Wimbledon to drop 'Miss' and 'Mrs' from women's honours boards
Wimbledon is set to remove the titles ‘Miss’ and ‘Mrs’ from the women’s honours boards in its latest equality drive.
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The All England Lawn Tennis Club will finally move with the times as it will at long last drop the “Miss” and “Mrs” prefixes of women’s champions on the Wimbledon honours boards.
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Wimbledon to remove 'Miss' and 'Mrs' from honours boards
Wimbledon will drop the titles "Miss" and "Mrs" before the names of female winners on its honour roll to match the men's boards in an attempt to modernise the tournament, The Times newspaper reported. The All England Lawn Tennis Club has traditionally used the titles just for women - Ash Barty, last year's champion, was refereed to as "Miss A.