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Aces - most

Men: Andy Roddick (USA) - 84
Women: Michaella Krajicek (NED) - 45

Attendance

The total attendance figure for the 13 days of The Championships was 444,810
A record for the day, 30,173, set on the second Saturday, 7 July

Catering

Owing to the inclement weather sales of hot drinks (tea/coffee) rose by 90,000 to 390,000 cups
Pimms – 127,500 pints
Fish & Chips – 25,500 meals

Fastest Serve

Men: Andy Roddick (USA) - 144 mph
Women: Venus Williams (USA) - 126 mph

Media

3,036 media accredited (720 press, 2,100 broadcast personnel, 216 photographers and photographic support staff). The Championships was covered by 46 different broadcasters

Merchandise

The top five best selling items in the Wimbledon Shop were: 15000 Mini tennis ball key-rings, 11000 Men’s Championship Towels, 10,000 umbrellas, 8500 Ladies’ Championship Towels, 8000 Twin Wrist Bands.

Players and matches

507 player s representing 67 nations played 654 matches.

Racket Stringing

The Championships stringing team worked round the clock to string over 2,000 rackets comprising 60% for men, 40% for women. In total this adds up to over 40 miles of string. Roughly 65 % hybrid (gut and synthetic), 20% gut and 10% synthetic gut. The record time for stringing a racket at The Championships, without comprising quality, is 14 minutes.

Radio Wimbledon

For the first time Radio Wimbledon had two all female teams providing the commentary for both internet and radio listeners during the Ladies Singles’ Final.

Tennis Balls

Over 52,000 Slazenger balls used during the Fortnight.

Ticket Resales

Around 20,000 seat tickets, handed in by spectators leaving the grounds, have been resold to generate an estimated record total of over £95,000, which will be donated to The Championships’ nominated charities. Day 5 (Friday 29 June) posted the single largest re-sale of tickets with over £11,000.

Transport

With a fleet of 150 vehicles and 289 drivers, the Championships courtesy cars made over 15,700 journeys.

www.wimbledon.org

Over 8.5 million unique users logged onto the Wimbledon Website (www.wimbledon.org), visiting the site over 40 million times.

Written by AELTC