Wimbledon organizers are pushing back the start date for the Grand Slam tournament by one week from 2015 in order to prolong the grass-court season and give players more time to recover from the French Open.

The All England Club announced the change on Thursday, saying in a statement that it will “benefit the sport as a whole by creating a three-week gap between the French Open and Wimbledon.”

The scheduling change will give players one extra week to recover from Roland Garros and get used to the change from a slow surface to a fast one.

In 2015, the tournament will run from 29 June to 12 July.

At this year”s Wimbledon, which started on 25 June, several players expressed support for the idea of pushing the tournament back.

Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 Wimbledon winner, said “the grass-court season has always been too short.”

The change to the Wimbledon schedule will mean other tournaments may have to change their dates as well, which is part of the reason the All England Club is waiting until 2015.

“We recognize that there will be some important consequences for the overall tennis calendar and enough time needs to be given to allow us all to plan accordingly,”