It was in 1877 when first ever Wimbledon competition was organized in order to raise enough funds to get the Wimbledon tennis club's maintenance roller repaired. The inaugural edition of Wimbledon had 22 participants, it made a profit of £10, with which the roller was repaired. Also the winner of first ever Wimbledon was awarded 12 guineas.

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It began with an announcement " The All England Croquet and Lawn TennisClub, Wimbledon, propose to hold a lawn tennis meeting, open to all amateurs.". They were warned to bring their own rackets and "shoes without heels" but that balls would be provided by the club Gardner.

Conditions were primitive. A temporary three plank stand offered seats for 30 people, the total attendance for the final was 200, the rackets resembled snowshoes in shape and weight and the balls had hand-sewn flannel outer casings.

Since 1877 Wimbledon has traveled a long way. This year it is 132 edition of Wimbledon and the prize money has jumped from 12 guineas to £34,000,000. It's been 141 years and in these years most singles titles have been won by Roger Federer number being 8 times and the most number of doubles titles has been won by Todd Woodbridge, 9 times. Martina Navratilova holds the record for most singles titles in women's category and Elizabeth Ryan won the women's doubles titles most times number being 12.

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The data Source: The Guardian, Wimbledon