Overview
- Sellers have listed more than 50 official Evian flip-top bottles from Wimbledon on resale platforms, with prices reaching as high as £1,000.
- The bottles are distributed exclusively to players, ball crew, officials and accredited media and cannot be purchased by spectators.
- Some listings claim bottles were used by top players such as Novak Djokovic, Jack Draper and Flavio Cobolli, but these provenance claims remain unverified.
- A mid-tournament heatwave forced the suspension of spectator refill services, intensifying scarcity and driving demand for the limited-edition bottles.
- The surge in online listings has prompted concerns that tournament staff may be diverting bottles from secure areas for profit.