Right? Strawberries are Wimbledon’s official snack. You can’t walk ten feet without a punnet of them. But the trophy got the pineapple.
Timing is the real villain here. When they designed the cup, strawberries were just… berries. Cheap. Common. Every field had them.
A pineapple? That was a unicorn from the Caribbean. You had to risk scurvy and pirates to import it. That screams “champion” more than a summer fruit salad.
Also, can you imagine a tiny strawberry on top of a silver cup? It would melt. It would slide off. It’s a garnish, not a trophy topper.
The Mystery of the Removable Pineapple
Here’s a fun fact: The pineapple on the Wimbledon trophy is removable. Literally.
It screws off. Why? So the winner can lift the cup without scratching their nose on a spiky fruit hat.
But also? Because tradition says the winner gets to keep a ceremonial pineapple. I’m not kidding. For years, the champion was given a real, fresh pineapple as a prize.
Imagine Novak Djokovic accepting a billion-dollar check and a pineapple. “Thanks, I’ll have this on my pancakes tomorrow.” It’s delightfully absurd.
Why there is a pineapple on top of Wimbledon trophy as intriguing
