For years they have been some of sport's hottest tickets, with oversubscribed ballots to buy them leaving thousands of fans disappointed to miss out.
But a perfect storm of coronavirus fears, last minute increases in capacity and dwindling big names left competing mean Wimbledon is still trying to sell Centre Court places.
This afternoon £170 seats at the All England Lawn Tennis Club's centrepiece court were still available to buy for tomorrow.
And debenture tickets - the name given for legally resellable passes - for the men's finals on Sunday were going for £2,200 on Viagogo.
In 2012 the corresponding Andy Murray clash were fetching £45,000 for a pair.
Thursday sees the Women's semi-finals take place and Ashleigh Barty take on Angelique Kerber.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a return to Hungary's Marton Fucsovicson Centre Court today
Hugh Grant - a staple of the Wimbledon Royal Box - was seen in other seats today
Ticket-selling site Viagogo has debenture tickets for sale for Sunday's centre court final
The most expensive appears to be for £2,287, a tenth of what they were fetching in 2012
Later that day Karolina Plíšková will battle Aryna Sabalenka for a place in Saturday's final.
The unusual situation this year appears to be down to a series of circumstances beyond organisers' control.
Wimbledon is this year part of the Government Events Research Programme.
It means all ticket-holders attending have to show proof of COVID status upon entry in the form of either double vaccinations or a negative lateral flow test.
Conditions also include ticket-holders being required to wear face coverings while they move around the grounds.
It means those unwilling or unable to fulfil these conditions have stayed away from SW19 this time.
The prevalence of the Covid-19 Delta variant in the UK may also have discouraged some from visiting.
Spectators watch on Centre Court as Poland's Hubert Hurkacz plays against Daniil Medvedev
Information on the entrance procedure is seen as tennis fans queue to get inside the grounds
Covid certification wrist bands used to process fans queueing to enter Wimbledon
Many of Wimbledon's fans are over the age of 60 and fears over catching the disease could have prompted them to plump for watching the championship on television instead.
And finally many of the big names, who fans flock each year to see are no longer competing in the draws.
Andy Murray is out, as are fan favourites Serena and Venus Williams.
There are also no British hopes left, with plucky 18-year-old Emma Raducanu leaving the competition on Monday.
This year there is also a system in place designed to allow as many different people to visit as possible.
It restricts people to
