Pat Cash helped to train the stars for 'Wimbledon' the movie. They had four months to do so.
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50,000 yellow balls are used each Wimbledon. They are stored at 68° Fahrenheit (20° Celsius)
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8,000 punnets of English strawberries per day are eaten. They are picked the day before and delivered to Wimbledon at 5.30am every morning.
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7,000 litres of fresh cream are consumed throughout the fortnight.
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17,000 bottles of champagne are drunk during The Championships.
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Wimbledon is Europe's largest single annual sporting catering operation.
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The record for the fastest women’s serve is held by Serena Williams at 126mph and the men’s is 146mph held by Andy Roddick.
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1,500 catering staff are required to operate the catering outlets at Wimbledon.
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250,000 bottles of water are consumed during the tournament.
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Venus Williams won her 2005 final against Lindsey Davenport in the longest ladies’ singles final ever played at Wimbledon lasting 2 hours 45 minutes.
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2005 Men’s Doubles Champions, Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie, had to play through the qualifying competition to secure their place in the main draw – and then became the first qualifiers to win a championship event at Wimbledon.
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In 2005 Cara Black defended her Ladies’ Doubles title without losing a set and, on return to her dressing room, received a marriage proposal from her off court partner Brett (which she accepted!).
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Around half a million spectators visit the All England Club during the Wimbledon Championships. At least 60,000 of these travel from overseas.
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Wimbledon had a worldwide TV audience of some 1.8 billion viewers in approaching 200 countries.
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Over 14,000 copies of the official Wimbledon program are typically sold each year.
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Hamish the hawk flies for one hour every morning of The Championships before the gates open to ward off the local pigeons.
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There are over 200 ball boys and girls recruited each year.
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More than 50,000 shrubs and plants are planted throughout the All England Club grounds.
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Before each of the singles finals nominated children from two charity groups toss the coin for choice of serve.
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There are twenty Championship Tennis Courts at Wimbledon.
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