Wimbledon

Wimbledon most often refers to:

• Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
• Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships

Wimbledon may also refer to:

Places

London

• Wimbledon (ecclesiastical parish)
• Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)
• Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, a former borough
• Wimbledon Manor House, also called Wimbledon Palace, the home of the Lord of Wimbledon

Other places

• Wimbledon, New South Wales, Australia, see Georges Plains
• Wimbledon, New Zealand, a locality in the Tararua District of New Zealand
• Wimbledon, North Dakota, a small town in the United States

People

• Lord Wimbledon, Edward Cecil, House of Commons member in the 1600s

Sport

• Wimbledon RFC, an amateur rugby club
• Wimbledon F.C., a former football club (1889–2004)
• AFC Wimbledon, a professional football club
• AFC Wimbledon Women, a women's football club
• Wimbledon Dons, a former motorcycle speedway team
• Wimbledon Hockey Club, a field hockey club based in Wimbledon
• Wimbledon Stadium, a now-demolished dog and motor cycle racing track
• Imperial Meeting or Wimbledon Meeting, rifle shooting competition held on Wimbledon Common 1860-1889

Other uses

• Wimbledon (film), a film set around the championships
• Wimbledon College, a Roman Catholic secondary school
• Wimbledon station, a major railway station, a tube station and a Tramlink stop in the suburb
• Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572–1638)
• SS Wimbledon, a British ship, and
  • the S.S. Wimbledon case named for it, adjudicated by the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1923

See also

• All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the venue for the tennis tournament
• Radio Wimbledon, the official radio station for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
• South Wimbledon tube station, a London Underground station
• Wimbledon Chase railway station, a railway station
• Wimbledon Cup (disambiguation)
• Wimbledon Effect, the success of foreign financial firms in London
• Wimbledon Park tube station, a London Underground station