Wimbledon is replacing its honours boards before next month’s championships to remove the titles “Miss” and “Mrs” in front of the names of female winners to replicate the men’s boards
Traditionally, All England Lawn Tennis Club has given women the titles but not men, but three years ago it dropped the use of the honorifics when umpires were announcing the scores at the end of a game.Now Wimbledon is going a step further in its drive for equality and is changing the honours boards that are displayed around the club, the most visible one being in the clubhouse itself.
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