How To Get Wimbledon Tickets For 2025

The Wimbledon Tennis Championships is the oldest tennis tournament in the world – and arguably the most famous. And the ticket ballot for 2025 is officially open. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Guide To Wimbledon 2025

How To Get Wimbledon Tickets

The easiest way to get your hands on tickets is by entering the ballot. To enter the ballot, you need a myWimbledon account, which can be created here (navigate to ‘Login’ and then click ‘Join’ – if you don’t have one already. Then, you just need to fill out the short ballot form here, and your entry is in the raffle.

What Is The Ballot?

The Wimbledon ballot is a randomised ticket allocation system. It’s not possible to request tickets for particular days, courts or seats through the ballot: these are chosen by a randomised process. The ballot is open from 2–16 September, and you can apply at anytime within this window and it will have no bearing on your application. If your ballot is successful, you will be emailed in October 2024 with the option to purchase your allocated tickets. You can only purchase two tickets, and they cannot be transferred or resold – so this isn’t a good option if you want to get someone a ticket as a gift.

What If Your Ballot Application Is Unsuccessful?

If you miss out on ballot tickets, you’re not alone: only one in 10 applications are successful. But all hope is not lost: you could brave the queue. The Wimbledon queue is a famous institution, and pretty much epitomises Britishness. Everyday, Wimbledon allocates around 500 tickets for Centre Court, 500 tickets for Court 1 and 500 tickets for Court 2, and at 9.30am they are distributed to queuers on a first-come-first-served basis. Remaining queuers are afforded a Ground Pass (of which there are approximately a few thousand), giving access to the famous site and a plethora of games played out on the public courts.

The really committed fans camp out overnight, while others head there in the early hours of the morning – or you can head on down post-5pm to catch some of the later matches, when tickets are slightly cheaper and the queue will move more quickly. For an insider’s top tips, check out this guide to Wimbledon penned by a former court attendant.

The History Of Wimbledon

When the first ever Wimbledon Championships took place on 9 June 1877, things looked a little different. Played at Worple Road in Wimbledon, they were advertised as a ‘lawn tennis meeting, open to all amateurs’ – and women were not allowed take part. Competitors were asked to bring their own racquets while the club’s gardener provided the balls, and the final was watched by a crowd of just 200 people. In 1884, the All England Club agreed to open the Championships up to both sexes, and The Ladies Singles was added to the programme. By the 1900s, the Championships had become an international affair – and since then, it has grown to become one of the most prestigious events on the summer sporting calendar.

The Tennis

Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, alongside the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US open. As well as having a different name to the others, the Wimbledon tournament stands apart as it’s played on grass, while the others are played on hard court surfaces or red clay.

Each year, both the men’s and the women’s single competitions are made up of 128 players. They enter a series of single elimination knockout matches, until just two remain in the final. Alongside this, there’s the doubles and mixed doubles, a wheelchair category and boys’ and girls’ tournaments.

When Is Wimbledon 2025?

The 2025 Wimbledon Championships will take place from Monday 30 June until Sunday 13 July 2025.

Food & Drink At Wimbledon

There are plenty of options for dining and drinking, from high-end restaurants to picnics. Wingfield Restaurant is a sit-down dining experience with views across the Tea Lawn. Here you’ll enjoy seasonal British produce, with dishes this year including gin cured Loch Duart salmon, vegan celeriac fondant and seared fillet of stone bass. The Wingfield Café, meanwhile, serves a selection of cakes, pastries, salads and sandwiches. There’s also the Centenary Brasserie, which first appeared in 2022, serving brunch and light lunch options, or seafood lovers should head to the Centenary Seafood Bar situated on the top floor of the Centenary Garden with views across the Southern Courts, and serving up the likes of salmon, crab, crevettes and caviar.

Alternatively, pre-order one of the picnic hampers on offer – there are vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options, plus an afternoon tea picnic complete with finger sandwiches and scones. And, of course, you’ll never be far from a stall serving strawberries and cream. In terms of drinks, expect lots of Pimm’s, Lanson and Sipsmith – all official drinks partners. You’re also allowed to bring your own food and drink – though hard-sided containers, vacuum flasks over 500ml and items like picnic hampers and cool boxes aren’t permitted. In terms of alcohol, each person can bring the equivalent of one bottle of wine or champagne, two cans of beer, or two premixed aperitifs. Spirits and fortified wines aren’t allowed.

For more information, visit wimbledon.com