Hewitt confirmed that that Wimbledon will donate £1 ($1.25/€1.15) for every ticket sold at the Championships, due to open on July 3, to the fund which is predicted to raise approximately £500,000 ($622,000/ €565,000).

Hewitt also re-affirmed that the decision to re-admit Russian and Belarusian players to Wimbledon for 2023 "does not lessen our total condemnation of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine."

The Wimbledon ticket offer is being promoted in association with the British Red Cross and local Merton and Wandsworth Councils.

"We will invite 1,000 Ukrainian refugees to join us for a day at Wimbledon, including tickets, food and drink, and transport," Hewitt said.

The initiative follows a similar gesture last year. 

The AELTC and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) have also committed to pay accommodation costs of Ukrainian players in the main draw and qualifying for the "entirety of the grass court season." 

Ukrainian players will also be given the opportunity to practice at either the AELTC courts or at the LTA’s facility at Surbiton from the time of their last match at the French Open until qualifying week is due to begin at Wimbledon on June 26.

The AELTC confirmed last month that Russia and Belarusian players would be admitted as "neutral athletes", lifting a ban imposed last year which was criticised by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. 

"Our announcement was made last month after careful and deep consideration," Hewitt said. 

"It was a difficult and challenging decision, which was made with the full support of our UK Government and the international stakeholder bodies in tennis, but does not lessen in any way our total condemnation of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.”

The conditions of entry "prohibit expressions of support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in various forms and prohibit entry by players receiving funding from Russia or/or Belarus."

This includes sponsorship from Russian or Belarus owned companies.

Hewitt claimed that the AELTC had already received commitments from a number of Russian and Belarus players that they would adhere to these conditions. 

Television rights for the tournament have also been withheld from broadcasters in Russia and Belarus.

In 2022 Wimbledon had been stripped of ranking points by the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women’s Tennis Association after imposing a ban.

Wimbledon have also modified their conditions of ground entry  to prohibit Russian and Belarus flags at the tournament.

At the Australian Open in January, organisers were prompted to bar Russian flags after courtside incidents with spectators.