Change coming at Wimbledon with new court, more prizemoney
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Australia’s Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt will help unveil the new-look No.1 Court at Wimbledon next month.
Hewitt, who won the 2002 championships, will join several former winners including John McEnroe, Goran Ivanisevic and Martina Navratilova in a test event for the court’s new roof on May 19.
The £70 million ($A129 million) highly complex project, which also includes a new two-level public plaza, has been three years in the making and increases attendance on the show court to 12,345.
All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) chairman Phillip Brook also announced on Tuesday that prizemoney for the third grand slam of the year will rise to $A70 million – a jump of 11.8 per cent.
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