Tennis Museum is exactly where he is supposed to be the world's largest tennis Museum in Wimbledon. The very name of this South-Western area of London synonymous with the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, sounds like music for fans of the racket.

Wimbledon is the oldest in the world. It has tradition, save that it was, perhaps, only Britain and her passion for tradition: for example, of the four Grand slam tournaments, only Wimbledon has kept the game on grass courts. So the Museum here is a must.

He belongs to the all England club lawn tennis and croquet – private community, founded in 1868, in the midst of the craze of the English croquet. At about the same time, retired major Walter Wingfield Clopton experimented with bouncy rubber balls and rackets, modernizing an ancient ball game. In 1874 he patented he created the sets for the game. In 1877 the all England club lawn tennis and croquet held the first Wimbledon championship tennis – croquet at the club was relegated to second place, began the March tennis.

Wimbledon tennis Museum was opened in 1977, the centenary of the first championship. In 2006, Edward Duke of Kent (cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, patron of the all England club has announced a Museum open to the public. Before coming here was quite difficult: the club, like all British private clubs, carefully guarded their territory from strangers. Now the Museum is closed to visitors only during the Championships.

The Museum is superbly equipped. A film about the science of tennis is shown on a special screen with a viewing angle of 200 degrees – the image captures the viewer from three sides. About training, about career, about the psychology of the game tells of the great John McEnroe – his-d "Ghost" looks remarkably convincing. Presented clothing and rackets winners of all time, including silver coffeepot, who received from the hands of Nicholas II, the winner of the Imperial Russian championship 1914 Elizabeth Ryan. Same here – dress Maria Sharapova, where she defeated Serena Williams in the final of the Championships, Wimbledon 2004, the form of Anna Kournikova that she wore on the local courts in 2000. And, of course, countless rackets that played great.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to explore the famous courts (Central and No. 1), visiting the players locker room and a room for interviews.