<P> Black players were not allowed to play at the Club until 1951, and Jews were not admitted until 1952 . According to Angela Buxton, the Jewish former British Wimbledon doubles champion, it also has led to her exclusion . Buxton said in 2004, reflecting on the fact that the All England Club, almost 50 years after Buxton's 1956 Wimbledon triumph with Althea Gibson, had still not invited Buxton to join: "I think the anti-Semitism is still there . The mere fact that I'm not a member is a full sentence that speaks for itself ." Buxton told New York Post reporter Marc Berman that she had been on the "waiting list" since she applied in the 1950s . "I wish it still wasn't such an elite sport," Buxton told Berman . "I wish we could bring it down to a common baseline . It's going that way . It's still not there ." </P> <P> In 2006, Chairman Tim Phillips said that paying men and women equal prize money at The Championships was something they "fundamentally don't think would be fair on the men ." (due to men playing best - of - five sets, and women only best - of - three). The Championships introduced equal prize money the following year . </P>

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