Wimbledon

Wimbledon may refer to:

  • Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London where the lawn tennis championships (see below) are held
    • Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, a former borough
    • Wimbledon (ecclesiastical parish)
    • Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency) based there
    • The Championships, Wimbledon, a lawn court tennis tournament, one of the four Grand Slam championships
      • The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, venue for the tournament
      • Wimbledon (film), a fictional film set around the championships
      • Wimbledon Effect, nickname for the success of foreign financial firms in London, analogous to the success of foreign players in the championships
      • Radio Wimbledon, the official radio station for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
    • Wimbledon RFC, one of a number of rugby clubs based in Wimbledon
    • Wimbledon F.C., a football club formerly based there
      • now moved and renamed Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
      • AFC Wimbledon, a professional football club set up by former fans of Wimbledon F.C. in protest at the move to Milton Keynes
      • AFC Wimbledon Ladies, a ladies football club, with affiliation to AFC Wimbledon
    • Wimbledon Dons, former speedway team
    • Wimbledon station, a railway station in the suburb
    • South Wimbledon tube station, a London Underground station in the area
    • Wimbledon Park tube station, a London Underground station in the area
    • Wimbledon Chase railway station, a railway station in the area
    • Wimbledon College, Roman Catholic secondary school
    • Wimbledon Stadium, a dog racing track located in Earlsfield in southwest London, England
  • Wimbledon, North Dakota, a small town in the United States
  • Wimbledon, New Zealand, a locality in the Tararua District of New Zealand
  • Wimbledon Cup (disambiguation) – any of several competitions and their trophies
  • Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572–1638)
  • SS Wimbledon, a British ship, and a legal case named for it, adjudicated by the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1923
  • Wimbledon, Mimi's cat from What About Mimi?

Famous quotes containing the word wimbledon:

    New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.
    Jimmy Connors (b. 1952)