In the archives: The Wimbledon Tennis Championships
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Like many sporting events globally, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships have been cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 134th Championships will instead take place from June 28 to July 11 2021.
Here we take a look back through our photo archive, showing the drama and spectacle of the event throughout the years, on what would have been the second week of the tournament.
A general view of the tennis matches in progress on the All England Courts at Wimbledon, London on June 22, 1932. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam)
William T. Tilden winning his match at Wimbledon, London, England on July 12, 1920. (AP Photo)
Spain's Lili de Alvarez, left, and Germany's Cilly Aussem before the start of their match in the women's singles competition at Wimbledon, London, on June 2, 1928. De Alvarez won the match 7-5, 6-2. (AP Photo)
Wimbledon stars pose at the Roehampton Club, London, during a reception for the overseas tennis champions who will be playing at Wimbledon, June 24, 1929. From left: Joan Fry, Madzy Rollin Couquerque, Beryl Collier, Bill Tilden, Kea Bouman and Frank Hunter. (AP Photo)
American tennis player Helen Wills Moody arriving at the Wimbledon courts with spare rackets, to prepare for the Wightman Cup Championships at Wimbledon, London, England on June 6, 1930. (AP Photo)
British tennis player Fred Perry during a match against Belgium's Andre Lacroix, unseen, in the first round of the men's singles at Wimbledon, England on June 26, 1933. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam)
Gertrude Augusta Moran of Santa Monica, Ca., races across the court during her women's singles match against Betty Wilford, at Wimbledon, London, on June 22, 1949. Moran won the match 6-1, 6-4. (AP Photo/Robert Rider-Rider)
Britain's Queen Mary looks at an animated spectator during a match between Germany's Gottfried von Cramm and American Donald Budge, both unseen, at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon in London, England on July 3, 1935. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam)
Queen Elizabeth II of England, right, presents the winners trophy to Althea Gibson who won the women's title in the All England Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon, England, July 6, 1957. Gibson defeated Darlene Hard, left, 6-3, 6-2. (AP Photo)
General view over the courts of the All England Tennis Club at Wimbledon, June 24, 1958. (AP Photo)
Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt, self-exiled from Czechoslavkia, receives the Challenge Cup trophy from the Duchess of Kent after winning the men's singles title in the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, July 2, 1954. (AP Photo)
The Duchess of Kent, center, presents the trophy for the ladies' doubles title to Angela Buxton, left, and Althea Gibson, right, following their victory at Wimbledon, England, July 7, 1956. They defeated the Australian team of Fay Muller and Daphne Seeney, 6-1, 8-6. (AP Photo)
Arthur Ashe in play on the Center Court on July 5, 1975, at Wimbledon against fellow American Jimmy Connors, the defending champion, in the men's singles final in England. (AP Photo)
![Dick Savitt of Orange, New Jersey, holds the three cups presented to him after winning the men's singles title at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon on July 6, 1951. He beat Australia's Ken McGregor, unseen, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705214637-WSPCOSRP61QAUSGQ77NN/AP_861637657612.jpg)
![Lew Hoad shows off the trophy presented to him by the Duchess of Kent after he defeated fellow Australian Ken Rosewall in the final of the men's singles championship at Wimbledon, July 6, 1956. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705257725-T2ODDJ3GNU0YA25ERQ6W/AP_560706046.jpg)
![Rod Laver of Australia holds up the men's singles trophy he won in the All England Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon, July 7, 1961. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705275109-8L2HQFQ9IABN03DG1K5G/AP_610707066.jpg)
![John Newcombe of Australia poses with the trophy presented to him by HRH The Duke of Kent at Wimbledon, July 3, 1971 after retaining his men's singles title against Stan Smith of Pasadena, California, on the Centre Court, winning by 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705287790-TIVTATJHNNVMXTKVBSU8/AP_710703068.jpg)
![Stan Smith of the U.S. kisses the cup presented to him by the Duke of Kent after he defeated Romania's Ilie Nastase in the final of the men's singles championship, July 9, 1972. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705306114-F46NUPV29199VCLFX6QG/AP_720709043.jpg)
