The culmination of each of the five
main Championships at Wimbledon comes
with the Final and the presentation
(on court for the singles events) of
the Trophies to the winners. The Championship
Trophies are displayed for several months
of the year in the Museum.
Gentlemen's Singles
Championship
The Gentlemen's Singles Trophy is a
silver gilt cup and cover, presented
by the All England Club in 1887, inscribed
"The All England Lawn Tennis Club
Single Handed Champion of the World."
The Cup stands 18 1/2 inches high and
has a diameter of 7 1/2 inches. The
Cup has a classical style with two handles
and a raised foot. The lid is formed
with a pineapple on top and there is
a head wearing a winged helmet beneath
each handle. There are two decorative
borders with floral work and ovolo mouldings
on the bowl of the Cup and on the handles.
Commencing in 1949 all champions have
received a miniature replica of the
trophy (height 8 1/2 inches)
Ladies' Singles
Championship
The Ladies' Singles Trophy is a silver
salver, sometimes referred to as the
'Rosewater Dish' or 'Venus Rosewater
Dish' which was first won by the Champion
when the challenge round was introduced
in 1886.
The 50 guineas trophy was made in 1864
by Messrs. Elkington and Co. Ltd of
Birmingham and is a copy of an electrotype
by Caspar Enderlein from a pewter original
in the Louvre.
The salver, which is made of sterling
silver, partly gilded, is 18 3/4 inches
in diameter. There is a central boss
surrounded by four reserves, with right
on the spreading rim. The remainder
of the surface is decorated with gilt
renaissance strapwork and foliate motifs
in relief against a rigid silver ground.
The theme of the decoration is mythological.
The central boss has a figure of Temperance,
seated on a chest with a lamp in her
right hand and a jug in her left, with
various attributes such as a sickle,
fork and caduceus around her. The four
reserves on the boss of the dish each
contain a classical god, together with
elements. The reserves around the rim
show Minerva presiding over the seven
Liberal Arts: Astrology, Geometry, Arithmetic,
Music, Rhetoric, Dialectic and Grammar,
each with relevant attribute. The rim
of the salver has an ovolo moulding.
Commencing in 1949 all champions have
received a miniature replica of the
trophy (diameter 8 inches).
Gentlemen's Doubles
Championship
The Gentlemen's Doubles Trophy is a
silver challenge cup for the Gentlemen's
Pairs' competition and was presented
to the All England Club in 1884 by the
Oxford University Lawn Tennis Club by
whom the event was instituted in 1879.
The Gentlemen's Doubles was played at
Oxford from 1879 - 1883 but thereafter
at Wimbledon.
Ladies' Doubles
Championship
The Ladies' Doubles Trophy is an elegant
silver cup and cover, known as The Duchess
of Kent Challenge Cup, presented to
the Club in 1949 by HRH The Princess
Marina, President of the All England
Club.
Mixed Doubles
Championship
The Mixed Doubles Trophy is a silver
challenge cup and cover presented to
the All England Club by the family of
the late S.H. Smith. S.H. Smith won
the doubles title in 1902 and 1906,
in partnership with the late F.L. Riseley.
