For the duration of the world's greatest tennis tournament – this year from 24th June to the 7th July – CLOSE OF PLAY will bring you a Wimbledon fact of the day. (The London Nightly Photoblog will return on the 8th July…weather permitting!)Net gains… At the first Wimbledon in 1877 the dimensions for the net were as follows: 3 feet 3 inches (1 metre) high in the middle of the court, suspended from two posts placed 3 feet outside the court at a height of 5 feet. The modern net is 3 ½ feet (1.07 metres) high.
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