![Sweden's Bjorn Borg kisses his trophy on Centre Court at Wimbledon, July 2, 1974, after beating Jimmy Connors of the United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to retain the men's singles title. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705619151-CANJ2XTL07LPN58FN8GV/AP_7407020275.jpg)
![Arthur Ashe holds his Wimbledon trophy cup after defeating fellow American Jimmy Connors in the final match of the men's singles championship at the All England Lawn Tennis Championship in Wimbledon, England, July 5, 1975. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705342768-S6L2L09O8QFBL6H0T8Q3/AP_578886230947.jpg)
![John McEnroe, of the United States, holds up his trophy at center court after winning the championship for the second time in his career at Wimbledon, England, July 3, 1983. McEnroe defeated Chris Lewis of New Zealand, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. (AP Photo/Robe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705358911-B1RHVQ8NEVJ9R408FNHN/AP_830703028.jpg)
![Australian Pat Cash, kisses his trophy on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, July 5, 1987, after defeating Ivan Lendl to take the men's singles championship. (AP Photo/Robert Dear)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705376839-VNC411P3CXV6Z0BMCKCC/AP_870705068.jpg)
![Sweden's Stefan Edberg celebrates with his trophy after beating West Germany's Boris Becker in the mens singles championship at Wimbledon on Sunday, July 9, 1990. Edberg beat Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 for his second singles title at Wimbledon.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705397043-0KPRV09KJS7VMZQG08OS/AP_9007090674.jpg)
![Andre Agassi hugs his trophy after defeating Goran Ivanisevic to win the men's singles final on Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 5, 1992. Agassi won 6-7 (8-10), 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 to capture his first Grand Slam title. (AP Photo/ Denis Paquin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705417455-L31AGS56DHE4BHHSFQEP/AP_9207050254.jpg)
![Pete Sampras holds his trophy, after defeating Boris Becker to win the men's singles final on Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 9, 1995. Sampras defeated Becker 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to win his third consecutive championship. (AP Photo/Dave](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593705455685-FESANQWAYHZXE6Q5R24R/AP_9507090158.jpg)
America's Chris Evert, left, and Martina Navratilova display their trophy to the crowd after winning the women's mixed doubles of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship, in Wimbledon, England, July 3, 1976. Evert and Navratilova beat Billie Jean King and Betty Stove 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 to win the title. (AP Photo/Robert Dear)
Sweden's Bjorn Borg falls to his knees in front of the scoreboard on the Centre Court, Wimbledon, London, July 5, 1980, after beating American John McEnroe, unseen, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7, 8-6, to take the mens singles final for the fifth year in succession. (AP Photo/Robert Dear)
John McEnroe spreads his arms wide, as he argues with umpire Edward James, on Wimbledon's Number One court on Monday, June 22, 1981 in London, during his men's singles first round match against fellow American Tom Gullikson. McEnroe, who argued with the umpire, insulted the tournament referee, broke a racket and gave away two penalty points on his way to defeating Gullikson 7-6, 6-3, 6-3, said afterwards, "if others can manage to keep calm, why not me?". (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)
Chris Evert, left, and Martina Navratilova joke with Police Constable Les Bowie on Number Two Court at Wimbledon, England, July 4, 1985. The two American tennis players will next meet in the Wimbledon women's singles final on Saturday, July 6. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)
Britain’s Diana Princess of Wales registers a range of emotions, as she watches the men's singles, fourth round tennis match between Australia’s Pat Cash and Sweden’s Mats Wilander, from the Royal Box at Wimbledon’s Centre Court, London, June 30, 1986. Cash scored a surprise win over Wilander. (AP Photo/Robert Dear)
Tennis fans cheer and sing songs in the rain at Wimbledon as they waited for the rain to stop and play to start in the Tennis Championships, June 26, 1982. (AP Photo)
Veteran British singer Cliff Richard, accompanied by a chorus of tennis stars, from left, Pam Shriver, Rosalyn Nideffer, Martina Navratilova, and Gigi Fernandez, entertain the crowd on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Wednesday, July 3, 1996, while rain held up the men's singles quarter-final between Pete Sampras and Richard Krajicek. (AP Photo/Gill Allen)
