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Aoife Hanna

14 fascinating facts about the women of Wimbledon that we'll bet you didn't know

Venus Williams of The United States and Serena Williams of The United States hold their trophies following victory in the Ladies Doubles Final against Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 9, 2016 in London, England.

The women of Wimbledon are here to serve at one of the most exciting fixtures in the annual sporting calendar. The Wimbledon Tennis Championships has attracted scores of visitors and players from around the world since it’s inception in 1877.

Wimbledon 2023 is in full swing and it's likely that if we asked your top ten favorite tennis players of all time - many or most of them would be female athletes. Okay, maybe that's just us - but what would the event be without the likes of tennis legends like Martina Navratilova, the Williams sisters, or Steffi Graff? 

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