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Wimbledon crowds 2nd lowest since 2007

Tuesday, 5 July 2022



WIMBLEDON, England, July 04 (AP): If it seems as if there are more empty green seats in the stands at Wimbledon than usual this fortnight, that's because there have been fewer spectators than usual so far.
Through the first six days of main-draw competition at the All England Club, official attendance was listed as 237,927. That is a decrease of 7 per cent from the Week 1 total at the last pre-pandemic edition of the tournament in 2019, which was 256,808.
Removing the last two years from consideration - crowd sizes and ticket sales were limited during Wimbledon in 2021 because of concerns about Covid-19, and the whole event was canceled entirely in 2020 - the 2022 figure is the second-lowest since 2007 (when it was 221,521).
Those numbers are all through the first Saturday of the fortnight. This is the first time the All England Club expanded the planned schedule to a full 14 days by including the middle Sunday.