Originally Posted by
lhrsfo
Being an American makes no difference - there are limited legal routes to getting tickets and demand so massively exceeds supply that most of those routes will be either a lottery or very expensive indeed
being an American or non UK resident limits your options to securing a ticket.
The ballot odds are very low. LTA members (US equivalent of USTA) had additional opportunity to secure tickets through that avenue.
no serious tennis fan would travel internationally (Wimbledon obviously a huge part of a London trip) to put up with the queue system and end up SOL.