Wimbledon - Official Suppliers

OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS

The Club has always sought to retain the unique image and character of The Championships and has successfully achieved over many years by development a range of long-term mutually beneficial Official Supplier agreements with a range of blue-chip brands, as well as specifically not commercializing the Grounds overtly.

The income from the Official Suppliers is an important part of The Championships’ surplus which goes back into the development of the British game through the Lawn Tennis Association.

Official Suppliers provide goods and services, which are both essential for the staging of The Championships, and which meet the Club’s objective of improving the quality of the service provided to the players, spectators, the media and the staff involved in organizing and running the event.

Thus:

Rolex appears on the Centre and No.1 Court scoreboards as Official Timekeeper and is associated with Hawk-Eye on screen on Centre, No.1 Court and Court 2.
Hertz provides over 150 vehicles as transport for the players.
IBM has been the Club’s IT consultants since 1990, building and powering the Wimbledon website to become one of the largest sports websites in the world with in excess of 12 million unique users during the tournament For 2010, IBM has further developed its Wimbledon i-phone app, which registered 700,000 downloads in 2009. IBM also provides the service speed displays on court, statistics for the media and screen graphics for broadcasters and the interface for the new Wimbledon Live broadband service integrated into www.wimbledon.com

Official Suppliers have the right to use the Club’s crossed rackets logo and to highlight their Wimbledon association through advertising and promotions in key markets around the world.

In recent years, companies in the consumer field have become Official Suppliers with the aim of using The Championships to showcase their products for the benefit of players and public alike.

For example:

Robinsons has been associated with The Championships since 1935 and celebrates 75 years at Wimbledon this year. Lanson is the Official Champagne and Jacob's Creek supplies the wine.
Polo Ralph Lauren is the Official Outfitter of Wimbledon. Polo Ralph Lauren is the first designer in Wimbledon’s 129-year history to create and outfit all on-court officials including chair umpires and ball persons and has a strong Shop-in-Shop presence in the new Centre Court Wimbledon Shop.
Evian – the No 1 brand of bottled water both in the UK and worldwide, became the Official Bottled Water in 2008 as part of a long term contract providing bottled water to the players, court officials, ball boys and girls, as well as offering a range of their products for sale in all catering areas at Wimbledon.
HSBC – as Official Banking Partner of The Championships, HSBC provides banking facilities at the HSBC Bank on site by the Museum Building. HSBC continue to sponsor the Road to Wimbledon National 14 and Under Challenge as well as offering to match pound for pound the amount raised for charity through ticket resales (a sum in excess of £100,000 in 2009).

List of Official Suppliers for The Championships 2011 and year of association

Slazenger
Official Ball (1902)

Robinsons
Official Still Soft Drink (1934)

Rolex
Official Timekeeper (1978)

IBM
Official Supplier of Information Technology (1990)

Hertz
Official Car (1995)

G4S
Official Security Services Provider (1998)

Lanson
Official Champagne (2001)

Ralph Lauren
Official Outfitter (2006)

HSBC
Official Banking Partner (2007)

Evian
Official Bottled Water (2008)

Jacob's Creek
Official Wine (2011)