The All England Lawn Tennis Club has decided to change Wimbledon’s honour roll for the Championships next month, removing titles before the names of its female champions in line with the tournament’s presentation of its male winners The Times newspaper reported.
In an age of increasing equality, the All England Club is also updating the tradition of giving married women who won titles the initials and surname of their husbands.
Chris Evert’s entry on the honours boards for her 1976 singles title win was Miss C M Evert. After her marriage to John Lloyd her 1981 title was recorded as Mrs J M Lloyd, but the new board will now have C Evert Lloyd for that entry.
The grasscourt major, which has been stripped of ranking points by the ATP and WTA over its decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, gets underway on June 27.