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Un pasito más hacia un mundo feliz.
Wimbledon is replacing its honours boards before next month’s championships to remove the titles “Miss” and “Mrs” before the names of female winners to match the men’s boards.
Traditionally, All England Lawn Tennis Club has given women the titles but not men. Three years ago it dropped the use of the honorifics when umpires were announcing the scores at the end of a game.
Now Wimbledon is going a step further towards equality and is changing the honours boards that are displayed around the club, the most visible one being in the clubhouse.
The men’s boards have always shown just the initial and surname — last year’s winner, Novak Djokovic, is “N Djokovic” — but from the very start of the tournament, the women had a title too. Last year’s winner, Ashleigh Barty from Australia, was on the board as Miss A Barty, and Maud Watson, the first winner in 1884, was Miss M Watson.
The All England Club is also ending the practice of giving married women who won titles the initials and surname of their husbands. Chris Evert’s previous entry on the honours boards for her 1976 singles title was Miss C M Evert, but after her marriage to John Lloyd her 1981 title was recorded as Mrs J M Lloyd and remained so even after they divorced in 1987. The new board will have C Evert Lloyd for the 1981 entry — the last year that a married woman won the singles.
Billie Jean King’s wins were on the honours board as Mrs L W King to reflect her marriage to Larry King. Now her victories will be recorded as B J King, while Evonne Goolagong — recorded as Mrs R Cawley for her 1980 victory — will be E Goolagong Cawley.
Wimbledon insiders said the use of titles had become an anachronism.
Djokovic, from Serbia, was one of those who expressed surprise in 2019 when Wimbledon umpires stopped using titles when referring to female players. “I thought that tradition was very unique and very special. I thought it was nice,” he said then. “It’s definitely not easy to alter or change any traditions here that have been present for many years. It’s quite surprising that they’ve done that.”
Wimbledon will continue to refer to the gentlemen’s singles and the ladies’ singles, however. The All England Club is adamant that they will not become the men’s and the women’s.
www.thetimes.co.uk
Un pasito más hacia un mundo feliz.
Wimbledon is replacing its honours boards before next month’s championships to remove the titles “Miss” and “Mrs” before the names of female winners to match the men’s boards.
Traditionally, All England Lawn Tennis Club has given women the titles but not men. Three years ago it dropped the use of the honorifics when umpires were announcing the scores at the end of a game.
Now Wimbledon is going a step further towards equality and is changing the honours boards that are displayed around the club, the most visible one being in the clubhouse.
The men’s boards have always shown just the initial and surname — last year’s winner, Novak Djokovic, is “N Djokovic” — but from the very start of the tournament, the women had a title too. Last year’s winner, Ashleigh Barty from Australia, was on the board as Miss A Barty, and Maud Watson, the first winner in 1884, was Miss M Watson.
The All England Club is also ending the practice of giving married women who won titles the initials and surname of their husbands. Chris Evert’s previous entry on the honours boards for her 1976 singles title was Miss C M Evert, but after her marriage to John Lloyd her 1981 title was recorded as Mrs J M Lloyd and remained so even after they divorced in 1987. The new board will have C Evert Lloyd for the 1981 entry — the last year that a married woman won the singles.
Billie Jean King’s wins were on the honours board as Mrs L W King to reflect her marriage to Larry King. Now her victories will be recorded as B J King, while Evonne Goolagong — recorded as Mrs R Cawley for her 1980 victory — will be E Goolagong Cawley.
Wimbledon insiders said the use of titles had become an anachronism.
Djokovic, from Serbia, was one of those who expressed surprise in 2019 when Wimbledon umpires stopped using titles when referring to female players. “I thought that tradition was very unique and very special. I thought it was nice,” he said then. “It’s definitely not easy to alter or change any traditions here that have been present for many years. It’s quite surprising that they’ve done that.”
Wimbledon will continue to refer to the gentlemen’s singles and the ladies’ singles, however. The All England Club is adamant that they will not become the men’s and the women’s.
Wimbledon drops ‘Miss’ and ‘Mrs’ from tennis honours boards
Wimbledon is replacing its honours boards before next month’s championships to remove the titles “Miss” and “Mrs” before the names of female winners to match th
www.thetimes.co.uk
