--- title: Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks description: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club called the tools a nuisance and wanted to make sure they do not interfere with spectators enjoyment canonical: https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-27T14:44:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:09.809Z og:title: Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks og:description: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club called the tools a nuisance and wanted to make sure they do not interfere with spectators enjoyment og:url: https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a764b75247aede/6987ed02a988ca4eb56b063e/selfie-sticks-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: selfie-sticks-wimbledon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks twitter:description: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club called the tools a nuisance and wanted to make sure they do not interfere with spectators enjoyment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a764b75247aede/6987ed02a988ca4eb56b063e/selfie-sticks-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 27, 2015 2:44 PM UTC  Jocelyn Rae of Great Britain poses for a selfie with fans after her Mixed Doubles first round match with Colin Fleming against Scott Lipsky of the United States and Jie Zheng of China on day five of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 27, 2014 in London, England Jocelyn Rae of Great Britain poses for a selfie with fans after her Mixed Doubles first round match with Colin Fleming against Scott Lipsky of the United States and Jie Zheng of China on day five of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 27, 2014 in London, EnglandDan Kitwood—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 27, 2015 2:44 PM UTC The Wimbledon tennis tournament has [banned selfie sticks.](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ticket%5Fholders%5Fguide%5F2015.pdf) The [Sunday _Times_](http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1548844.ece) reports that the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club referred the “nuisance value” of the accessory ([a monorod](http://time.com/3393333/how-the-selfie-stick-is-killing-the-selfie/) that is supposed to make taking selfies on cell phones easier) in a statement and said the fans will be prohibited from bringing them into the Grounds so as not to “interfere with spectators’ enjoyment.” In the last few months, [art museums](http://time.com/3710456/museum-self-stick/) such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) have also banned the device because of concerns that visitors waving selfie sticks could damage the artworks. _Read next:_ [_How the Selfie Stick Is Killing the Selfie_](http://time.com/3393333/how-the-selfie-stick-is-killing-the-selfie/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/"},"headline":"Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks","datePublished":"2015-04-27T14:44:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:09.809Z","description":"Organizers cited the much-maligned accessory's \"nuisance value\"","url":"https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a764b75247aede/6987ed02a988ca4eb56b063e/selfie-sticks-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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