Wimbledon plate

From 1896 to 1974, tennis players took part in the men's tournament, who dropped out of the struggle for the main prize of the Wimbledon tournament in the first and second rounds. From 1975 to 1981, the men's tournament was attended by players who dropped out of the wrestling in the first three circles of the Wimbledon tournament in singles, as well as players who play only in pairs.

In the women's tournament Wimbledon Ladies' Plate from 1933 to 1974, tennis players played, losing in the first two circles of the Wimbledon tournament. In 1975, they were joined by participants who lost in the third round (until 1983 ), and tennis players who played only in pairs at Wimbledon.

Until the mid-1950s (for men until 1955, for women until 1956), winners and finalists of the tournament received symbolic sums of money - five pounds for the winner and three for the finalist. At the beginning of the 20th century, both losers of the semifinalists also received pounds and 10 shillings . After that, a miniature copy of the main prize - a silver tray for men and a cup for women - was added to the prize received by the winner.

From 1965, the cash prize began to increase, but until 1974 it remained extremely small, reaching by that time 30 pounds for the winners and 15 pounds for the finalists. Only in 1975 were cash prizes introduced corresponding to the professional level of the tournament, distributed among all participants, including losers in the first round. Men's prize pool consistently exceeded women's.

Prize money (in pounds sterling)

During the tournament, it was repeatedly won by the leading tennis players of the world, who unsuccessfully performed in certain years in the main Wimbledon tournament. So, in 1896 and 1903, he was won by Arthur Gore - three-time champion of the Wimbledon tournament in 1901, 1908 and 1909. In 1907, the owner of the All-England Plate was Anthony Wilding , who won Wimbledon in pairs the same year, and since 1910 won the main trophy in singles four times in a row. Frenchman Andre Gaubert won this tournament in 1910 - two years before his triumph at the Stockholm Olympics , and in 1914 the four-time Olympic medalist Charles P. Dixon became the champion. In the period between the wars, Francis Law , the winner of the Australasia Championship and the Indoor World Championship , became champions , and Henri Kochet was the best tennis player in the world in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After World War II, champions included the future two-time finalist of the French championship, Luis Ayala , the future first racket of the world, Neil Fraser, and the future holder of the Grand Slam in mixed doubles, Owen Davidson . Since the beginning of the Open Era , when professional tennis players joined the tournament, the number of champions included multiple winners of Grand Slam tournaments in pairs Dick Krily , Kim Warwick and Marty Rissen , and stars like Vitas Gerulaitis and Mark Edmondson only managed to get to the finals.

Among women after the Second World War, the winners were the future two-time Australian champion Telma Coyne Long and the future winner of 12 titles in Grand Slam tournaments in all categories of Francoise Durr . After the start of the Open Era, Virginia Wade , Yvonne Gulagong and Pam Shriver joined the list of champions.

Regular participants of the Wimbledon Plate were Soviet tennis players. The first Soviet champion in this tournament was Anna Dmitrieva in 1965, and in 1974, both the male and female titles were won by representatives of the USSR Teymuraz Kakulia and Marina Kroshina .

Men (Open Age)

Women (Open Age)

• Alan Little. 2009 Wimbledon Compendium. - Wimbledon, London: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, 2009 .-- P. 474—479. - ISBN 978-1-899039-31-9 .

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