Centre Court is the main court at the Wimbledon Championship, the 3rd annual Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar. It is situated adjacent to Aorangi Terrace and is home to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Its only regular use is for the two weeks a year that the Championships take place. Centre Court has a premier box that the Royal Family uses, as well as other distinguished guests, and is also known by its postcode SW19.
A retractable roof was installed in 2009, enabling play to continue during rain. Centre Court was also host to the tennis competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics along with No. 1 Court and No. 2 Court.
Read more about Centre Court: Background, Retractable Roof, Scoreboard, Inscription
Famous quotes containing the words centre and/or court:
“Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“World history is a court of judgment.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)