What is Wimbledon's Last 8 Club?
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The Last 8 Club is an exclusive club for tennis players who have reached the quarter-finals or better in the men's and women's singles tournaments at Wimbledon.
Starting as a tradition in 1986, joining the Last 8 Club allows players past and present to enter the Wimbledon grounds at their leisure for the rest of their lives, free tickets, entry to a designated hospitality suite and tickets on centre court and court one.
There is also an annual Last 8 Supper Party held for members.
Given that the tournament is one that almost all current active players are involved in, it is common that players do not take advantage of the facilities they are entitled to until they have retired from playing professionally.
Players can also qualify for the Last 8 Club by reaching the semi-finals of men's and women's doubles or the final of the mixed doubles competitions.
Food and drink is on offer to players in Last 8 Club areas and happy hour drinks and nibbles are also available daily between 6pm and 7pm.
There are also a list of hotels available for Last 8 members at discounted rates, with transport laid on by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) between those hotels and Wimbledon.
Last 8 Club members, who are permitted to take one guest with them to Wimbledon, are also entitled to two tickets to a London show of their choice and an invitation to a Seniors' LTC of Great Britain cocktail party.
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Who will enter the Last 8 Club in 2026?
Mirra Andreeva is among the players who have recently qualified for the Last 8 club for the first time
For players qualifying for the Last 8 Club based on their performances at Wimbledon in 2025, they will enter from the 2026 Wimbledon championships onwards.
Ben Shelton and Mirra Andreeva are among six players who have entered it for the first time in 2025 via singles competitions after reaching the quarter-finals in the men's and women's singles respectively.
America's Coco Gauff, ranked number two in the LTA's world ranking, is among the high-profile active players who are yet to enter the Last 8 Club.
Gauff, who has competed in the women's singles at Wimbledon six times, has been knocked out in the fourth round, one before the quarter-finals, three times.
The 21-year-old has reached the quarter-finals in doubles competition on SW19, but that does not qualify for entry to the Last 8 Club.
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