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Wimbledon
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Wimbledon, England: see Merton Merton, outer borough (1991 pop. 161,800) of Greater London, SE England. The area is largely residential with some industry, including tanning and the manufacture of silk and calico prints, varnish and paint, and toys.
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Wimbledon

Municipal center in the Greater London borough of Merton, known as the site of the annual lawn-tennis All-England Championships. Held in late June and early July, the tournament is the oldest (founded 1877) and most prestigious in the world. It is one of four tournaments that make up the Grand Slam of tennis, and the only one still played on natural grass. Competition was opened to professionals in 1968.


Wimbledon
part of the Greater London borough of Merton: headquarters of the All England Lawn Tennis Club since 1877 and the site of the annual international tennis championships


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During the current Wimbledom tennis tournament, a reporter asked Chris Evert Lloyd whether she was thinking about retiring, and she replied that she would think about it at the end of the season.
 
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