Three grand slam champions will headline centre court on the opening day of the Wimbledon Championships.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will start his quest for a third consecutive title at SW19 at 13:00 against Great Britain’s James Ward in what will be their first meeting on the tour. The world No.1 is bidding to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four grand slam titles within the same year. Following Djokovic will be French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, who faces a testing opening match against Italy’s Camila Giorgi. Muguruza has lost to the Italian twice before, however, she won their most recent encounter in straight sets. The Spanish player in yet to win a match on the grass this year after losing in the first round of the Mallorca Open. Completing the trio of headliners on centre court will be seven-time champion Roger Federer. The 34-year-old will play Argentina’s Guido Pella in his 18th consecutive appearance in the tournament.
Elsewhere on the first day of action, Venus Williams plays her first match on the grass this year on court 1 against Croatia’s Donna Vekic. Kei Nishikori and Angelique Kerber will also start their Wimbledon bids on court 1. The stars from the recent Aegon Championships, Kyle Edmund and Milos Raonic, kick-off on the No.2 court against France’s Adrian Mannarino and Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta.
Monday will see eight British players take to the court. One of the most talked about is British No.23 Marcus Willis, who came through six rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw. At 775th in the world, the 25-year-old will be the lowest-ranked man (not using a protected ranking) to play in a Wimbledon main draw since Mahesh Bhupathi in 2000.
Full order of play
Centre Court
1:00pm
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v James Ward (GBR)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Camila Giorgi (ITA) v Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [2]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Roger Federer (SUI) [3] v Guido Pella (ARG)
No.1 Court
1:00pm
Ladies’ Singles – First Round
Venus Williams (USA) [8] v Donna Vekic (CRO)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Sam Groth (AUS) v Kei Nishikori (JPN) [5]
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Laura Robson (GBR) v Angelique Kerber (GER) [4]
No.2 Court
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round
Kyle Edmund (GBR) v Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Laura Siegemund (GER) v Madison Keys (USA) [9]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) v Milos Raonic (CAN) [6]
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Simona Halep (ROU) [5] v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK)
No.3 Court
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Samantha Stosur (AUS) [14] v Magda Linette (POL)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Dudi Sela (ISR) v David Ferrer (ESP) [13]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round David Goffin (BEL) [11] v Alexander Ward (GBR)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Naomi Broady (GBR) v Elina Svitolina (UKR) [17]
Court 12
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round
Marin Cilic (CRO) [9] v Brian Baker (USA)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) v Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [23]
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Shuai Zhang (CHN) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [12]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Gael Monfils (FRA) [17] v Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
Court 18
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Sabine Lisicki (GER) v Shelby Rogers (USA)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v Gilles Simon (FRA) [16]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Daniel Evans (GBR) v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [22] v Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
Court 4
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Victoria Duval (USA) v Daria Kasatkina (RUS) [29]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Denis Istomin (UZB) v Kevin Anderson (RSA) [20]
Court 5
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) [25] vCarina Witthoeft (GER)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Lukas Rosol (CZE) v Sam Querrey (USA) [28]
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Diego Schwartzman (ARG) v Robin Haase (NED)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Danka Kovinic (MNE) v Mona Barthel (GER)
Court 6
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Saisai Zheng (CHN) v Maria Sakkari (GRE)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Zarina Diyas (KAZ) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Malek Jaziri (TUN) v Steve Johnson (USA)
Court 7
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) v Denisa Allertova (CZE)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Teliana Pereira (BRA) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Pablo Cuevas (URU) [29] v Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
Court 8
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Borna Coric (CRO) v Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [23]
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Lucie Safarova (CZE) [28] v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Jack Sock (USA) [27] v Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Misaki Doi (JPN) v Louisa Chirico (USA)
Court 9
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) v Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Nicole Gibbs (USA) v Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) v Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Court 10
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) v Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
Court 11
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Jana Cepelova (SVK) v Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Samantha Crawford (USA) v Paula Kania (POL)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Julien Benneteau (FRA) v Illya Marchenko (UKR)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Gilles Muller (LUX)
Court 14
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Sara Errani (ITA) [20] v Patricia Maria Tig (ROU)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) [30]
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Irina Falconi (USA) v Marina Erakovic (NZL)
Court 15
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Damir Dzumhur (BIH) v Denis Kudla (USA)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Alize Cornet (FRA) v Polona Hercog (SLO)
Court 16
11:30am
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [21] v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) v Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) v Julia Goerges (GER)
Court 17
11:30am
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Kurumi Nara (JPN) v Madison Brengle (USA)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Brydan Klein (GBR) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Gentlemen’s Singles – First Round Ricardas Berankis (LTU) v Marcus Willis (GBR)
To be Arranged
Not Before: 5:00 pm
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [15] v Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Not Before: 5:00 pm
Ladies’ Singles – First Round Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) v Kiki Bertens (NED) [26]
