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Daily Mail: New Wimbledon, please! All England Club reveals plan for massive expansion after rejecting new lease on golf course used by Ant and Dec...

  • Jun 22, 2014
  • 1 min read

so could it one day be the site of an Andy Murray statue?


  • Multi-million pound upgrade on to the land bordering the club's present site in south-west London

  • Would incorporate a venue to stage qualifying for the tournament - an event which is currently held in Roehampton

  • All England Club bought Wimbledon Park Golf Club - which has 800 members - for £5.2million in 1993


Daily Mail | 21 June 2014 | Ben Ellery


Courting controversy: In dotted red line, next to the existing tennis site, the boundary of Wimbledon Park Golf Club - and our vision of what the future might hold. Credit - Daily Mail
Courting controversy: In dotted red line, next to the existing tennis site, the boundary of Wimbledon Park Golf Club - and our vision of what the future might hold. Credit - Daily Mail

This is a vision of what might be the future of Wimbledon, the world's greatest tennis tournament which starts tomorrow.


The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the All England Lawn Tennis Club is planning a multi-million-pound expansion on to the golf course that borders its famous courts.


It has been confirmed that the new Wimbledon will incorporate a venue to stage the qualifying tournament for the showpiece Grand Slam event - these matches are currently played in nearby Roehampton.


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