Jeff Dyke

Web Dropin #3

10/19/05

 

 

 

Wimbledon on the Web

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As we begin our physical education unit on Tennis, we will visit an online source associated with the game of tennis. The online source that we will visit is full of information on the Wimbledon Tennis tournament that takes place every year in England. The Wimbledon Championship is arguably the biggest tennis tournament of the year and consists of the world’s greatest players. Click on the following link to broaden your knowledge on Tennis and Wimbledon.

 

 

Wimbledon 

 http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/index.html

Complete the following tasks after reading the information provided on the site:                                              

* All answers should be posted on a separate sheet of notebook paper.

 

  1. In what year was the first Wimbledon Tennis Championship played?
  2. About how many people attend the tournament each year?
  3. What kind of surface are all the courts made up of? What other types of tennis surfaces are you familiar with?  
  4. Using the following chart, figure out the winning percentage for each of the top 20 win leaders. List the top 5 players with the greatest overall winning percentage.

 

Wimbledon Wins Leaders (1968-2005)

 

Player

W

L

1

Connors, Jimmy (USA)

84

19

2

Becker, Boris (GER)

71

12

3

Sampras, Pete (USA)

63

7

4

McEnroe, John (USA)

59

11

5

Borg, Bjorn (SWE)

51

4

6

Edberg, Stefan (SWE)

49

12

7

Lendl, Ivan (USA)

48

14

8

Ivanisevic, Goran (CRO)

47

13

9

Agassi, Andre (USA)

44

12

10

Smith, Stan (USA)

39

14

11

Henman, Tim (GBR)

36

10

12

Mayotte, Tim (USA)

36

11

13

Tanner, Roscoe (USA)

36

11

14

Okker, Tom (NED)

35

12

15

Nastase, Ilie (ROM)

35

13

16

Newcombe, John (AUS)

32

5

17

Martin, Todd (USA)

32

11

18

Gerulaitis, Vitas (USA)

30

12

19

Mayer, Sandy (USA)

30

13

20

Rafter, Patrick (AUS)

29

9