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Defending men’s Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner will open play on Centre Court against Miomir Kecmanovic while Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Emma Raducanu will also be in action on day one of the Championships.
Sinner, the favourite to defend his title with two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz absent, has not played a match since his shock second-round exit from the French Open last month, which came while the Italian was feeling unwell in the intense heat.
The men’s No 1 has been drawn in the same half of the draw as seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, who begins his latest bid for a 25th time grand slam title against China’s Wu Yibing at the age of 39.
Sabalenka, the women’s No 1, also begins her campaign against Teodora Kostovic, while a potential third-round rematch with British No 1 Raducanu could await later in the tournament.
Raducanu, who lost to Sabalenka in the third round of Wimbledon last year, came into the tournament with a slight injury worry and plays Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic, on her favoured No 1 Court, in her first match.
Here’s the order of play on day one and the tournament schedule
Wimbledon order of play
Day 1 – Monday 29 June
🏟️ Centre Court
Show Court – 13:30 Start
Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs Teodora Kostovic (SRB) Yibing Wu (CHN) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [7]
🏟️ No.1 Court
Show Court – 13:00 Start
Antonia Ruzic (CRO) vs Emma Raducanu (GBR) [30] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Daniil Medvedev [8] Magda Linette (POL) vs Mirra Andreeva [5]
🏟️ No.2 Court
Show Court – 11:00 Start
Jessica Pegula (USA) [4] vs Darja Vidmanova (CZE) Michael Zheng (USA) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR) [26] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [3] vs Aleksandr Shevchenko (KAZ) Not Before 16:30: Tamara Korpatsch (GER) vs Coco Gauff (USA) [7]
🏟️ No.3 Court
Show Court – 11:00 Start
Rafael Jodar (ESP) [23] vs Felix Gill (GBR) Casper Ruud (NOR) [11] vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) Not Before 14:30: Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) vs Naomi Osaka (JPN) [14] Not Before 16:30: Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) vs Hannah Klugman (GBR)
🏟️ Court 12
Show Court – 11:00 Start
Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) vs Maja Chwalinska (POL) [20] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) [25] vs Oliver Tarvet (GBR) Not Before 14:30: Karolina Muchova (CZE) [10] vs Anastasia Zakharova Brandon Nakashima (USA) [28] vs Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR)
🏟️ Court 18
Show Court – 11:00 Start
Belinda Bencic (SUI) [11] vs Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) Alexandre Muller (FRA) vs Tommy Paul (USA) [21] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Joao Fonseca (BRA) [24] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) [22] vs Janice Tjen (INA)
🎾 Court 4
11:00 Start
Emilio Nava (USA) vs Ignacio Buse (PER) [31] Alycia Parks (USA) vs Alicia Dudeney (GBR) Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) vs Fabian Marozsan (HUN) Solana Sierra (ARG) vs Anna Bondar (HUN)
🎾 Court 5
11:00 Start
Marco Trungelliti (ARG) vs Martin Damm (USA) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) vs Martin Landaluce (ESP) Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) vs McCartney Kessler (USA) Dayana Yastremska (UKR) vs Aoi Ito (JPN)
🎾 Court 6
11:00 Start
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Bianca Andreescu (CAN) vs Shuai Zhang (CHN) Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) vs Nicolas Mejia (COL) Anastasia Gasanova vs Emiliana Arango (COL)
🎾 Court 7
11:00 Start
Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) Nuno Borges (POR) vs Tristan Boyer (USA) Peyton Stearns (USA) vs Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)
🎾 Court 8
11:00 Start
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) vs Jenson Brooksby (USA) Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT) Lanlana Tararudee (THA) vs Lilli Tagger (AUT) Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs Anastasia Potapova (AUT) [27]
🎾 Court 9
11:00 Start
Luca Van Assche (FRA) vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN) Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) vs Daniel Merida (ESP) Claire Liu (USA) vs Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL)
