Tennis. When Was The Final Time When Men And Ladies Played On The Final Saturday?

Tennis : When Was The Final Time When Men And Ladies Played On The Final Saturday

When did the Mens and Ladies tournament at Wimbeldon become separate. If so when was the final time when Men and Women played on the final Saturday? ~~~ robs390 ~~~

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I think I remember a time (up to the 1960s) when the ladies final was actually the main event in one sense. The mens final used to be played on the Friday and Wimbledon ended on Saturday with the ladies final. Its only in the professional era (1970s on) that it went the other way round in terms of order of play and also went to the Sunday. On the other hand, I may be so old that Im just wrong - memory plays tricks when you get to my age

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I dont know, but I wonder if they demanded equal pay for non equal work back then aswell?

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I think I remember a time (up to the 1960s) when the ladies final was actually the main event in one sense. The mens final used to be played on the Friday and Wimbledon ended on Saturday with the ladies final. Its only in the professional era (1970s on) that it went the other way round in terms of order of play and also went to the Sunday. On the other hand, I may be so old that Im just wrong - memory plays tricks when you get to my age