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Image of TENNIS: WIMBLEDON, 1877. - 'The First Lawn Tennis Championship - Held At Wimbledon For Men's Singles Only In July 1877: An Event Won By Mr. Spencer Gore.' Contemporary English Engraving.
HISTORY - On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club began its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to
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