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Description: | The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships moved to its current location on Church Road, Wimbledon, in 1922. Thousands of tennis fans travel to the west London suburb to attend matches each summer.
The finals of the competition are played on Centre Court. It has become well known to sports fans across the globe.
This photo was taken during the 1981 Ladies' Singles semi-final. Hana Mandlikova is serving against Martina Navratilova, who is out of shot. Mandlikova won the match but went on to lose to Chris Evert-Lloyd in the final. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Sport | Temporal: | 1 Jul 1981 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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