 000 capacity in 2008 as part of the installation of the centre court roof with official wimbledon c. A new retractable roof has been unveiled over wimbledon s no 1 court ahead of this summer s competition.

So when jennins team was designing a retractable roof for the centre court the main stage of the wimbledon tennis championship the most important thing to determine was how not to block the sunlight that feeds the world s most visible patch of grass. The new roof cost 70million and is identical to the one that has covered centre court since. The weather hasn t changed but the all england lawn tennis association has built a retractable roof over wimbledon s famous centre court. It incorporates the clubhouse of the all england lawn tennis and croquet club.

The original roof built in the inaugural year 1922 was replaced in 1992. On 17 may 2009 centre court at the all england lawn tennis club aeltc in wimbledon tested the functionality of its new retractable roof. Official homepage of the championships wimbledon 2019. When fully deployed the roof covers an area of 5200 meter square.

The total weight of the wimbledon championships roof is 3000 tonnes. The roof was needed for the opening ceremony as rainfall swept across sw19 on sunday afternoon. The height of the roof is 16 meters from the surface of the court. The wimbledon championships 2019 roof on the center court has ten trusses with each weighing 100 tonnes.

A retractable roof was installed. The roof closed from inside no 1 court the roof was built on a budget of 70m and took three years to complete it will enable more matches to be played for longer if weather conditions turn during the club s wimbledon grand slam tournament. Centre court is the main court at the championships wimbledon the third annual grand slam event of the tennis calendar. Centre court has a premier box known as the royal box for use by the royal family and other distinguished guests.

It is considered the world s most famous tennis court.