When are Wimbledon tickets released

Andy Murray became Wimbledon champ in 2013. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

• Andy Murray became Wimbledon champ in 2013. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

All of us are doing it. Watching Wimbledon with Pimms in hand, quietly cursing ourselves for not getting passes and saying "we'll get the following year".

If that is you, and also you REALLY suggest it when you say you will be indeed there next year, here is what you need to know about getting Wimbledon tickets for 2016.

It's not quite the best of tasks - you'll want to enter a general public ballot to apply for the following year's tickets.

It certainly is oversubscribed, so going into the ballot simply suggests you're in with an opportunity to getting a solution.

If you want to enter the ballot, you'll need to request a credit card applicatoin between August 1 and December 15, 2015.

Forward a self-addressed stamped envelope to AELTC, P.O BOX 98, London, SW19 5AE.