THE FULL PITCH
THE ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB NO. 1 COURT London, England
Images: The AELTC, Ben Queenborough, Joe Toth, Simon Bruty, Thomas Lovelock, Camatic Seating
T
he All England Lawn Tennis Club
2009, which saw a new, retractable roof installed. No.
(AELTC) is one of the most iconic
1 Court, which was opened in 1997, was still without a
sporting venues - best known for for the
roof until earlier this year.
Wimbledon Championships, the only
Robert Deatker, Estate Director, The AELTC takes
Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass. While
up the story: “It was through our Master Planning
The Championships have become renowned right
process that we determined a refurbishment of No.1
across the world, the AELTC still operates as a private
Court was required. The decision was based on two
members’ tennis club.
key drivers: first, the hospitality facilities that were
In the grounds of AELTC, there are 18 grass courts,
situated in temporary accommodation in the southern
eight American Clay courts and five indoor courts,
end of the grounds would be more advantageously
two Greenset Velvelux and three Greenset Trophy. In
located in a permanent, quality space, and second,
Aorangi Park, there are 20 grass courts for practice
given the success of the Centre Court retractable roof
before and during The Championships and two green
that was completed in 2009, we decided it would be
acrylic courts. The area covers over 42 acres in total.
beneficial for our second largest stadium - No.1 Court
The two ‘show courts’ are Centre Court and No. 1
- to be fitted with a retractable roof, too.
Court, with the former undergoing renovation in
“The next step was to consider what form the
