At long last, all four Grand Slam championships will pay both the men and women equal prizes. Wimbledon has yielded to the pressures of modern day and follows the example set at last year’s French Open, paying the male and female champions on an equal scale. Wimbledon’s exact prize amounts will be announced in April. [...]

The world’s number one tennis player, Roger Federer will look to win his fourth Wimbledon title in a row on Sunday. Federer has now won an amazing 47 consecutive matches on grass. Trying to stop him will be Rafael Nadal, who just happens to be the world’s number 2 and who recently defeated Roger Federer [...]

Amelie Mauresmo took her second Grand Slam title of the year after faltering during her first set of the 2006 Women’s Wimbledon Final. She cam out to a rocky start falling 2-6 in the first set to Justine Henin-Hardenne. Mauresmo became the first Frenchwoman to win Wimbledon since 1925 (Suzanne Lenglen). Her first set it [...]

From MSNBC and the Associated Press Daniel Nestor of Canada and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas won the longest doubles match in Wimbledon and Grand Slam history Wednesday — a marathon lasting 6 hours, 9 minutes over two days. Longest-ever Slam doubles match ends – Tennis – MSNBC.com The two beat Simon Aspelin and Todd [...]

Andre Agassi said goodbye to what he is calling his last Wimbledon Championship as he has said he will be retiring from tennis after the US Open in late August. Agassi lost today to Rafael Nadal in straight sets 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 in what was a heart felt sendoff for the great American on tennis’ [...]

The announcer called it a sure thing, “Nadal would loose against qualifier Robert Kendrik.” Others thought it would be a cake walk for Nadal who is picked to challenge Federer for the Wimbledon title. Number 1 vs Number 2 in the world. That hopeful match up almost didn’t happen thanks to Robert Kendrik. Two of [...]

June 26th, 2006 marked the first day of Wimbledon and in true London style there was rain. Lot’s of it. A down pour soak the lawn Monday delaying some very interesting matches until tomorrow’s Wimbledon gets underway. On Center Court, three time champioin Roger Federer was delayed in his matchup against Frenchman Richard Gasquet. Roger [...]