Wimbledon

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Wimbledon usually refers to:

• Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
• The Championships, Wimbledon, a lawn court tennis tournament, one of the four Grand Slam championships

It may also refer to:

Places

Wimbledon, London

• Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, a former borough
• Wimbledon (ecclesiastical parish)
• Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency) based there
• Wimbledon station, a major railway station, a tube station and a Tramlink stop in the suburb
• Wimbledon Chase railway station, a railway station in the area
• South Wimbledon tube station, a London Underground station in the area
• Wimbledon Park tube station, a London Underground station in the area
• Wimbledon College, Roman Catholic secondary school

Other

• Wimbledon, North Dakota, a small town in the United States
• Wimbledon, New Zealand, a locality in the Tararua District of New Zealand

Sports

• The Championships, Wimbledon, a lawn court tennis tournament, one of the four Grand Slam championships
  • The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, venue for the tournament
  • Wimbledon (film), a fictional film set around the championships
  • Wimbledon Effect, nickname for the success of foreign financial firms in London, analogous to the success of foreign players in the championships
  • Radio Wimbledon, the official radio station for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
• Wimbledon RFC, one of a number of rugby clubs based in Wimbledon
• AFC Wimbledon, a professional football club set up by former fans of Wimbledon F.C.
• AFC Wimbledon Ladies, a ladies football club, with affiliation to AFC Wimbledon
• Wimbledon F.C., a former football club (1899-2004), now relocated elsewhere
• Wimbledon Dons, former speedway team
• Wimbledon Stadium, a dog racing track located in Earlsfield in southwest London, England
• Wimbledon Cup (disambiguation) – any of several competitions and their trophies

Other

• Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572–1638)
• SS Wimbledon, a British ship, and a legal case named for it, adjudicated by the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1923
• Wimbledon, Mimi's cat from What About Mimi?