BRIT tennis star Emma Raducanu’s stalker horror has continued after the man was caught trying to apply for Wimbledon tickets.
The All England Club’s security system had red flagged the man’s name after the tennis star reported him to her team.
It comes after the horror incident that saw Raducanu hide in fear from her stalker at the Dubai Tennis Championship.
An All England Club source told The Sun that the man who followed Raducanu to four countries had applied for the ballot last year before the Dubai stalking incident happened in February.
After the incident the All England Club removed his name from the ballot.
He reportedly didn’t try to apply for a ticket once he was given a restraining order.
The stalker’s attempt to enter the public ballot for tickets to Wimbledon was blocked after the system red flagged his details.
Raducanu was left in tears at the Dubai Tennis Championship in February, suffering an apparent panic attack after spotting a man in the crowd who followed her to four separate tournaments across the globe.
The 22-year-old’s stalker was removed from the grounds and it was revealed he had given Raducanu a letter and asked for a photo in a coffee shop the day before.
He was handed down a restraining order from the Dubai police and his name was circulated amongst tennis authorities.
Raducanu was approached by her stalker at the player hotel in Dubai the day before her second-round match with Karolina Muchova.
The man handed her a letter and took a photo with the young British tennis star which reportedly left her unnerved.
She had previously spotted the individual at tournaments in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Doha.
Raducanu reported the man to her team but the information was not passed on to the Women’s Tennis Association until the following day.
The Dubai Tournament was also not notified of the individual’s presence or Raducanu’s concerns until the following day.
Brit star Raducanu hid herself behind the umpire’s chair after spotting the individual in the crowd displaying “fixated behaviour.”
Raducanu’s bid to hide herself from the stalker sparked concern among spectators.
The man was removed from the crowd and taken from the stands to be detained by local police.
Raducanu told reporters at the time: “I saw him in the first game of the match and I was like, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to finish.’
“I literally couldn’t see the ball through tears. I could barely breathe.
“I was like, ‘I need to just take a breather.'”
Wimbledon security is routinely reviewed with roughly 1,000 people working in security at the Championships.
As well as the screening around the ballot, which caught Raducanu’s stalker out, there are checks and balances employed to screen those in the queue.
Anyone who gains entry to the championship has to be registered with Wimbledon and will have had to hand over personal information.
Raducanu’s stalker was never named publicly by the authorities following the incident in Dubai.
The Brit tennis star’s horror experience has shone a spotlight on the issues faced by female tennis players.
Emma has had a hellish stalking experience before, revealing in 2022 that she was “constantly looking over her shoulder” after stalker Amrit Magar, 35, walked 23 miles to her home in South east London.
Magar got a five-year restraining order after stealing her dad’s shoe and leaving gifts and notes for the young tennis star.
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