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7 Wimbledon Questions Answered

mentalfloss.com — The Championships, Wimbledon are in full swing at London ’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. As Roger Federer and Venus Williams defend their singles titles at the only grass court Grand Slam tournament, we thought we’d answer some questions about the world’s oldest tennis championship.

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  • queenmoweeny, on 07/01/2008, -0/+6Great answers for Wimbledon fans!
  • Peko, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4What?!? No grunting anecdote?
  • webkami, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7Dugg for one page and *that* picture!
    • keymastr, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1What picture? The chick wearing a white leotard? WTF... where's the girl with bright red underwear?
  • easypie, on 07/03/2008, -6/+0ASSHOLES!!!!!
  • frenchkick, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1not a fan of tennis at all, but neat facts.
  • gibsonsydsa, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0lol, great. Heard a conversation about strawberries and cream at Wimbledon, now I know why...

    Also as far as competition for the title in men's single i guess you could give Nadal a fair mention,
    grass may not be his favourite terrain but hey, anythings possible!

    Great post!
  • eRoch, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I'm here at wimbledon right now, working. It's pretty cool.
    • Owwmykneecap, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1if you are really there....who is sound and who is a prick?
  • dunktim, on 07/03/2008, -4/+1Wimbledon ranks right up there with the US Open.
    • Iztikeit, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0More like above the U.S. Open by far. Wimbledon > French > U.S. = Australia as far as prestige goes.
  • jackwaters, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Strawberries & Cream FTW!
    • macaddct1984, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Berries and cream
      Berries and cream
      I'm a little lad who loves berries and cream.
  • chaos7, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3i usually don't like watching sports, but for some reason i really like watching tennis.
  • Mannyy, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2No Sharapova secret?
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