The Way to Wimbledon

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The Way to Wimbledon

1952

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Focuses on the fifty weeks of the year when Wimbledon is preparing to host the next tennis championship.

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Maureen Connolly

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William Vincent Legge

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Duncan Macaulay

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John Mills

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Susan Partridge

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Eleanor Tennant

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