Decorum operates on another level at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC). Nestling among the sprawling mansions and leafy roads of Wimbledon in south-west London, the elegantly manicured grass courts, ivy-covered club houses and lavish floral displays incarnate the soul of tennis.
And why not? Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament. At the inaugural event in 1877, 22 men each paid one guinea – (a pound and a shilling) to enter the competition.