🎾 Court 10
11:00 Start
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) Xinyu Wang (CHN) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) Adam Walton (AUS) vs Dino Prizmic (CRO) Jesper de Jong (NED) vs Rinky Hijikata (AUS)
🎾 Court 14
11:00 Start
Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) vs Max Basing (GBR) Not Before 13:00: Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs Tatjana Maria (GER) Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Sebastian Baez (ARG) Katerina Siniakova (CZE) [32] vs Qinwen Zheng (CHN)
🎾 Court 15
11:00 Start
Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs Iva Jovic (USA) [16] Ann Li (USA) [28] vs Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) Not Before 14:30: Ethan Quinn (USA) vs Luciano Darderi (ITA) [14] Magdalena Frech (POL) vs Anna Kalinskaya [19]
🎾 Court 16
11:00 Start
Andrey Rublev [12] vs Roman Safiullin Hugo Gaston (FRA) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) Mimi Xu (GBR) vs Daria Kasatkina (AUS) Ekaterina Alexandrova [18] vs Panna Udvardy (HUN)
🎾 Court 17
11:00 Start
Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) vs Learner Tien (USA) [16] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs Harriet Dart (GBR) Not Before 14:30: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) [22] vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) Francesca Jones (GBR) vs Diane Parry (FRA)
Wimbledon tournament schedule
Monday 29 June
Men’s singles first round Women’s singles first round
Tuesday 30 June
Men’s singles first round Women’s singles first round
Wednesday 1 July
Men’s singles second round Women’s singles second round Men’s doubles first round
Thursday 2 July
Men’s singles second round Women’s singles second round Men’s doubles first round Women’s doubles first round
Friday 3 July
Men’s singles third round Women’s singles third round Men’s doubles second round Women’s doubles first roundMixed doubles first round
Saturday 4 July
Men’s singles third round Women’s singles third round Men’s doubles second round Women’s doubles second roundMixed doubles first round Boys’ and girls’ singles first round
Sunday 5 July
Men’s singles fourth round Women’s singles fourth round Men’s doubles third round Women’s doubles second roundMixed doubles second round Boys’ and girls’ singles first round
Monday 6 July
Men’s singles fourth round Women’s singles fourth round Men’s doubles third round Women’s doubles third roundMixed doubles quarter-finals Girls’ singles second roundBoys’ and girls’ doubles first round
Tuesday 7 July
Men’s singles quarter-finals Women’s singles quarter-finals Men’s doubles quarter-finals Women’s doubles third roundMixed doubles semi-finals Boys’ singles second roundMen’s wheelchair singles first round Women’s wheelchair singles first round Invitational doubles
Wednesday 8 July
Men’s singles quarter-finals Women’s singles quarter-finals Men’s doubles quarter-finals Women’s doubles quarter-finals Boys’ and girls’ singles second roundBoys’ and girls’ doubles second roundMen’s wheelchair doubles quarter-finalsWomen’s wheelchair doubles first round Quad wheelchair singles quarter-finals Invitational doubles
Thursday 9 July
Women’s singles semi-finals Men’s doubles semi-finals Women’s doubles quarter-finals Mixed doubles final 🏆Men’s wheelchair singles quarter-finals Women’s wheelchair singles quarter-finals Men’s wheelchair doubles semi-finals Women’s wheelchair doubles semi-finals Quad wheelchair singles and doubles semi-finals Boys’ and girls’ singles quarter-finals Boys’ and girls’ doubles quarter-finals Invitational doubles
Friday 10 July
Men’s singles semi-finals Women’s doubles semi-finalsMen’s wheelchair singles semi-finals Women’s wheelchair singles semi-finals Quad wheelchair singles semi-finals Boys’ and girls’ singles semi-finals Boys’ and girls’ doubles semi-finalsInvitational doubles
Saturday 11 July
Women’s singles final (not before 4pm BST) 🏆Men’s doubles final 🏆Women’s wheelchair singles final 🏆Men’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆Quad wheelchair doubles final 🏆Girls’ singles final 🏆Girls’ doubles final 🏆Boys’ doubles final 🏆Invitational doubles
Sunday 12 July
Men’s singles final (not before 4pm BST) 🏆Women’s doubles final 🏆 Men’s wheelchair singles final 🏆Quad wheelchair singles final 🏆Women’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆Boys’ singles final 🏆Invitational doubles