Wimbledon most often refers to: *

Wimbledon, London Wimbledon () is a suburb of southwest London, England, southwest of Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton. Wimbledon had a population of 68,189 in 2011 which includes the electoral wards of Abbey, Wimb ...

, a district of southwest London *

Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London. It is chronologically the ...

, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to:

Places

London

* Wimbledon (ecclesiastical parish) *

Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency) Wimbledon is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 20 ...

Municipal Borough of Wimbledon Wimbledon was a local government district in north-east Surrey from 1866 to 1965 covering the town of Wimbledon and its surrounding area. It was part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District. History Wimbledon Local Gover ...

, a former borough

Other places

* Wimbledon, New South Wales, Australia, see

Georges Plains Georges Plains is a locality in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 248 people as of the . Georges Plains is located approximately 12 km south of Bathurst, via Perthville. Within the land of the Wiradj ...

* Wimbledon, New Zealand, a locality in the Tararua District of New Zealand *

Wimbledon, North Dakota Wimbledon is a city in Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 178 at the 2020 census. Geography Wimbledon is located at (47.170662, -98.459941). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city ...

, a small town in the United States

Sport

Wimbledon RFC Wimbledon Rugby Football Club is a sports club based in Wimbledon, London. The club was a founding member of the Rugby Football Union and were at that time known as the Wimbledon Hornets. The first rugby union team currently play in Regional 1 So ...

, an amateur rugby club *

Wimbledon F.C. Wimbledon Football Club was an English Association football, football club formed in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, in 1889 and based at Plough Lane (1912–1998), Plough Lane from 1912 to 1991. Founded as Wimbledon Old Cent ...

, a former football club (1889–2004) *

AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in ...

, a professional football club *

AFC Wimbledon Women AFC Wimbledon Women are a women's football team from London. The team currently competes in the FA Women's National League South. The club was founded after the ladies team representing Wimbledon F.C. decided to transfer to AFC Wimbledon, after ...

, a women's football club *

Wimbledon Dons The Wimbledon Dons were a professional motorcycle speedway team who operated from the Wimbledon Stadium, Plough Lane in London from 1929 until 1991. The team were seven times champions of Britain. History Origins The speedway track opened ...

, a former motorcycle speedway team *

Wimbledon Hockey Club Wimbledon Hockey Club is a professional field hockey club based in Wimbledon, London, England. It was established in 1883 and fields nine men's sides, seven ladies' sides as well as a comprehensive junior section. The men's 1st XI play in the Me ...

, a field hockey club based in Wimbledon *

Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium, also known as Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, was a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosted stock car and other small circuit motor racing events, and until 2005 hosted motorc ...

, a now-demolished dog and motor cycle racing track * Imperial Meeting or Wimbledon Meeting, rifle shooting competition held on Wimbledon Common 1860-1889

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Wimbledon (film) ''Wimbledon'' is a 2004 sports romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine. The film stars Paul Bettany as a journeyman tennis pro (once ranked 11th) and Kirsten Dunst as an up-and-coming tennis star. Sam Neill and Jon Favreau co-star. P ...

, a film set around the championships *

Wimbledon College Wimbledon College is a government-maintained, voluntary-aided, Jesuit Catholic secondary school and sixth form for boys aged 11 to 19 in Wimbledon, London. The college was founded in 1892 "for improvement in living and learning for the greate ...

, a Roman Catholic secondary school *

Wimbledon station Wimbledon is an interchange station in the centre of Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon for London Underground, Tramlink, London Trams and National Rail services, and is the only station in London that provides an interchange between the London Underg ...

, a major railway station, a tube station and a Tramlink stop in the suburb *

Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (29 February 1572 – 16 November 1638) was an English military commander and a politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1624. Life Cecil was the third son of Thomas Ceci ...

(1572–1638) *

SS Wimbledon The ''Schutzstaffel'' (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ''ᛋᛋ'') was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It bega ...

, a British ship, and ** the S.S. Wimbledon case named for it, adjudicated by the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1923

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