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As the number of competitors in the Wimbledon abroad has increased with the expansion of air travel late 1950 the All England Club began to see the need to reform its rules on the eligibility of the Wimbledon Championships. As tennis players won increasing international interest in traveling abroad to participate in the prestigious tournament in London, potential competitors have begun to receive funding in amounts far above those permitted by the International Tennis Federation, which was by regular rules of lawn tennis in the world. Hoping to resolve this problem, in 1959, the president of the All England Club has proposed that the Wimbledon Championships to be open to all tennis players.

The ITF rejected the proposal, and several years later, in 1964, the All England Club has sought to issue the new project in vain. In 1967, sponsored by the BBC an invitational tournament with eight professional players, most of whom had already received the honors of Wimbledon fans as the years before but had been barred from competing in the decision to play professional tennis – the Overwhelming Public Response to the expulsion of the BBC special on the final invitation convinced Lawn Tennis Association and International Tennis Federation to support the proposal All England Club at Wimbledon to an Open Championship. ITF has decided to allow each nation to set its own laws when it comes to amateurs and professionals, and the Championship 1968 was the first to allow open eligibility. This year was Billie Jean King and Rod first layer Wimbledon Open champions in history.