Tennis fans camp out as they queue for Wimbledon tickets 24 hours before tournament kicks off
TENNIS fans have already flocked to Wimbledon Park to join the queue ahead of this year’s Championships.
Wimbledon remains one of the only major sporting events that allows fans to grab tickets by paying on the day.
Until the last four days of the tournament, 500 Centre Court tickets are held back to be sold on the gate.
While tickets for Courts 1 and 2 are also made available for queuers, as well as several thousand grounds passes.
In order to get to the front of the line in a bid to secure Centre Court seats, plenty of fans have already grabbed their queue cards and pitched up their tents in Wimbledon Park.
Several have set out their stall early, sitting on fishing chairs and tucking into their pre-prepared lunches.
Fans will be woken up between 5:30am and 6:00am tomorrow morning, and asked to disassemble their tents.
Hefty baggage will then have to be taken to left luggage facilities.
Gates to the All England Club will then open at 10am, with play on the outside courts commencing an hour later.
Action on No.1 Court then begins at 1pm, with Centre following half an hour later.
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Fans that have queued, in some cases for more than 24 hours, are set to be treated to a brilliant day of tennis on day one of this year’s Championships.
As is customary, defending men’s champion Carlos Alcaraz will begin action on Centre Court, when he takes on qualifier Mark Lajal.
This match will be followed by hometown hero Emma Raducanu, making her first appearance at the Championships since 2022, as she battles 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Play on Centre will then conclude with Coco Gauff‘s match up with American compatriot Caroline Dolehide.
Over on No.1 Court, Daniil Medvedev opens things up by facing Aleksandar Kovacevic.
Aryna Sabalenka then takes on Emina Bektas, before No1 seed Jannik Sinner begins his Wimbledon campaign against Yannick Hanfmann.
Fans attending tomorrow will also have plenty of Brits in action to support.
Raducanu, 21, tops the bill of British stars playing on day one, when she faces Alexandrova on Centre.
Charles Broom will make his Grand Slam debut on No.2 Court, facing three-time Major champion Stan Wawrinka.
Liam Broady takes on Botic van de Zandschulp third on Court 12, with Heather Watson opening Court 18 against doubles partner Greet Minnen.
British wildcard Lily Miyazaki is third up on Court 16 as she battles Tamara Korpatsch.