tickets for Wimbledon
 

I'll be in London towards the end of the tournament and would love to see a match.
Does anyone know of a place in London where the tickets are sold.
I prefer not to buy online unless there is no other way. Thanks.

It's not that easy, unfortunately. You can't simply buy tickets at this point, unless you are willing to pay a couple of thousand pounds.

What you might do, towards the end of the tournament, is queue for a grounds pass, and once you are in, queue again for tickets that are resold once the original ticketholders leave for the day.

danon - sadly this is the question you should have asked this time last year.

If you don't belong to a tennis club which is affiliated to the LTA or aren't prepared to queue or to pay the scalpers a fortune, the only legit way to get a ticket is to take place in the public ballot that happens in the autumn before the tournament i.e. in Autumn 2017 for the 2018 Tournament:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/tickets/ballot_uk.html

thank you Ann and pavot.

I looked at the webpage before posting ....seemed confusing and complicating,
I hopped there might be some more efficient way ...
Oh, well...

sorry danon - if you go to one of the ticket agencies, I'm sure that you can get tickets but at a price - one glorious year we had tickets for men's semi-final and final days [through our tennis club] and I was offered £500 for a pair of tickets for the Friday; I never let on that I had finals day tickets as well, and that was 30 years ago.

As the Wimbledon website says you can buy through Ticketmaster for tickets that day

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/ticke...d_to_know.html

Thanks
I could not pay hundreds of pounds. I signed up for Ticketmmaster information on the day,but I don't have much hope. At least I can watch in real time on tv!

We queued for grounds passes and had a wonderful day there, but it was in 2005 and I don't know how easily getting the grounds passes through the queuing process is now. We got there quite early, 6 am or so. It was very efficiently run. We had a great time chatting with people. There was a great food truck with bacon sandwiches and hot tea. I still remember how yummy they were!

my friend and I successfully queued for tickets last year (2016). we took the first subway from our hotel in the morning and got to the grounds around 6:30 I believe. we were by no means the last people to get in that morning either. in my opinion it was well worth it to queue...its like a british rite of passage! wonderful day of tennis, strawberries and cream, and pimms cup!

>> we took the first subway . . . << no you didn't ;)

haha. old habits die hard. so sorry! :-)

at any rate, to make amends, here is a link for queuing that perhaps the OP might find useful.

http://www.wimbledon.com/pdf/Queue_guide_2017.pdf

Remember, queuing on the day only gives you ground entrance (which allows you to watch a few matches on outside courts in non-reserved seats, plus watch the action on show courts live on giant screen on Murray Mount. This doesn't give you entry into the show courts - Centre, No 1 and No 2 courts. For this you need to wait until the patron (ticket holder) has left for the day and deposited or scanned their ticket to be re-sold. This is only likely after the main event has finished, so you can only watch some doubles and mixed doubles. It costs £10 for Centre and No 1 court, £5 for No 2 court, with the money going to charities.

Thank you for suggestions
As much as I love tennis .getting up early and queuing is not for me.

I am more of a " buy tickets on line and print them " kind of traveler.

Don't worry Danon - the BBC does excellent coverage and this year it's going to stream every match live on iplayer.

plus....I will not mis matches because of time difference.

On the other hand, I only have a week in London; those five set matches can go on and on..

On the other hand, I only have a week in London; those five set matches can go on and on..>>

in one famous case, for 3 days!