The 23 British men’s and women’s singles teams will compete on the All England Club grass courts for the first time on Monday at Wimbledon.
British participation in the singles reached its highest level since 1984, with 14 of the 138th Championships’ home players participating on day one. Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu will both receive important show-court positions.
Both Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time men’s world champion, will begin their campaigns on Monday.
A sunny sizzler of a day is on the cards. The players are in for a challenge because the weather forecast indicates that the temperatures in south-west London could reach 33C.
Next up is the matchup between German third-seed Alexander Zverev and Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, where Briton Boulter squares off against Spanish ninth-seed Paula Badosa.
At 13:00 BST, Belarus’ top seed Sabalenka faces Canadian Carson Branstine in a match of sorts on Court One. Branstine, 24, will make her Grand Slam main draw debut after defeating French Open semi-finalist Lois Boisson and former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu in qualifying.
There will be 10 other Britons in action around the grounds as Boulter, Fearnley, Raducanu, and Xu begin their tournaments at 11:00 BST, with play beginning at 11:00 BST.
Cameron Norrie, who reached the semi-finals three years ago, will face Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in court 18.
Sonay Kartal and Jelena Ostapenko, the 20th seed and former French Open champion, square off in the first court three.
Harriet Dart takes on Hungarian Dalma Galfi in the final two matches of Court 17 against American Ashlyn Krueger, who is the 31st seeded against world number 96 Mika Stojsavljevic.
Stojsavljevic, 16, won the US Open girls’ title last year and is a wildcard entry.
Leylah Fernandez, the 16-year-old Canadian player Raducanu defeated in the 2021 US Open final, is third against her fellow British player Hannah Klugman, 16 years old. Klugman, who was raised in Wimbledon Village, won the French Open women’s final in June.
In the opening match of the day, British world number 719 Oliver Tarvet takes on Swiss Leandro Riedi in the first set of the tournament. Due to regulations in place in the US collegiate system, Tarvet is unfortunate to not be able to claim all the prize money because he qualified.
Ethan Quinn, the American who defeated England to become the 2023 boys’ Wimbledon champion, will play in the fourth match on court four.
On Court 15, Billy Harris’ match with Serbian Dusan Lajovic is followed by the world number 465 Arthur Fery taking on Australian 20th seed Alexei Popyrin.
The two main courts are not the only ones receiving the star names at Wimbledon, as it is always the case in the first few days.
Daniil Medvedev, a former US Open champion from Russia, takes on Benjamin Bonzi in France, one of the top ten players on court two.
Madison Keys, a reigning Australian Open champion, squares off against Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
On her way to the final of last year’s competition, Jasmine Paolini of Italy became a crowd favorite. She plays France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, and she kicks off her campaign against Latvian Anastasija Sevastova. Taylor Fritz, who just won his fourth Eastbourne title, will play him as well.
When American McCartney Kessler, winner of the Nottingham Open, faces Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova, 2023 Wimbledon champion, on court 12 to face off in the final match of the day.
10:30 – 19:00 – Live coverage on the BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, and app
00:30:30:30: Live coverage of outside courts on BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website, and app
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