Author: frankie

622 matches are played in total over the 2 weeks of the tournament. How many matches, on average, are there per day? 44.43
There are 128 players in each of the men’s and women’s singles draw. How many rounds must there be to produce a champion? 7

15,000 bananas are brought in for players. How many bananas is each player allocated? 58.6 bananas

Taylor Dent recorded the fastest ever serve at Wimbledon in 2010, whistling in at 148mph. What is this in kilometres per hour? 236.8kph
£1.88 million – that's the prize money collected by both the male and female singles Champion. What is this in standard form? £1.88 × 106

The number of spectators who came through Wimbledon's doors in 2014 reached 491,084. On average how many spectators go to Wimbledon each day, assuming that the tournament isn’t extended due to inclement weather? 35,077

It takes the court roof 10 minutes to close, how long is that in seconds? 600
The roof covers 5,200 metres, what is that in inches? 204,724 inches

350,000 cups of tea are served during the Championships. spectators can purchase one of 230,000 glasses of Pimms.....100,000 pints of beer or – if they're feeling flash – 28,000 bottles of champagne.
28,000 kg of strawberries and 7,000 litres of cream are guzzled during the two weeks. If a portion of strawberries and cream is 400g of strawberries, how many portions do they sell? 70,000

Each glass of Pimms contains 300ml of liquid with the Pimms to lemonade ratio being 1:4. How many litres each of Pimms and lemonade are consumed?
Pimms: 13800 litres
Lemonade: 55200 litres

If 622 matches are played and 54,250 balls used in the tournament, on average how many balls are used each match? 87

54,250 balls are used throughout the tournament, stored at a constant 20˚C. Convert this to Fahrenheit using the formula below:
(9/5)C + 32
68˚F

Facts and figures from: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-06-29/wimbledon-2015-in-numbers