Old No. 2 Court The original No. 2 Court had a capacity of 2,192 seated and 770 standing and was informally referred to as the
Graveyard of Champions until it was renumbered as the
No. 3 Court from the 2009 Championships. The Court itself was then demolished to make way for a new No. 3 court and new Court 4 ready for the
2011 Championships. The
Graveyard of Champions tag was coined as many former champions fell to ignominious defeats on the No. 2 Court, including: •
Evonne Goolagong (1974 to
Kerry Melville) •
John McEnroe (1979 to
Tim Gullikson) •
Jimmy Connors (1983 to
Kevin Curren, 1988 to
Patrik Kühnen) •
Virginia Wade (1984 to Karina Carlson) •
Pat Cash (1991 to
Thierry Champion) •
Michael Stich (1994 to
Bryan Shelton) •
Andre Agassi (1996 to
Doug Flach) •
Conchita Martínez (1998 to
Sam Smith) •
Richard Krajicek (1999 to
Lorenzo Manta) •
Pete Sampras (2002 to
George Bastl) •
Serena Williams (2005 to
Jill Craybas) •
Venus Williams (2006 to
Jelena Janković) •
Martina Hingis (2007 to
Laura Granville)
New No. 2 court For the
2009 Championships a new No. 2 court was built on the site of the previous No. 13 court, with a capacity of 4,000. The old No. 2 was briefly renamed
No. 3 Court before its subsequent demolition. ==See also==