With the Wimbledon Championships now upon us, we are giving you the chance to win a prize every tennis fan covets: Centre Court tickets.
As the most prestigious tournament in tennis gets underway at the All-England Club, IBM Watson will be tackling the question of what makes a Wimbledon champion great.
Researchers at IBM UK Labs have found a way to answer this using Watson, artificial intelligence that offers fresh insights and new ways of understanding the achievements of the giants who have graced Centre Court over the years.
With the Wimbledon Championships now upon us, we are giving you the chance to win a prize every tennis fan covets: Centre Court tickets.
As the most prestigious tournament in tennis gets underway at the All-England Club, IBM Watson will be tackling the question of what makes a Wimbledon champion great.
Researchers at IBM UK Labs have found a way to answer this using Watson, artificial intelligence that offers fresh insights and new ways of understanding the achievements of the giants who have graced Centre Court over the years.
The team combined both structured and unstructured data, such as reports in the Telegraph and Wimbledon.com, about players and their matches at SW19.
They then applied advanced cognitive computing techniques, to come up with some interesting and possibly unexpected answers to the question of what makes a champion great.
And not only can you join the debate via #WhatMakesGreat but you could find yourself witnessing the action live on Centre Court as the likes of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and, of course, Britain’s Andy Murray do battle in SW19.
All you need to do to enter the competition to win this fantastic prize is post a comment on one of these articles, or on a Facebook or Twitter post using #WhatMakesGreat.
There will be two chances to win:
- In draw one, running until midnight on July 4, two Centre Court tickets are up for grabs, valid on either 7, 10 or 11 July, 2017.
- In draw two, running from July 5 until midnight on July 17, two centre court tickets for The Wimbledon Championships 2018 are available.
Win tickets for Centre Court at Wimbledon
1. These prize draws are open to residents of the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland aged 18 years or over, except employees of Telegraph Media Group Limited and its group companies (“Promoter”), and IBM United Kingdom Limited (“IBM”), The Wimbledon Championships, their families, agents or anyone else professionally associated with the draw.
2. Details of how to enter form part of the terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
3. There are two prize draws and entries must be submitted during the following periods:
Draw 1: 00:01, June 19 to 23:59, July 4, 2017;
Draw 2: 00:01, July 5 to 23:59, July 17, 2017
4. To enter either Draw 1 or Draw 2, entrants must visit the web address tgr.ph/whatmakesgreat and submit a comment about one of the Wimbledon Championships articles hosted there using one of the following routes:
The web address tgr.ph/whatmakesgreat. To comment via this web address, entrants must either be logged-in to their Telegraph Account or register and create a Telegraph Account by clicking on the “Register” button.
Facebook or Twitter, using the hashtag #WhatMakesGreat
Draw 2 also includes the following entry route:
Visitors to The Wimbledon Championships 2017 who visit the IBM #WhatMakesGreat Studio may create a “pundit video” there and make a Facebook post or a Twitter tweet with a link to their video using the hashtag #WhatMakesGreat.
NB: Commenting is subject to additional Telegraph Media Group terms and conditions, which can be found at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/about-us/terms-and-conditions/. The Promoter reserves the right to remove any comment which it deems in its sole opinion to be offensive or otherwise inappropriate or not in the spirit of this prize draw. Entrants posting such comments will be disqualified from participating.
5. Entry to each draw is restricted to one per entrant regardless of the chosen entry route. Should an entrant delete their comment or post, the Promoter shall deem that to be the entrant’s withdrawal from the prize draw.
6. Late, illegible, incomplete, defaced or corrupt entries or entries sent through agencies and third parties will not be accepted. No responsibility can be accepted for lost entries and proof of posting will not be accepted as proof of receipt.
7. Three winners in Draw 1 and one winner in Draw 2 will be drawn at random from all entries received by the relevant closing date. A list of the winners’ name and counties can be obtained by sending a stamped, addressed envelope to IBM – The Wimbledon Championships Prize Draw Winners, SPARK, Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT within one month after the closing date of Draw 2.
8. The winners of Draw 1 will be contacted by the Promoter by email or their social media account by 13:00 on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 and the winner must confirm acceptance of their prize by 16:00 on the same day. Should the Promoter be unable to contact a winner or should a winner be unable to accept their prize within these deadlines, the Promoter reserves the right to award that prize to an alternative winner, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions.
9. The winner of Draw 2 will be contacted by the Promoter by email or telephone within 14 days of the closing date of the prize draw and confirm acceptance of their prize within seven days of being notified. Should the Promoter be unable to contact the winner or should the winner be not accept the prize within these deadlines, the Promoter reserves the right to award that prize to an alternative winner, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions.
10. The prizes as described are available on the date of publication. Should a prize become unavailable, a substitute of equal value will be provided.
11. The prizes are as follow:
Draw 1
Each winner will receive two tickets to Centre Court at The Wimbledon Championships 2017 valid on one of the following days:
Friday, July 7;
Monday, July 10;
Tuesday, July 11, 2017.
The prizes will be allocated to the winners in the above order and the Promoter will not enter into any negotiation or correspondence over prize allocation.
Draw 2
One winner will receive two tickets to The Wimbledon Championships 2018, valid on the following date:
Monday, July 2, 2018.
12. The prizes do not include travel to or from the events, accommodation, food and drink, personal expenditure or incidental costs.
13. All prizes are subject to availability, non transferable and there are no cash alternatives.
14. The winners may be required to participate in reasonable publicity on behalf of IBM, The Wimbledon Championships and the Promoter.
15. Entrants’ data will be used for the purpose of administration of this prize draw and in accordance with the permissions granted or withheld at the point of entry.
16. Events may occur that render the prize draw itself or the awarding of the prizes impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter. Accordingly the Promoter may, at its absolute discretion, vary or amend the promotion and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to the Promoter as a result thereof.
17. The Promoter is responsible for the first part of the promotion, which is the publication and adjudication of the prize draw. Provision of the prizes is the responsibility of IBM.
18. These Terms and Conditions are to be interpreted in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of these Terms or their subject matter is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
Promoter: Telegraph Media Group Limited, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT.