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Wimbledon marks centenary with royal pageantry and top seeds
Wimbledon opens its centenary celebrations with a royal ceremony as past champions gather and Bjorn Borg prepares to defend his title. Americans lead seeds in both men and women as John Connors and Billie Jean King seek wins, while festivities honor 100 years of Wimbledon history and its rise to mega prize money.
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Wimbledon
England
London
Bjorn Borg
Sweden
Kitty McKane Godfree
Britain
Jean Borotra
France
Duke of Kent
Chris Evert
Jimmy Connors
Connors
Dallas
Roscoe Tanner
U.S
Four Acre
Worple Road
Wimbledon Park
King George VI
Australia
Rod Laver
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean
Elizabeth Ryan
Martina Navratilova
Czechoslovakia
Virginia Wade
Sue Barker
Rosie Casals
Betty Stove
Holland
Kerry Reid
Dianne Frombholtz
Mima Jansovec
Yugoslavia
Francoise Durr
Kathy May
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Olga Morozova
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Brian Gottfried
Ilie Nastase
Romania
Raul Ramirez
Mexico
Vitas Gerulaitis
Dick Stockton
Adriano Panatta
Italy
Stan Smith
Chris
Billie Jean Pace
Eastbourne
United States
Miss Evert
Dianne Fromholtz
Mrs. Reid
Wendy Turnbull
Rosemary ‘Casals
Richard Lewis