October 11, 1940: The day Wimbledon was bombed during World War II
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to an important moment in the history of the sport. On this day in 1940, the Centre Court at Wimbledon was bombed by the Germans as part of The Blitz
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On this day, October 11 in 1940, during the heart of the Blitz – the name used by the British press to describe the German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom – the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which hosted the Wimbledon Championships, was hit by several bombs. One of them tore through the roof of Wimbledon’s Centre Court stand destroying 1,200 seats. It would take nine years before the AELTC could fully repair its main court, although The Championships would restart in 1946.
The All-England Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1868 and its original location was Worple Road in the…
