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Tickets for Wimbledon 2009
The Wimbledon Tennis Championships are back for 2009 and take place on 22nd June - July 5th 2009. To find Wimbledon 2009 tickets you should check all ticket selling agents. Tickets for Wimbledon 2009 can be found by visiting any popular ticket agent. Your first port of call should always be the Wimbledon Championships 2009 website.
Wimbledon Tennis Championships Facts & Figures
- The inaugural tournament of 1877, held at Worple Road, was an amateur competition and the only event held was the gentlemen's singles. The first champion was Spencer Gore from a field consisting of only 22 players. It cost just one shilling to watch the final and Gore received 12 guineas for his triumph.
- In 1930, Brame Hillyard became the first man to play wearing shorts. That was on court 10 - and Bunny Austin was the first to do so on Centre Court three years later.
- During World War II, the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club remained open, and the premises were used for a variety of civil defence and military functions such as fire and ambulance services, Home Guard and a decontamination unit.
- In 1968, the championships were opened up to both professionals and amateurs for the first time, with Rod Laver and Billie Jean King winning their respective singles titles.
- Chairs were provided for the first time for players to rest when changing ends in 1975.
- An electronic service-line monitor - later known as 'Cyclops' - was introduced in 1980.
- The first-ever player to be disqualified from the men's doubles was Tim Henman in 1995, for hitting a ball in anger which struck a ball girl.
- Aorangi Park was completed for the 1997 championships, where hundreds of spectators have since watched the action unfold on the giant TV screen, picnicking on what has now become known as 'Henman Hill' after the British number one.
- Only eight left-handed players, six men and two women, have ever won a Wimbledon singles title - the most recent being Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
- The country that has provided the most singles title winners is the United States (with 33 men's titles and 50 women's titles). Britain is second claiming 32 men's titles and 29 ladies titles.
2009 Prize Money
In 2009, the All England Club will award £12,550,000 in prize money to competitors at The Championships. This is an increase of 6.2% on the 2008 Prize Money (£11.812,000).
| Prize Money Summary: |
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2009 |
Increase
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2008
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| Total Prize Money |
£12,550,000
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6.2%
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£11,812,000
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| Singles Champions (each) |
£850,000
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13.3%
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£750,000
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| Singles Runner-up (each) |
£425,000
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13.3%
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£375,000
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| Doubles Champions (per pair) |
£230,000
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-
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£230,000
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| Doubles Runners-up (per pair) |
£115,000
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-
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£115,000
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| Mixed Doubles Champions (per pair) |
£92,000
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-
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£92,000
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Mixed Doubles
Runners-up (per pair) |
£46,000
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-
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£46,000
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Wimbledon 2009 Tickets Prices
SHOW COURTS
| 1st Week: |
Centre Court |
No. 1 Court
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No. 2 Court
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No. 3 Court
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| Mon 22 June |
£40
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£37
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£33
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£29
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| Tue 23 June |
£40
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£37
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£33
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£29
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| Wed 24 June |
£50
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£46
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£40
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£34
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| Thu 25 June |
£50
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£46
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£40
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£34
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| Fri 26 June |
£62
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£55
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£47
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£38
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| Sat 27 June |
£62
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£55
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£47
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£38
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| Sun 28 June |
No Play Scheduled
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| 2nd Week: |
Centre Court |
No. 1 Court
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No. 2 Court
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No. 3 Court
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| Mon 29 June |
£72
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£62
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£50
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£42
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| Tue 30 June |
£72
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£62
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£35
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**
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| Wed 1 July |
£82
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£70
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£32
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**
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| Thu 2 July |
£82*
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£46
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**
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**
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| Fri 3 July |
£92*
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£31
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**
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**
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| Sat 4 July |
£92*
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£29
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**
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**
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| Sun 5 July |
£100*
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£25
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**
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**
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** No. 2 Court and Court 3 tickets available only for as many days as a full programme can be maintained.
GROUND TICKETS
| 1st Week: |
Before 5.00 p.m.
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After 5.00 p.m.
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| Monday to Saturday |
£20
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£14
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| 2nd Week: |
Before 5.00p.m.
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After 5.00p.m.
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| Monday |
£20
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£14
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| Tuesday |
£17
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£12
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| Wednesday |
£17
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£12
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| Thursday |
£16
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£12
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| Friday & Saturday |
£15
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£11
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| Sunday |
£8
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£5
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Other sources of Wimbledon 2009 tickets
BUYING WIMBLEDON 2009 TICKETS AT THE COURT
Approximately 500 tickets daily for each of the Centre (except for the last 4 days), No.1 and No.2 Courts are reserved at the turnstiles. Approximately 6000 Ground Admission tickets, subject to ground capacity and number of courts in play, are available each day for entry to the Grounds and access to unreserved seating and standing room on Courts 3–19.
BRITISH TENNIS MEMBERS BALLOT
British Tennis Members are automatically entered into an exclusive ballot which takes place on 1 March each year.
AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS & OTHER TENNIS FEDERATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS
Please contact your local LTA Affiliated Organisation directly — which includes tennis clubs affiliated through their national, county or island association — for entry into the private club ballots for show court tickets. Full membership is required.
DEBENTURES
Debenture seat details are not available until late May each year. These are the only Wimbledon tickets that can be transferred legally; all other tickets must be used by the original applicant.
OFFICIAL LICENSED AGENTS
A small number of tickets are available for corporate hospitality and overseas package tours through the Club and its official licensed agents.
OFFICIALLY APPROVED PACKAGES
NEWMARKET HOLIDAYS offer a range of packages which enable you to book No.1 Court and No.3 Court hotel inclusive packages simply and easily.
OTHER TICKET SOURCES
Additionally, many tickets are sold through The Lawn Tennis Association to its affiliated tennis clubs, schools, membership schemes and to foreign tennis associations.
ONLINE TICKET SALES
Several hundred tickets available on the eve of the day of play as 'print your own' e-tickets will be sold via the Ticketmaster website.
TICKET RESALE KIOSK
The Club makes every effort to ensure that seat tickets which are no longer needed are made available for resale to people already within the grounds. Original ticket holders are requested to put their unwanted tickets in special red boxes for collection by the Honorary Stewards or, if they wish to retain them as souvenirs, to have the barcodes scanned on leaving the grounds so that a new ticket may be generated.
The tickets are re-distributed at a nominal charge from the Ticket Resale kiosk inside the grounds.
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