Events
There are
five main events held at Wimbledon: Gentlemen's
Singles, Ladies' Singles, Gentlemen's Doubles,
Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles. In addition,
four events are held for juniors: Boys' Singles,
Girls' Singles, Boys' Doubles and Girls'
Doubles. (The Mixed Doubles event is not held at
the junior level.) Finally, four invitational
events are held: the 35 and over Gentlemen's
Invitation Doubles, the 45 and over Gentlemen's
Invitation Doubles, the 35 and over Ladies'
Invitation Doubles and the Wheelchair
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles.
Matches in
the Gentlemen's Singles and Gentlemen's Doubles
competitions are best-of-five sets; matches in
all other events are best-of-three sets. Most
events are single-elimination tournaments; in
other words, a player who loses a single match
is immediately eliminated from the tournament.
However, the 35 and over Gentlemen's Invitation
Doubles and the 35 and over Ladies' Invitation
Doubles are both round-robin tournaments.
