The most grandiose tennis tournament in the world is ready for Monday’s huge opening day.

That’s right, the 2008 All England Lawn Tennis Championships, otherwise known simply as Wimbledon, will begin this Monday as the top tennis players in the world prepare to win the very tournament, the ONLY tournament that matters.

While F1 has Monaco, NASCAR has Daytona, soccer has the World Cup and pro wrestling has WrestleMania, tennis has Wimbledon. This tennis tournament in England has always become the highlight of the tennis season and you can bet your ass every tennis player out there will be out looking to win the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, no matter how hard it will take them.

The 2008 Wimbledon Championships will take place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club starting June 23 through July 6, 2008. This year marks the 132nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year.

And just like any other Wimbledon tournaments in the past, the French Open champion, (since the French Open is the last Grand Slam tournament held before Wimbledon…) will be looking to win in England and follow up on his or her last Grand Slam success.

This year, we have 2008 French Open champions, Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic.

While they are two of the best tennis players we have today, we all know Nadal can’t win if they’re not playing on clay. Ana Ivanovic, on the other hand, won this year’s tournament on clay just because Maria Sharapova wasn’t around to give the Serbian yet another disappointment in the final match.

After all, the hot and sexy Maria Sharapova will come in STILL the reigning Wimbledon champion. It is also in Wimbledon where everybody started noticing how good (and how good she looks of course…) Sharapova is.

This is STILL Sharapova’s turf and for the male population’s sake, let’s hope she stays around longer this time when it all starts on Monday. After all, we’re sick and tired of watching Roger Federer be the highlight of every godforsaken tennis tournament.

Who will win the 2008 Wimbledon Championships? Bodog sportsbook has the odds on the men’s and women’s division.

Odds to win the 2008 Wimbledon Men’s Championships

Roger Federer 2.00

Rafael Nadal 2.75

Novak Djokovic 6.00

Andy Roddick 17.00

Odds to win the 2008 Wimbledon Women’s Championships

Maria Sharapova 3.50

Ana Ivanovic 4.50

Serena Williams 5.00

Venus Williams 6.00

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