Interview: Head Groundsman Eddie Seaward

In the "Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Illustrated of 1925", Chas. A Voigt suggests that lawn tennis can only be played properly in England. This is because “on the Continent of Europe, such a thing as a perfect lawn, good enough for a championship, is quite unknown.” The man now responsible for Wimbledon’s famous perfect lawns is head groundsman Eddie Seaward. He has held this post for the past 15 years and is only the seventh man to do so in the history of the Club. ICONS went to Wimbledon to meet Eddie on the “perfect lawn” of the famous Number One court. Click on a question to hear his answer.