Wimbledon Ticket Info 2013

Tickets to the Wimbledon Championships are extremely difficult to get hold of as demand far exceeds supply every year.

Find all possible methods of obtaining tickets below:

Queue on the Day

The queue starts within Wimbledon Park (off Wimbledon Park Road) and zig-zags up and down the park - see our Wimbledon Street Map.

There are very limited numbers of Show Court tickets available (Centre Court, No.1, and No.2) so you need to queue very early to have any chance of securing one of these. Thousands of Ground Passes are also available but once these have sold there is a one-in one-out policy, so the earlier you get in the queue the better.

If you plan to join the queue in the evening/after work then you will usually get in within 1-2 hours. It's a great way to catch some live action on the outside courts or to watch a Show Court match on the big screen from Henman Hill while having a picnic with friends. Ground Passes are cheaper after 5pm too!

Queue Overnight

If you have been unable to secure a Show Court ticket in advance, this option gives you the best chance of obtaining one. See our full guide to Queuing Overnight For Tickets.

Centre Court & No.3 Court Tickets from Ticketmaster

Hundreds of tickets for Centre Court and No.3 Court are sold via ticketmaster.co.uk each day for the following day's play. They sell fast so be quick!

AELTC (Wimbledon) Public Ballot

The Wimbledon public ballot is free to enter. Due to demand your chances of obtaining tickets via this method are slim to none - from our experience you may get lucky once every 4-5 years. Here is how to enter:

You first need to write a letter to the AELTC requesting an official application form after 1st August. Your letter must include a self-addressed and stamped envelope (DL size: 110mm x 220mm or 4 1/4 " x 8 5/8") so they can send you an application form - only one per household. This is the address to write to:

Ticket Office
AELTC
P.O. Box 98
Wimbledon
London SW19 5AE

Once you have received your application form, complete it and ensure the AELTC receive it no later than 31st December - postmark must be no later than 15th December.

The ballot draw is held in January and successful applicants are informed from February. If you haven't heard anything by March then you should assume your application has not been successful. As declined and returned tickets are re-balloted up to the day of play, it is possible that you may be offered tickets at a later stage.

LTA British Tennis Membership

If you have an LTA British Tennis Membership (but not a member of an LTA affiliated club) then you will be automatically entered into a ballot. Since it was rebranded from the unfashionable LTA Advantage Membership there are now significantly more members, so you are even less likely to be successful using this method than before.

LTA Affiliated Tennis Club

If you have an LTA British Tennis Membership and are a member of an LTA Affiliated Tennis Club then you can enter the ballot at your local club. Your chances of success here are significantly higher than entering the straight LTA British Tennis Membership ballot above.

Official Tour Packages

There are plenty of companies offering tour packages but there is only one official Wimbledon tour package provider, The Wimbledon Experience Tours Programme by Keith Prowse. We first went on one of their "Wimbledon Championship Tours" back in 1999 and it was superb so we would recommend them - and no we don't receive anything for recommending them.

Corporate Hospitality

There are only two officially appointed Wimbledon hospitality agents who can provide the ultimate Wimbledon experience for you and your guests, Keith Prowse and Sportsworld.

Debenture

The serious money option. Wimbledon Centre Court Debenture at the last offering cost £23,150, while a No.1 Court Debenture would set you back £9,900. These figures represent the original prices for 5 year debentures, but as all debentures have now been snapped up you will have to contact Barclays Capital Limited or UBS Warburg who have a made a second-hand market for the sale of these debentures. See the official details here.

eBay Auction

You could try eBay.co.uk but you first need to be aware that only debenture tickets can be legally transfered from one owner to another.

On 3 July 2002 we were informed that the AELTC threatened eBay with legal action unless they hand over personal details of all eBay members selling non-debenture Wimbledon tickets on eBay. As a result, eBay obliged and the AELTC have been contacting the sellers of such tickets threatening them with legal action and cancelling their tickets ever since.

This is our understanding of the situation:

Sellers
Every Wimbledon ticket sold in advance of the championships has an official registered owner. Upon obtaining tickets directly from the AELTC the original purchaser has entered into a contract with the AELTC which prohibits the original purchaser from re-selling his/her ticket(s). If you are the original purchaser and sell your non-debenture tickets on eBay, the AELTC will now be able to obtain your address and find out exactly which tickets were issued to you. They will then contact you threatening legal action and cancel your tickets. If you are not the original purchaser of the tickets then you will probably just be threatened with legal action, as the AELTC will not (initially) be able to link your address with the ticket numbers issued.

Buyers
Beware! The tickets you purchase may have already been cancelled by AELTC. This may not cause you an initial problem upon entering the grounds as they do not scan tickets or if you are just watching the play on outside courts. However, if you were to try and sit in your showcourt (Centre, No.1, No.2) seat then you will probably find that someone else will also have the same seat number on their ticket. The reason being that your cancelled ticket will have been re-issued. If this is discovered you will be treated as a trespasser and ejected from Wimbledon immediately.

Fake tickets, stolen tickets, blatant scammers, and having to pay inflated prices are also potential problems with eBay.

Ticket Tout

Buying from a ticket tout could result in many of the same problems as mentioned in the eBay Auction section above.

Ticket touts operate in the area from Southfields underground station along Wimbledon Park Road/Church Road and to the gates of Wimbledon. Just walking down there you will hear a number of people offering to buy and sell tickets.

Resale Tickets

Once you are already inside the grounds of Wimbledon, whether on a Ground Pass or any showcourt ticket, you will have the opportunity to purchase re-sold showcourt tickets. These are tickets which the original owner no longer requires (perhaps he/she has gone home early or just has a spare ticket) and wishes to give someone else the opportunity of sitting on a showcourt.

Sellers
Take your ticket to one of the Wimbledon Officials at any exit gate and ask him/her to scan your ticket for you in order for it to be re-sold. The great news is that (a) you get to keep your original ticket; (b) your ticket is re-printed and re-sold to someone who wants to experience a showcourt; and (c) all monies raised through the re-selling of tickets is donated to charity.

Buyers
Re-sold tickets are always in demand and you will have to queue up for them. The ticket re-selling booth located at the top of Wimbledon Hill (aka Henman Hill, Rusedski Ridge, Mount Philippoussis, Mount Murray, Murrayfield, Robson Rise) at the north end of the grounds, and opens at 3pm. Be prepared for very long queues, but they can be worth the wait.