Wimbledon 2016: Tickets for Sunday on online-only sale
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Tickets for the middle Sunday of Wimbledon will be be available to buy from 15:00 BST on Saturday in an online-only sale.
An extra day has been scheduled for the first time since 2004 to help clear the backlog after rain disrupted play.
Tickets will be on sale on a first come-first served basis, with a maximum of two per household.
They will be priced at £20 each for ground passes to outside courts, £40 for Court One and £70 for Centre Court.
A total of 22,000 will be on sale and available via the Ticketmaster website.
Women take centre stage
The order of play will be released later in the day although it is thought there will be at least eight singles matches – mainly in the women’s draw – and a variety of doubles contests.
“This has been a difficult decision, but one we had to take to reduce the backlog of matches and in the interests of completing the championships on time,” said Richard Lewis, chief executive of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
“And as with other Middle Sundays, I am sure there will be a great atmosphere.”
This will be the fourth time, after 1991, 1997 and 2004, there will be action on the tournament’s seventh day – traditionally a rest day.
Gates will open from 08:45 BST, with play scheduled to start at 11:30 on all courts.
Ticket details
- 22,000 tickets will be on sale from 15:00 on Saturday via Ticketmaster on a first come, first-served basis.
- Maximum of two tickets per household.
- No on-day ticket sales, so people are being urged not to travel if they do not have a ticket. There will be no queue in operation to buy tickets at Wimbledon.
- Centre Court: 10,000 unreserved tickets on sale at £70 each.
- Court One: 8,000 unreserved tickets on sale at £40 each.
- Grounds passes: 4,000 tickets allowing access to Courts 2-19 are £20 each.
- Spectators are advised to arrive early, expect delays for security, and avoid bringing bags where possible.
- No refund system if play is cancelled because of rain, no pass outs permitted and no ticket resales operation.