New role: Debbie Jevans will succeed Ian Hewitt as Wimbledon chair in July
(Picture: Getty Images)Wimbledon has named its first ever female chair with Debbie Jevans taking over the post after this year’s Championships.
A former tennis player who had previously reached the fourth round of Wimbledon, she was the director of sport at London 2012 and then chief executive of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
