Wimbledon to drop 'Mrs' and 'Miss' before names on women's honour roll boards in line with men's presentation

Wimbledon will replace its honour roll boards before next month's tournament — to remove the marital titles "Mrs" and "Miss" that have been used in front of women's names — in order to bring them into line with the men's boards.

The grand slam event was recently stripped of rankings points for its ban on Russian and Belarusian players

Since the tournament began in 1877, the honorific denoting marital status has always been given to women players while men have been listed on the boards with just their first initial and surname, meaning last year's men's singles winner Novak Djokovic is presented as "N. Djokovic".

The women's champions, meanwhile, have always had an honorific denoting their marital status, so 2021 women's singles winner Ash Barty is listed as "Miss A. Barty".

Former grand slam winner Chris Evert was listed as "Mrs. J.M. Lloyd" when she won the 1981 Wimbledon title after marrying John Lloyd, while her name both before her marriage and after their divorce in 1987 reads as "Miss C.M. Evert". The rule change means she will now be referred to as "C.M. Evert" for all three titles.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club has made moves in recent years to modernise and equalise the game after coming under increased criticism for being outdated.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-27/wimbledon-to-drop-mrs-and-miss-on-honour-roll-board/101104172

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