Grand Slam matches are played as a best-of-five in the men’s draw and a best-of-three in the ladies’ draw. In the men’s draw, a player can win a match 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2, and in the ladies’ draw they can win the match 2-0 or 2-1.

As a heat wave is hitting the UK, Wimbledon might be facing record-breaking temperatures. Here's how the heat rule is applied.

Temperatures are expected to soar at Wimbledon over the coming days, with crowds set to face sweltering highs of 34°C throughout the course of the championships.

Wimbledon's highly-coveted 74-seat Royal Box suite has a number of very strict rules invited attendees must follow or else risking refusal on entry.

Tennis fans watching Wimbledon have called on the tournament to make a major rule change after a match was suspended. On Monday, the first day of Wimbledon got underway at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

CENTRE COURT, THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova suggested her British opponent may have received preferential treatment as simmering tensions around Wimbledon ’s use of electronic line calling (ELC) instead of line judges boiled over Sunday, when the technology malfunctioned at a crucial point on Centre Court.

However, in more recent years, there has been a move towards relaxing the rules after athletes and commentators criticised them. The all-white clothing rule also extended to undergarments, which led to controversy in 2014 when former champion Pat Cash claimed female players had to play without a bra because of the ‘archaic’ clothing rule rule.

The new rule at this year's Wimbledon championships is amid a rise in temperatures and will help keep players and fans safe during the action.