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No. 2 Court is a tennis court at the
The original No. 2 Court had a capacity of 2,192 seated and 770 standing and was informally referred to as the ''Graveyard of Champions'' until it was renumbered as the No. 3 Court from the 2009 Championships. The Court itself was then demolished to make way for a new No. 3 court and new Court 4 ready for the 2011 Championships.
The ''Graveyard of Champions'' tag was coined as many former champions fell to ignominious defeats on the No. 2 Court, including:
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, Wimbledon, London
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. Unlike the other three Grand Slam events, Wimbledon does not name its main courts after famous players, choosing instead to use numbers, with the exception of Centre Court
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Old No. 2 Court
The original No. 2 Court had a capacity of 2,192 seated and 770 standing and was informally referred to as the ''Graveyard of Champions'' until it was renumbered as the No. 3 Court from the 2009 Championships. The Court itself was then demolished to make way for a new No. 3 court and new Court 4 ready for the 2011 Championships.
The ''Graveyard of Champions'' tag was coined as many former champions fell to ignominious defeats on the No. 2 Court, including:
*Evonne Goolagong
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(1974 to Kerry Melville
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*John McEnroe
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(1979 to Tim Gullikson
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Gullikson was Pete Sampras' coach from 1992 to 1995.
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)
*Jimmy Connors
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(1983 to Kevin Curren
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, 1988 to Patrik Kühnen
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*Virginia Wade
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(1984 to Karina Carlson)
* Pat Cash (1991 to Thierry Champion
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)
*Michael Stich
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(1994 to Bryan Shelton
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*Andre Agassi
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(1996 to Doug Flach
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Flach won two doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 21, 1994, when he reached Worl ...
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*Conchita Martínez
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(1998 to Sam Smith
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*Richard Krajicek
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(1999 to Lorenzo Manta
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)
*Pete Sampras
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(2002 to George Bastl
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Bastl was an All-American at the University of Southern California.
He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 71 in ...
)
*Serena Williams
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(2005 to Jill Craybas
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From the 2000 US Open to the 2011 US Open, Craybas competed in 45 consecutive Grand Slam main draws; her best result coming in the 2005 Wimbledon Championship ...
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*Venus Williams
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(2006 to Jelena Janković
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* Martina Hingis (2007 to Laura Granville
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New No. 2 court
For the 2009 Championships a new No. 2 court was built on the site of the previous No. 13 court, with a capacity of 4,000. The old No. 2 was briefly renamed No. 3 Court before its subsequent demolition.See also
*List of tennis stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable tennis stadiums by capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators they can regularly accommodate.
Notes:
* Stadiums ordered by their capacity (if equal, by the first stadium to reach the capacity)
* Some o ...
References
External links
Wimbledon No. 2 Court virtual tour
{{Grand Slam Tournaments Venues , state=autocollapse Tennis venues in London Wimbledon Championships