Wimbledon 2025: Court choices, fastest serve and ball-bounce rules explained

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Michael in York

Djokovic may be the seven-time winner in the sixth Wimbledon Championship in this year's championship, but his position as a legend of sports means that the large crowds are still very eager to watch-more than some of his highest competitors.

This means that, more often, it is granted at the top of the bills.

“The schedule of the game arrangement every day is a complex process. We are very grazing the matches and the renewal of the courts,” All England Lawn Tennis Club (AETC), who runs the championships, told the BBC.

“Novak is Grand Slam 24 times, and this is definitely a factor when scheduling.”

The last time Djokovic played anywhere other than the center of the center in Wimbledon in 2021, when the American player Dennis Kudla won in successive groups in the first court.

The last time I played away from the stadiums in 2018, when he beat Hurasio Zipalos in the straight of groups in the second court.

Natalie in Serbiton

Yes, although they are doing their best to avoid it.

The function of the referee is to manage a tennis match as possible, without affecting playing. Therefore, taking the toilet break and delay is far from idealism.

Referees often restrict the amount of eating and drink before the matches in order to avoid having to take the bathroom break.

In fact, when the Swedish arbitrator, Mohamed Lahani, clarified the longest match in Wimbledon's history between John Isner and Nicholas Mahat in 2010, he did not take a bathroom break at any time.

But sometimes, Nature – in this case aims to the ruling aims to maintain delay as much as possible.

Andy in Northampton

ISNER and Maahut may have produced the longest match ever in Wimbledon's history, but they did not play the longest individual game.

It was the longest game played in the individual in Wimbledon between Spaniard Tommy Robito and Potito Stara in Italy in the first round of 2004.

The second tallest game was the 32 -points epic that was produced during the 2023 final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. It lasted 26 minutes.

Djokovic got eight games points on the service, but he was unable to convert any of them, and Alcaraz was able to take advantage of the seventh resting point on his way to victory.

Amy in Cambridgers

The fastest service was ever registered in Wimbledon this year by Frenchman Giovanni Perkard during his defeat in the first round by Taylor Fritz.

The 6 -year -old and 8 -inch 21 -year -old slapped 153 miles per hour, although Fritz won this point.

The fastest registered service ever was 163.7 miles per hour – by Australian Sam Garthan at Busan Open Challenger 2012.

This event has not been recognized by the ATP. The fastest service ever in one of its competitions came from ISNER during the Davis Cup 2016 tie against Australia.

The fastest women's service ever was 136.7 miles per hour – by Spanish player Georgina Garcia Perez in the 2018 Hungarian Women's Championship, although the fastest in the elite WTA tour was Sabine Lesiki from Germany, which reached 131 miles per hour in Stanford in 2014.

In Wimbledon, the fastest women's service is Venus Williams, which was achieved in 2008 in 2008.

The point where the service speed is measured is only after leaving the racket.

Denkan in Northhampton

When athletes end a match in some sports, they are interviewed by a correspondent who stands close to them.

Not so in Wimbledon, where post -match interviews take place from a few feet. the reason? Simply, so there is a clear vision for the players.

A clean snapshot for players is better for broadcasting, both of which live at that time and also for use on a broader scale on international news coverage and social media feed in the wake of this.

Katie in Sharousbury

The new tennis balls are used after the first seven games of the match, then after every nine later games. The new balls are used so that old offices that suffer from low air pressure are not waived from playing the quality of the matches.

AELTC is estimated at 55,000 balls that are used annually.

Some old balls are later sold to the public, where the money was collected to the Wimbledon Foundation. Others may be donated to the Tennis Association in the park to be distributed to tennis clubs.

Keith in Paul

There is no limit to the number of times the player can wear the ball before serving.

The majority of players have fixed rituals of the ball gears – the strength of the apostasy and the number depends on each player.

This apostasy does not serve any practical purpose, but it is designed to help focus, giving the player a few seconds to focus on the type of service they aim to hit, allowing the crowd to calm, create a rhythm between the ball and the body while calming any nerves.

However, two things can restrict the player's liar for the ball.

The first is the bullet. From the end of the previous point, the server has 25 seconds to reach his first service. Take longer time and rule is a violation. Violations can eventually lead to a point privilege. Tales are generally broken with the base of shot solutions unless the player delay is particularly terrible.

If the player performs a large number of bounces before serving, or serving before continuing to bounce, he can draw an irritable opponent's anger.

This happened when Nicholas Gary complained of Chile of British player Cameron Nuri in this year's championship.

Alison in Glastonbury

Some players connect the absorption of small shocks or rubber shocks with the strings of their speculative rackets known as the detainees.

There are two types of wet button (round) and worms (long but thin and woven through chains).

It is used to reduce the level of perceived vibration through the racket every time the ball is hit, especially if the center is connected to the center.

The goal of this is to increase the player's comfort and provide a more complete feeling and relief when communicating with a snapshot.

Liers also change the sound made when the ball is hit – which reduces the high -tone ping to soft.

Not every player uses wet, though. Some prefer the most natural feeling of naked chains.

For example, Roger Federer usually used wet during his career, while Raphael Nadal did.

Marilyn in London

Boys and Girls' championships in Wimbledon are playing players between the ages of 14 and 18 on January 1 of each year.

The novice players do not get any money from the award, but they got points calculated in their international junior ranking.

Young players travel from all over the world to participate.

Of course, players under the age of 18 can participate in the Supreme Wimbledon Championship if they are classified sufficiently, come through the qualifiers, or are granted a WildCard card.

Boris Baker was only seventeen years old when he won the individual men in 1985.

Some players even participate in both novice and adult groups-playing 17-year-old Mimi Show this year, for example.

Alan in Aberdeen

Whether the error is “inverted” or does not include an element of subjectivity, but it is generally used to describe the shot that the player misses when he was fully controlled in their bodies and strikes.

For example, if the player stands in the middle of the foundation and collides with the main front on the back wall, this will be calculated as a non -imitated mistake as he missed because of their mistake.

But if the player is subjected to severe pressure from his opponent, and in the end he lacks a shot after he was forced to go out on a large scale, and barely connected to a strong snapshot, the error was forced because the movement of their body and the racket swing was greatly at risk through the play of their opponent.

Unstable error groups are an interesting way to measure the quality (or no) player in court.

Some players with the most aggressive style may be more naturally vulnerable to raising the overalls of an inverted error higher than those who use a more defensive style.

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