A player in whites on a grass court

The courts.

Whites on grass, red clay by the sea, and a tournament in a mountain village. Where the game is played at its most elegant.

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  1. The first Wimbledon Championships were played in 1877.
  2. Roger Federer won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, 8 of them at Wimbledon.
  3. Federer was a ball boy at the Swiss Indoors in Basel at 11, and won it 10 times.
Wimbledon

Whites on grass.

1877The first Championships

The All England Club held the first Championships in 1877, and still asks every player to wear white. The fortnight runs from the end of June into July, southwest of London.

A player in whites on a grass court
Whites on grass.
Basel

Roger Federer.

1981Roger Federer is born in Basel

Roger Federer was born in Basel in 1981. At 11 he was a ball boy at the Swiss Indoors, and he went on to win his home tournament 10 times. He won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, 8 of them at Wimbledon, and played his last match at the Laver Cup in London in September 2022.

The clay

Paris, Monte-Carlo, Gstaad.

1915The first Swiss Open in Gstaad

Roland-Garros is played in Paris at the end of May. The Monte-Carlo Masters opens the European clay season every April at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, above the sea. In Gstaad, the Swiss Open has been played since 1915, at 1,050 meters, in the Roy Emerson Arena below the Palace.

  1. Monte-Carlo MastersMonte-Carlo Country Club
  2. Roland-GarrosParis
  3. The Championships, WimbledonLondon
  4. Swiss OpenGstaad
  5. Swiss IndoorsBasel

The tennis towns on the board.

Sources. Wimbledon · Swiss Indoors Basel · Swiss Open Gstaad · Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.

Questions

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When were the first Wimbledon Championships?

In 1877, at the All England Club.

How many times did Roger Federer win Wimbledon?

8 times, among his 20 Grand Slam singles titles.

Where was Roger Federer born?

In Basel, in 1981.

He was a ball boy at the Swiss Indoors and won it 10 times.

When is the Swiss Open in Gstaad?

Every July.

It has been played since 1915.

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