Centre Court

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Centre Court may be used generically as the British English term for the main court at any tennis complex. However, it is most frequently used as the identifier for the main court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England. Built in 1922, it currently holds 13,810 spectators. Its only regular use is for the two weeks a year that the Wimbledon Championships take place, and is arguably the most famous tennis venue in the world. Plans are in place to add a fixed roof on Centre Court in time for 2008 and a retractable roof by 2009. Centre Court will also be used for the tennis competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

An inscription above the entryway to Centre Court reads "If you can meet with triumph and disaster / And treat those two imposters just the same" - lines from Rudyard Kipling's poem If— . Coordinates: 51°26′01.5″N, 0°12′50.6″W

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