The Championships, Wimbledon 2008 — Attendance
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Attendance
Crowd on Centre Court
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Attendance at Wimbledon

Figures from the early days are not on record but in 1932 over 219,000 spectators were present at the meeting, The number increased to over 250,000 in 1949 and to over 300,000 in 1967 and the 400,000 barrier was broken for the first time in 1986. The record attendance for the meeting is 490,081 in 2001, when play was extended into a 14th day. The record for the meeting, over the normal scheduled 13 days, is 476,711 in 2001.


Worple Road

Detailed figures of daily totals and championship aggregates are not
available. During the peak years, 1913–1921, the scene at the ground was described as “very congested” when 6,000 people were present. When the figure reached 7,500 the ground was said to be “packed to suffocation”. Estimates for the total attendance at the meetings varied between 60,000 and 70,000.


Church Road

Record Daily Totals:

  First Week Second Week Third Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
39,330 (2001)
41,929 (2003)
42,457 (2002)
41,976 (2003)
41,595 (2002)
40,043 (2001)
31,204 (1997)
41,236 (2001)
38,577 (1985)
36,969 (2001)
33,560 (2002)
32,453 (1999)
29,566 (1999)
30,802 (1999)
15,257 (1988)

Daily Attendances 2002-2006

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Monday 38,561 38,500 35,335* 38,228 32,276*
Tuesday 40,995 41,929 34,312* 39,685 38,611
Wednesday 42,457 40,787 29,156** 42,100 39,991
Thursday 41,410 41,967 36,130 42,228 40,235
Friday 41,595 39,833 39,659 37,242* 39,821
Saturday 39,722 38,913 32,746** 38,837 38,269
Sunday     22,155*    
First Week 244,740 241,929 229,493 238,293 229,203
Monday 38,764 39,389 39,229 41,386 40,002
Tuesday 34,448* 34,696 34,041 35,030* 34,473
Wednesday 32,367* 35,911 33,703* 35,673 31,890
Thursday 33,560 30,237* 29,404* 28,744* 29,302
Friday 28,016* 29,872 28,254* 29,700* 28,444
Saturday 27,857 28,246 27,956 28,333 27,695
Sunday 29,762 30,522 29,128 30,002 26,101
Monday          
TOTAL 469,514 470,802 451,208 467,191 447,126

* Bad Weather (more than 2 hours lost)
** Entire Day Rained Off

Maximum capacity of the Ground

1995 29,000 on all good weather days (which they were)
1996 29,000 if good weather and 18 courts in play
28,500 if good weather and 17 courts in play
28,000 if good weather and 16 in play or less
1997 + 1998 32,000
1999 + 2000 33,500
2001 34,500
2002 + 2003 35,000
2004 + 2005 35,500