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What Time Is The Wimbledon 2015 Final And Facts About The Tournament In Numbers

All You Need To Know About The Wimbledon Singles Final
Eve Hartley
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The Singles Wimbledon finals will take place on the 11th and 12th of July and will be played on Centre Court.

Saturday sees the Women's final and Sunday will be host to the Men's, with both matches beginning at 2pm.

BBC One coverage begins at 1pm for both Singles finals matches this weekend.

Britain's historic tennis competition first opened it's doors on the 9th July 1877 and has seen the making of hundreds of sporting legends.

This year alone will see 662 matches played in just two weeks.

Here is more of Wimbledon in numbers:

Wimbledon In Numbers
Spectators drink 230,000 glasses of Pimms (01 of08)
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(credit:Alan Crowhurst via Getty Images)
142,000 portions of English strawberries are eaten(02 of08)
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...And 7,000 litres of cream (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
Wimbledon Singles prize money stands at £1,880,000 (03 of08)
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(credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
54,250 balls are used at the tournament (04 of08)
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28,000 bottles of champagne are consumed(05 of08)
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(credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
The grass is cut to perfection at 8 millimeters long (06 of08)
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(credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
39,000 spectators watch the tennis at any one time(07 of08)
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(credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The longest match was over 11 hours (08 of08)
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John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played over three days (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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