What’s new for Wimbledon Championship 2008?

The All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club plans to implement several changes at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.
Increased prize money, boosted security measures, and revisions to the queue lines are among the innovations announced on Tuesday.

Increased Prize Money

The Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Champions at Wimbledon will each receive £750,000, an increase of 7.1% over 2007 (£700,000).
The total prize money will increase by 4.7% to £11,812,000 from £11,282,710 in 2007, and the prize money for each of the Men’s and the Ladies’ Doubles events will exceed £1 million for the first time.

Hawk-Eye and Scoreboards

Wimbledon will introduce new digital scoreboards for both scores and Hawk-Eye on Centre Court and No.1 Court. The 3+1 Hawk-Eye Challenge system will again be used.

Scheduling

Wimbledon has stated that they are not considering plans to begin the tournament on the preceding Sunday and will only consider Middle Sunday play as an emergency option.

Wimbledon Championship 2008

Wimbledon held on in each year with its colorful celebrations and attractions. People comes to see wimbledon matches from all over the world. The wimbeldon events is now getting renowned day by day. Wimbledon 2008 has something different because management of Wimbledon is now to some changes in the place to make more better. The 2008 Wimbledon Championships will be held from June 23 to July 6, 2008 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Following the completion of the 2007 Championships, work commenced on a new fixed roof for Centre Court. This will be in place for the 2008 Championships, but will then be replaced with a retractable roof in time for the 2009 Championships.