Wimbledon Tennis Tickets: How Much They Cost and How to Get Them

A Wimbledon Grounds Pass costs £21 to £33 depending on the day, and a Centre Court seat runs from around £70 in the first week up to £240–£315 for the finals, according to AELTC’s own pricing. You get one at face value three ways: win the public ballot, join The Queue on the day, or catch a returned ticket on the official resale platform. Everything else — StubHub, Viagogo, a tout outside the grounds — is a ticket the All England Club can cancel on sight. Here is how the real system works, what it costs by court and round, and which route actually fits your trip.

How much do Wimbledon tickets actually cost?

Prices scale with the court and the round, not a flat gate fee. The table below reflects AELTC’s published 2026 pricing structure.

Ticket type	Court	Typical price range	How to get it
Grounds Pass	Outer courts, No.2/No.3 overflow, Henman Hill	£21–£33	Ballot, Queue, or on the day if available
No.2/No.3 Court	Show court, early rounds only	£55–£105	Ballot or Queue (limited daily allocation)
No.1 Court	Show court, all rounds through semis	£65–£200	Ballot; small daily batch via Queue
Centre Court (early rounds)	Days 1–4	roughly £70–£100	Ballot only
Centre Court (quarters/semis)	Days 9–12	roughly £175–£240	Ballot only
Centre Court (finals)	Ladies’/Gentlemen’s Final	£240–£315+	Ballot; near-impossible via Queue
Debenture (Centre/No.1 Court)	5-year guaranteed seat	£2,195–£9,495 (official)	Direct from AELTC scheme or legal resale

No.2 Court tickets are only sold for the first ten days, since the show courts stop hosting matches once the later rounds move to Centre Court and No.1 Court. If your budget caps out around £100, target an early-round day on No.1 or No.2 Court rather than stretching for a cheap Centre Court seat that doesn’t really exist.

What is the Wimbledon public ballot and how do I enter?

The ballot is the AELTC’s main allocation system, and it is the only route where you can plan a Centre Court visit in advance rather than gambling on the day. You register a free myWimbledon account and apply during a set window — for the 2026 Championships that was 2–21 September 2025, so the pattern for the 2027 ballot is to expect registration to open in early September 2026, per Wimbledon’s own ballot page.

A few rules trip people up every year. One application per household. You cannot request a specific date, court, or player — the system assigns you a date and a court at random once the ballot closes, and results go out the following spring. Successful applicants can usually buy up to two tickets. If you don’t win, that’s most applicants; the ballot draws hundreds of thousands of entries for a few thousand daily seats.

What is The Queue and is it worth it?

The Queue is Wimbledon’s answer to “I didn’t win the ballot but I’m already in London.” It’s a physical line in Wimbledon Park that opens the Sunday before the tournament and runs fresh every morning after that, and it still allocates a real chunk of tickets — roughly 500 for Centre Court, 500 for No.1 Court, and 500 for No.2 Court on a typical day, on top of thousands of Grounds Passes.

Here’s how it actually plays out. You show up, get handed a dated, numbered Queue card, and your card determines your place — not your patience once you’re in line. Camping overnight is allowed with two-person tents only; no gazebos, barbecues, or stoves. Wristbands for show-court tickets go out from around 7:30am, front of the line first, so the further back your card number, the more likely you leave with a Grounds Pass instead of a Centre Court seat. Download the Wimbledon app and set up your myWimbledon account before you queue — it’s how you actually pay once you reach the front.

Realistically, The Queue rewards people willing to lose a night’s sleep in a tent, not people hoping to walk up at 9am on finals day. If Centre Court on a specific day matters more to you than flexibility, the ballot is the better bet. If you’re already in London for a week and don’t mind an early alarm or an overnight wait, The Queue is the more reliable route to a show court.

Is Wimbledon resale legit, and how does it actually work?

This is the question that comes up most on forums, and for good reason — Wimbledon is one of the few major events where the official ticket terms actively police resale. Per the AELTC’s own terms, only the AELTC and its licensed agents can sell Championship tickets. Anything bought through Viagogo, StubHub, Gumtree, or a street tout is not authorized, can be cancelled without notice, and can get you turned away at the gate even if you paid full price.

The legitimate resale routes are narrower but real. Ballot winners who can no longer attend can return their ticket to the AELTC’s official online resale, which relists inside your myWimbledon account at the original face value — no markup. There’s also the on-site Resale Kiosk in Parkside, which sells tickets handed back by spectators leaving early: £15 for Centre Court, £10 for No.1 or No.2 Court, cash-free, with proceeds going to the Wimbledon Foundation. It only works for people already inside the grounds on a Grounds Pass, and you join a virtual queue through the app and wait for an SMS. It’s the cheapest show-court ticket at Wimbledon, full stop — you just can’t plan around it.

Debenture tickets are the one exception to all of this. They’re the only Wimbledon ticket that can legally change hands on the open market, and official 2026-cycle prices run £2,195 to £9,495 depending on round and court. That’s a different system entirely — a five-year purchase tied to a specific seat — and it deserves its own explanation rather than a few lines here. Our Wimbledon Debenture tickets guide breaks down how the scheme works and what a debenture actually buys you.

Wimbledon tickets for US, Australian, and Canadian fans

There’s no residency requirement on the ballot or the resale platform — you just need a myWimbledon account, same as a UK applicant. The friction is practical rather than procedural. Ballot results land the spring before the tournament, so international fans need to book flights and hotels on a “we might not win” basis, which is exactly why The Queue appeals to overseas visitors already committed to a London trip regardless of outcome.

Currency is the other trap. Every price above is in GBP, and pound-to-dollar, pound-to-Australian-dollar, and pound-to-Canadian-dollar rates move throughout the year, so a Centre Court final ticket that looks like “around $300” one month can be noticeably more or less the next. Check the live rate before comparing to home-market events rather than trusting a fixed conversion, and remember London hotel and travel costs during Championship fortnight typically dwarf the ticket price itself.

Plan the trip around the ticket, not the other way round

The honest advice: apply to the ballot every year it’s open, treat it as a lottery ticket rather than a plan, and build a backup around The Queue if you’re traveling to London regardless. Skip anything that isn’t the AELTC’s own site, app, or on-site kiosk — the resale warnings aren’t boilerplate, people really do get turned away. And if a specific seat matters more than a specific price, the debenture route is worth reading up on separately before you commit real money to it.

Once you’ve got a ticket sorted, plan the rest of the visit: check our guide to what to expect at the best tennis courts around the grounds, brush up on how tennis scoring works if you’re new to the sport, and see our upcoming breakdown of Wimbledon Grounds Pass access for a closer look at what a Grounds Pass alone gets you on the day.