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This year, the United States Tennis Association opted to transform the format of the mixed doubles event in order to attract the top singles players, a move officials believe was incredibly successful and which featured partnerships such as Emma Raducanu paired with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek alongside Casper Ruud. The tournament was held before the men's and women's singles on a sold-out Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium, drawing a total of 78,000 fans.

The former Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer-Barrett has died at the age of 93. Mortimer-Barrett defeated fellow Briton Christine Truman to win the 1961 ladies' singles title, three years after losing her first final against Althea Gibson. In total Mortimer-Barrett won three grand slam singles titles, including the 1955 French Championships and the Australian Championships three years later. She also won the Wimbledon ladies' doubles title in 1955, teaming up with Anne Shilcock to clinch an all-British final against Shirley Bloomer and Pat Ward.

Wimbledon's 1988 FA Cup final victory against Liverpool was ranked as one of the biggest FA Cup shocks of all-time, with Dave Beasant saving a crucial penalty.

Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after a Land Rover driven by Claire Freemantle crashed into an end-of-term tea party at The Study Preparatory School in Wimbledon, on 6 July 2023.

In 1968, David Attenborough introduced color broadcasting to BBC2, with a focus on Wimbledon as the landmark event for this transition to color television.

On social media, Kyrgios expressed his disbelief with a single character tweet: an asterisk. This was widely interpreted as a suggestion that Sinner's Wimbledon victory lacked legitimacy.

A spectator popped a bottle of bubbly moments before the world number one was about to serve, causing boos from the crowd and frustration from the players.

Arthur Ashe became the first and only Black man to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating defending champion Jimmy Connors in an iconic final.

Amanda Anisimova, a 23-year-old American, faces Iga Swiatek, a 24-year-old Pole, in the Wimbledon women's final, marking Anisimova's first Grand Slam title match and Swiatek's debut on grass at Wimbledon.

The men's singles semi-final between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz faced interruptions due to crowd emergencies, highlighting concerns over spectator safety in extreme heat conditions.

Diana Ross will perform at the final Stern Grove Festival show of the season on August 17, with a ticket lottery currently underway, and the registration deadline is July 12.

Stella Artois has paid homage to the Wimbledon dress code in special-edition packaging before. In 2023, retail outlets in the U.K. sold white bottles with vertical green and purple stripes, but the bottles had plenty of colorful ornamentation that wouldn't have made the cut if a player wore it on a polo shirt, like a full-color Stella Artois logo and golden text.

Wimbledon is certainly serving up a win for sales, with major cultural and sporting moments like this really influencing customers. We’re seeing this play out with a huge demand for tennis staples including strawberries, clotted cream, and Pimm's.