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Wimbledon may refer to:
* Wimbledon, London, a suburb in south-west London where the tennis championships (see below) are held
** Municipal Borough of Wimbledon, a former borough
** Wimbledon (ecclesiastical parish)
** Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency) based there
** The Championships, Wimbledon, a grass court tennis tournament held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, one of the four Grand Slam championships.
*** Wimbledon (film), a fictional film set around the championships
*** Wimbledon Effect – nickname for the success of foreign financial firms in London, analogous to the success of foreign players in the championships
***Radio Wimbledon, the official radio station for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
** Wimbledon RFC, one of a number of rugby clubs based in Wimbledon
** Wimbledon F.C., a football club formerly based there
*** now relocated and renamed Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
** AFC Wimbledon, a semi-professional football club, set up by former fans of Wimbledon FC in protest at the relocation to Milton Keynes
** Wimbledon station, a railway station in the suburb
** South Wimbledon tube station, a London Underground station in the area
** Wimbledon Park tube station, a London Underground station in the area
** Wimbledon Chase railway station, a railway station in the area
** Wimbledon College, Roman Catholic secondary school
** Wimbledon Stadium, a dog racing track located in Earlsfield in southwest London, England
* Wimbledon, North Dakota, a small town in the United States
* Wimbledon, New Zealand, a locality in the Tararua District of New Zealand
* Wimbledon Cup – any of several competitions and their trophies
* Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572–1638)
* SS Wimbledon, a British ship, and a legal case named for it, adjudicated by the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1923
* Wimbledon, Mimis cat from What About Mimi read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimbledon
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