About 5,000 people were inside the huge arena, while more than 13,000 people sought tickets but were turned away.
There is a limit of two per request, and those seeking tickets will be notified by e-mail.
They arrived around 10 in the morning and joined the line of fans seeking tickets that are set aside the first nine days for matches at Centre Court.
While the police sought to warn those seeking tickets from scalpers, fans trying to buy World Series tickets legitimately ran into other problems.
Since creating his site, Pomerantz has received e-mail messages from Yankees fans seeking tickets, autographed team paraphernalia or even dates with Derek Jeter.
"We have absolutely, positively nothing," he said, noting that he was already receiving requests from residents seeking tickets to the presidential inauguration.
Chaos was rampant in the Brazilian city on Monday as tens of thousands of fans of the Irish rockers sought tickets, Reuters reported.
Mr. Allen remains a major attraction in France, and the crowd of civilians seeking tickets outside the festival headquarters was thicker than usual before the Saturday screenings, impervious to the pitying looks of those who had seen his film.
Consumers seeking tickets to all sorts of events have become increasingly frustrated — and sometimes enraged — by ticket fees, which can add 30 or 40 percent to the cost of an order, as well as by the lack of other options for buying tickets.
That figure is much higher than is required to be given to away fans but the FA surprisingly decided to more than double the 8,000 tickets allotted to the Polish FA in order to tap into the large numbers of away supporters seeking tickets.