German tennis star Boris Becker appeals for quiet from the crowd during his men's singles third round match against Sammy Giammalva of the U.S. on Wimbledon's Number One court, June 25, 1988. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)
![Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, of San Diego, Ca., smiles as she holds her challenge trophy after winning the final in the women's singles in the All-England Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon, England, July 5, 1952. The 17-year-old defeated Louis](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772746970-EOI6UVSAFU7Y95SAFS38/AP_308172563236.jpg)
![New York's Althea Gibson waves the winner's plate aloft after she defeated Britain's Angela Mortimer in the women's singles tennis final at Wimbledon, England, July 5, 1958. It was the second straight Wimbledon championship for the 31-year-old Gibso](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772766057-ZHOF7SB6RWVAX3H2KFOR/AP_821167345899.jpg)
![Maria Bueno of Brazil holds up the trophy after winning the women's singles final in the All-England Lawn Tennis championships at Wimbledon, July 4, 1959. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772777592-H1HDV5IYR9AGROXSJK6I/AP_735839080675.jpg)
![Chris Evert holds up her trophy after winning Wimbledon in this July, 1974 photo in Wimbledon, England. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772801941-19EGOBO7QMGPUOE4WDZD/AP_740701058.jpg)
![U.S.A. tennis player Billie Jean King holds the winner's plate after she won the ladies singles final, of the All England Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon on July 4, 1975, for the sixth time. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772816595-LL1QYRI8MPC2OIWTWYZY/AP_7507040140.jpg)
![British tennis player Virginia Wade holds aloft her trophy after winning the ladies singles final against Betty Stove of the Netherlands, at Wimbledon, London, July 3, 1977. (AP Photo)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772834335-QZ2XY4YR7C6R8R9YIXYQ/AP_770703017.jpg)
![Martina Navratilova holds up her trophy after winning the women's singles championship for a record eight times on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, England, Saturday, July 4, 1987. Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf 7-5, 6-4 to win the championship. (AP](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772845756-S16YG5W3WRCY8X7206QT/AP_870704014.jpg)
![West Germany's Steffi Graf holds up the Championship Plate on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, London, July 9, 1989, after defeating Martina Navratilova for the second year in succession. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772860194-F9CDBO14CBRR481I1S8D/AP_8907090339.jpg)
![Conchita Martinez holds up the trophy after winning the ladies singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, July 2, 1994. Martinez defeated Martina Navratilova, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, to win the championship. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772878556-9WW5L22NQRTV6XMLUUP6/AP_19259541365830.jpg)
![Lindsay Davenport holds her trophy, after defeating Steffi Graf in the women's singles final on Wimbledon's Center Court, Sunday July 4, 1999. Davenport won the final 6-4, 7-5 to win the championship for the first time. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772887285-J4FCZDAY08VEWYW0A2ZK/AP_9907040290.jpg)
![Venus Williams, right, displays the women's singles trophy and her sister Serena displays the women's doubles trophy from a window in the women's locker room in the Centre Court complex at Wimbledon, Monday, July 10, 2000. Venus Williams and her sis](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1593772897334-1RTQRTRJ6K565JBYCLQY/AP_00071001037.jpg)
Andre Agassi, right, and Germany’s Bernd Karbacher sit facing the ends of Wimbledon’s Centre Court during a break in their men’s singles match, Monday, June 21, 1993 in Wimbledon. This security measure allows the players to see the crowd, and is a result of Monica Seles’ stabbing earlier this year during a tournament in Germany. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin)
Tennis fans buy strawberries from a stall outside the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Wednesday July 5, 1995. Strawberries and cream are one of the traditional annual treats for fans at the All England Championships. (AP Photo/Gill Allen)
Britain's Tim Henman, stretches for a backhand return to Sweden's Magnus Gustafsson, during their men's singles fourth round match on Wimbledon's Centre Court, Monday, July 1 1996. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)
Venus Williams serves, as sister Serena waits for the return, during their women's doubles match against Irina Spirlea and Caroline Vis, at Wimbledon, Tuesday, July 4, 2000. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)