Wimbledon is back as Andy Murray gets ready to play the Grand Slam event for the final time and Novak Djokovic targets a 25th major men’s singles title.
Carlos Alcaraz returns to defend his crown and attempt to land a Channel Slam after his recent triumph in Paris while Jannik Sinner is also among the favourites.
But there’s way more than just the men’s singles – with British eyes on Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter in the women’s singles – which is wide open given dominant world No.1 Iga Swiatek has historically struggled on grass courts.
Elsewhere, the Murray brothers are teaming up in the men’s doubles and there could be some interesting pairs in the mixed doubles with British No.1 Boulter dating fellow tennis star Alex de Minaur – who is world No.7 in the ATP rankings.
Excited for all of the action? Ready to watch some gripping tennis? Well, settle in, as there are two weeks of play coming up… Here is everything you could possibly need to know about Wimbledon 2024.
When does Wimbledon start?
Wimbledon 2024 starts on Monday, July 1 and will last until Sunday, July 14.
Qualifying, which is used to determine the final places in the Main Draw for the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles competitions, takes place from Monday, June 24 until Thursday, June 27 at the Community Sport Centre Roehampton.
Wimbledon 2024 schedule
Wimbledon 2023 schedule
Monday, July 1
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles First Round
Tuesday, July 2
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles First Round
Wednesday, July 3
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Second Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles First Round
Thursday, July 4
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Second Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles First Round
Friday, July 5
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Third Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Second Round
- Mixed Doubles First Round
Saturday, July 6
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Third Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Second Round
- Mixed Doubles First Round
- Boys’ and Girls’ Singles First Round (18&U)
Sunday, July 7
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Fourth Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Third Round
- Mixed DoublesSecond Round
- Boys’ and Girls’ Singles First Round(18&U)
Monday, July 8
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Fourth Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ DoublesThird Round
- Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- Girls’ Singles Second Round(18&U)
- Boys’ Doubles First Round(18&U)
Tuesday, July 9
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Quarter-finals
- Mixed Doubles Semi-finals
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles First Round
- Boys’ Singles Second Round(18&U)
- Girls’ Doubles First Round(18&U)
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles,Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Wednesday, July 10
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Quarter-finals
- Quad Wheelchair Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’Wheelchair Doubles Quarter-finals
- Boys’ & Girls’ SinglesThird Round(18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Second Round(18&U)
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Thursday, July 11
- Ladies’ Singles Semi-finals
- Gentlemen’s Doubles Semi-finals
- Mixed Doubles Final
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s, Ladies’& QuadWheelchair Doubles Semi-finals
- Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Quarter-finals(18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Quarter-finals(18&U)
- Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Friday, July 12
- Gentlemen’s Singles Semi-finals
- Ladies’ Doubles Semi-finals
- Gentlemen’s, Ladies’ & Quad Wheelchair Singles Semi-finals
- Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Semi-finals(18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Semi-finals(18&U)
- Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Saturday, July 13
- Ladies’ Singles Final
- Gentlemen’s Doubles Final
- Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Final
- Gentlemen’s & Quad Wheelchair Doubles Final
- Girls’ Singles Final(18&U)
- Girls’ Doubles Final(18&U)
- Boys’ Doubles Final(18&U)
- Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles Semi-finals
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Sunday, July 14
- Gentlemen’s Singles Final
- Ladies’ Doubles Final
- Gentlemen’s & Quad Wheelchair Singles Finals
- Ladies’ Wheelchair Doubles Final
- Boys’ Singles Final(18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ 14&U Singles Finals
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
What are the Wimbledon seedings for 2024?
Seedings follow the rankings for the men’s and women’s singles on the ATP and WTA Tours, having previously been based on a grass-court formula up until 2021.
There are 32 seeded players in the men’s singles and women’s singles respectively, which gives them an advantage and easier run than unseeded players.
Iga Swiatek is the current world No.1 in the women’s singles and will head in as the top seed but it should be noted that she usually struggles on grass courts.
Jannik Sinner recently became world No.1 in the men’s singles, taking the top spot from Novak Djokovic after the recent French Open.
Gentlemen's Singles seedings for Wimbledon 2024
The ATP rankings are subject to change but this is how they looked on June 19, 2024:
- Jannik Sinner
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Novak Djokovic
- Alexander Zverev
- Daniil Medvedev
- Andrey Rublev
- Alex de Minaur
- Casper Ruud
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Taylor Fritz
- Tommy Paul
- Ben Shelton
- Holger Rune
- Ugo Humbert
- Alexander Bublik
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Sebastian Baez
- Nicolas Jarry
- Adrian Mannarino
- Karen Khachanov
- Sebastian Korda
- Alejandro Tabilo
- Jiri Lehecka
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Frances Tiafoe
- Mariano Navone
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Jack Draper
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Ladies’ Singles seedings for Wimbledon 2024
The WTA rankings are subject to change but this is how they looked on June 19, 2024:
- Iga Swiatek
- Coco Gauff
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula
- Marketa Vondrousova
- Jasmine Paolini
- Zheng Qinwen
- Maria Sakkari
- Ons Jabeur
- Danielle Collins
- Madison Keys
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Daria Kasatkina
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Marta Kostyuk
- Emma Navarro
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Victoria Azarenka
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Elina Svitolina
- Caroline Garcia
- Mirra Andreeva
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Dayana Yastremska
- Linda Noskova
- Sorana Cirstea
- Katerina Siniakova
- Katie Boulter
- Elise Mertens
Who has been given a Wimbledon wildcard?
Emma Raducanu, Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, Francesca Jones, Heather Watson and Yuriko Miyazaki have all been awarded wildcards in the women’s singlesfor Wimbledon 2024.
In the men’s singles, British teenage sensation Henry Searle has been handed a wildcard along with Billy Harris, Jacob Fearnley, Liam Broady, Arthur Fery, Paul Jubb and Jan Choinski.
What is the Wimbledon prize money?
The total prize fund for this year’s Wimbledon is £50 million and the winners of the men’s and women’s singles titles will each walk away with £2.7 million.
Players in the men’s singles and women’s singles who lose in the first round will pocket £60,000 each – which is £5,000 more than in 2023.
The total prize money is up 11.9 per cent from last year’s tournament. Money for the qualifying competition has also increased by 14.9 per cent.
How to watch Wimbledon this year
As per usual, Wimbledon will be shown live and exclusively across the BBC.
TV coverage will begin each day at 11am and will last until 9pm for the first week.
The traditional highlights show, Today at Wimbledon, will then follow daily at 9pm on BBC Two.
As well as the TV channels, fans will also be able to watch every minute of the action live on the BBC iPlayer.
Clare Balding is once again the lead presenter after succeeding the legendary Sue Barker.
How to get tickets to Wimbledon 2024
Tickets will be available on the day via The Queue, including up to 500 premium seats on each of the show courts.
Tickets will also be available each day via the ticket resale scheme.
Alternative means of securing seats includes purchasing Debentures tickets via secondary market resellers.
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