August 31 2018 by kelsey garcia.
Dress code for female tennis players.
Top players welcome the new policy approving leggings and compression shorts to be worn without a skirt or dress.
Both players and spectators are expected to dress to impress when attending the tournament.
Here s the history behind the rule.
After catsuit controversy women s tennis modernises dress code.
1 competitors must be dressed in suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white and this applies from the point at which the player enters the court surround.
Tennis stars like roger federer and venus williams have to follow a strict dress code at wimbledon 2019.
The following refers to all clothing including tracksuits and sweaters worn on the championship courts both for practice and for matches.
Was deemed especially controversial at that time considering the convention for female tennis players to wear longer skirts.