Wimbledon will no longer have the titles ‘Miss’ and ‘Mrs’ before past female champions on their honours boards. The All England Club is scrapping the prefixes in a bid to modernise itself and move with the times.
will no longer have the titles ‘Miss’ and ‘Mrs’ before past female champions on their honours boards.
Since the tournament’s inception in 1884, the boards have had the prefix ‘Miss’ or ‘Mrs’ in front of each past female winner’s name., Wimbledon have decided to scrap the prefixes in a move to modernise. Three years ago, the All England Club ditched the requirement for women’s players to be introduced on court by either ‘Miss’ or ‘Mrs’.
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