PLAY YOUR WAY TO WIMBLEDON 2025 - DEADLINE CLOSING SOON

Venue sign-up is now open for Play Your Way To Wimbledon 2025.

Play Your Way To Wimbledon - ENTRIES CLOSE 2ND FEBRUARY

Play Your Way to Wimbledon, powered by Vodafone, gives players all over the country the opportunity to compete at their local venue and enjoy a fun day of Wimbledon-inspired tennis! The winners will have the chance to compete at the County/Area Finals and then onto the National Finals at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

But it begins with you at the venue stage, and you can create a fun experience for all players – think strawberries and cream, Wimbledon-themed decorations, Pimms (for the adults) and music!

We’d love your venue to be part of this fantastic competition again and inspire your players with the chance to compete on the famous courts at Wimbledon.

KEY VENUE DETAILS

·  Juniors – A singles pathway for 11-14 year olds and a doubles pathway for 11-18 year olds. Venues can choose to run a singles, doubles or both events.

·  Adults – A doubles pathway for players 19+ years. Venues can choose to run a doubles event for men, women, or both.

· Venues can run all events (junior singles, doubles, and adult doubles) or choose a selection of events they wish to run.

· Entry is FREE for all venues. Venues will receive a free resource pack including an organiser guide, promotional resources, player certificates, prizes, and a winner’s medal.

· Venues can run an ‘Open’ event for all eligible players to enter via the LTA Competition Management System (CMS) or a ‘Closed’ event for members only. We strongly encourage all venues to run ‘Open’ events, to allow local players the opportunity to compete in the event.

· All venues must be LTA Registered to take part in the competition.

· Great recreational, fun, and sociable competition ideal for all players with an eligible ITF World Tennis Number.

VENUE ENTRY WINDOW

2nd December 2024 – 2nd February 2025      Resource packs will be received w/c 24th February

HOW TO SIGN UP

There are two ways to get your venue involved in the competition this year:

Run an Open event at your venue by completing the ‘Play Your Way to Wimbledon’ application via the Competition Management System

Run a Closed event at your venue by completing the online application form

Players can take part in the Play Your Way to Wimbledon Disability Pathway via the LTA Regional Series events. You can promote Play Your Way to Wimbledon to Learning Disability, Visually Impaired and Wheelchair players at your venue. If you believe a player is eligible for an event, please contact disabilitycompetitions@lta.org.uk to confirm eligibility criteria and event dates.

For more information on the competition please click here. Check out the ‘Resource library’ for tips on how to organise and run an event.

We hope to have your venue involved in this exciting competition in 2025