How do I get Wimbledon 2027 tickets?

How does the Wimbledon public ballot work?

You apply through a free myWimbledon account at wimbledon.com, opting in to "Tickets and Ballot" communications so you're notified the moment the ballot opens. One application is allowed per household, per email address and per myWimbledon account. You don't choose a day or a court: winners are offered one pair of day tickets, allocated automatically to Centre Court or Courts 1 to 3. Successful applicants get an email offer with a payment window and pay face value; unsuccessful applicants get access to returns and resale opportunities before the Championships.

For 2027 the ballot is expected to open in early September 2026 and run for around three weeks, based on the 2026 cycle (which ran 2 to 21 September 2025, per the AELTC's own help centre). The AELTC has said only that the ballot "will open in September," without confirming exact 2027 dates as of this writing, so treat the window above as an estimate, not a confirmed date, until wimbledon.com publishes the specifics.

Am I eligible for the public ballot?

Yes, wherever you live: the ballot is open to UK and overseas applicants alike. The one restriction is on how many times you can enter, not who can enter: strictly one application per household, per email address and per myWimbledon account. A separate free Wheelchair Ballot runs on a similar September window for accessible seating.

What about the LTA Advantage ballot?

This is a second, members-only route, separate from the AELTC public ballot and one you can enter in addition to it. It requires an LTA Advantage membership at Fan+ (a paid tier), Play+ (free if you're a member of an LTA-registered venue), or Compete, and you must be over 13. The free basic "Fan" tier does not qualify. Members opt in through the "my benefits" section of their online Advantage account during the opt-in window, at lta.org.uk. The advantage over the public ballot: successful members choose their date and court from available offers rather than being allocated automatically.

As of this writing the LTA states only that "the 2027 LTA Opt In window for all our ballots will open soon," with no confirmed dates yet. The 2026 window ran 21 July to 31 August 2025, so a similar window (roughly late July to end of August 2026) is a reasonable expectation for 2027, not a confirmed date.

What is The Queue, and how does it work?

The Queue is the free, on-the-day route that needs no advance application at all: you turn up in person and queue for tickets on the day of play. In 2026 it opened at 2pm on the Sunday before the Championships began, with 500 tickets each for Centre Court, No.1 Court and No.2 Court on the days those courts are in play (Centre Court is not sold through the Queue on the final four days). Tickets are sold one per person and are not transferable. A myWimbledon account and the Wimbledon app are needed to buy, since the ticket is scanned at the point of sale. Exact 2027 opening times had not been published as of this writing; expect a similar pattern the day before the Championships begin.

What about debentures and hospitality?

Debentures are a separate, paid route, not the free public ballot, and worth being clear about as such. A Wimbledon debenture buys a premium Centre Court or No.1 Court seat for five years, plus access to exclusive restaurants and bars, and debenture tickets are the only Wimbledon tickets that can be legally resold, through specialist debenture marketplaces. This is a legitimate but expensive secondary route, sitting well above face value, and it's worth entering the free ballot first before considering it.

What should I avoid?

Ordinary ballot, Queue and grounds tickets are not transferable under AELTC terms, so any site or tout offering to sell you one outside the official channels above is not a legitimate route in, whatever the ticket looks like. If a deal looks too easy compared with the free ballot or The Queue, that's the signal to walk away.

What are my realistic odds?

The AELTC doesn't publish an official success rate for the public ballot, but press estimates put it at roughly 1 in 10 applicants. There's no way to improve that: one entry per household, drawn at random. The Queue isn't a lottery in the same sense, it's limited by the 500-ticket daily allocation and how early you arrive, so your odds there depend more on turning up early than luck. The LTA Advantage ballot publishes no odds either, but it's considered attractive precisely because winners choose their day and court rather than being allocated one automatically.

Full dates, sources and status for both ballots live on the Wimbledon 2027 public ballot and LTA Advantage ballot pages, alongside every other tennis ballot we track.