Wimbledon warning over fake tickets- 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00
The All England Club has issued a warning to tennis fans over fake tickets being offered for the men’s and women’s finals of this year’s Wimbledon Championships.
The chief executive of the All England Club, Ian Ritchie, urged buyers to check the authenticity of the tickets.
Ritchie advised fans to check with the All England Club before buying to ensure tickets were genuine and warned against purchasing from websites that were not well established.
He stated: ‘We're always worried and we've raised it with the police, and in previous situations we've looked to take out injunctions preventing tickets being put on these sites, so it is a perennial problem, but we're doing all we can to prevent it.’
Websites are advertising tickets for the men's and women's finals, as well as Andy Murray's semi-final against Andy Roddick.
Meanwhile, touts on auction website eBay are cashing in on the popularity of Murray, with two Centre Court tickets for the men's final attracting a bid of £2,500.
Another pair, with a face value of £200, attracted bids of £1,260 on eBay.
It is against the rules of the All England Club to sell on non-debenture tickets. Of the 15,000 seats on Centre Court, 2,300 are debentures.
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