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Wimbledon Facts
- The Wimbledon championship uses about 53,000 balls, renewed after every nine games.
- It is the largest annual sporting event in Europe, with about 6000 staff members, including 1800 for food and drinks.
- Many thousand litres of fresh air is pumped into the Centre Court every minute.
- The fastest serve happened in 2010 by Taylor Dent(148 mph).
- For the women's championship, the speediest one was from Venus Williams in 2008(129mph).
- About 700 security guards are deployed in the event.
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- A trained Harris hawk is deployed to keep the court pigeon free.
- Highest quality strawberries arrive daily at the Centre court, with over 8600 punnets consumed each day.
- Since 1922, rain has not interrupted the tournament only seven times.
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