Since 1902, Slazenger 🇬🇧 has been providing tennis balls to the oldest tennis tournament in the world that uses over 50,000 balls throughout each season. Currently, their production is based in the 🇵🇭 where materials are sourced from 11 countries across four continents before being manufactured in Bataan.

Dunlop Slazenger Group At the Wimbledon Open, the tennis balls used are supplied by the Dunlop Slazenger Group. These balls undergo rigorous quality control measures to ensure they meet the tournament's standards.

Slazenger The longest partnership in sporting history, Slazenger have been the Official Supplier of tennis balls to The Championships for 118 years.

Approximately 54,000 tennis balls are used every year in the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

The name Wimbledon means "Wynnman's hill", with the final element of the name being the Celtic "dun" (hill). The name is shown on J.

This rubber ball is covered with felt. This felt is made of wool or synthetic material depending upon the required durability and spin. The ball is then molded and heated to ensure better adhesion of the rubber and the felt. The ball is then steamed so gives the felt a slight fluff making the ball softer.

The Wimbledon ball uses an exclusive ultra vis dye and patented application process, creating a ball that has optimum visibility for both players and spectators. Using Slazenger's patented hydro guard technology, we have created a cloth that repels up to 70 percent more water than a standard ball.

Courts are sown with 100 per cent Perennial Ryegrass (since 2001) to improve durability and strengthen the sward to withstand better the increasing wear of the modern game.

Subject to availability used balls are sold daily. Proceeds go to the Wimbledon Foundation. At start of day 46 tins are taken on to Centre and No. 1 Courts and 21 on all outside courts.

The smell of hot rubber wafts through the air as some 400 workers churn out 275,000 balls each day.

Wimbledon noun (COMPETITION) an international tennis tournament (= competition) held in Wimbledon for two weeks every year: He expects to be fit again before Wimbledon. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Specific sporting events.

Description: The Wimbledon Championship is one of the four major Grand Slam tournaments in tennis, US Open, Australian Open and French Open being the other three. Amidst the four, Wimbledon is the only one which is played in traditional grass courts while the other three take place on hard and clay surfaces.

Metals Used to Manufacture Balls