Lawn Tennis Grand Slam

The Wimbledon Championships is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and widely considered one of the most famous. It has been held at the All England Club in London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments the others being the Australian Open, the French Open (Roland Garros) and the US Open. Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam still played on grass, the game’s original surface, which gave the game its original name of “lawn tennis”.

There are a number of Wimbledon “traditions” include a strict dress code for competitors, the eating of strawberries and cream by the spectators, and visit from members of the Royal Family.
It has blanket Television coverage in the UK and is watched all over the world, in 2013 Andy Murray laid to rest one of the Britain’s longest sporting failures by winning the Men’s Championship.

There is no doubt that Wimbledon has one of the most idiosyncratic ticketing policy in British sport, however for you to attend Wimbledon these are the options :

The Public Ballot, introduced in 1924, has always been substantially oversubscribed. Entry does not automatically entitle applicants to tickets for Wimbledon, but to a place in the draw for tickets. It is not possible to request tickets for specific days or courts, as the day and court offered are chosen randomly by a computerised selection process.

The application must be in before December 31st of the year before the Championships.

The next option is to buy a ticket from a Debenture Holder who buys tickets over a period of years which provide funds for The All England Lawn Tennis Ground plc to finance capital projects .
Tickets allocated to debenture holders are the only Championships tickets that are freely transferable and can be sold on the open market.

There has long been a legitimate, but unofficial market for the sale of debenture tickets to agencies and hospitality outlets.Considering the considerable outlay to be a Debenture Holder, these tickets are sold on at a considerable price.

This year the AELTC has designated Ticketmaster are an official online presence to sell some of the Debenture Tickets, find more details and buy tickets here

The next option is that the AELTC has two official tour operators who provide hospitality packages, including tickets and London hotel accommodation.