About Wimbledon - The Championships
Provisional Programme of Play

Order of Play
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The grounds will open at 10:30am each day. On Courts 2–19 play is provisionally scheduled to start at noon for at least the first eight days and then at 11am for the Junior matches on the middle Saturday and during the second week.

On Centre and No.1 Courts play will start at 1pm, except on the final two days when play on these courts will start at 2pm. Please check the daily order of play.
 
 Provisional schedule of matches

During the first week the early rounds of the Men’s and Ladies’ Singles, Men’s, Ladies’ and Mixed Doubles will be played on all courts, with top seeds’ matches played on the show courts. On the middle Saturday the Veterans’ and Juniors’ events commence and will be played on the outside courts as well as on some of the Show Courts.

Start Dates: Competition:
Mon 21 June Men's and Ladies' Singles Start
Tue 22 June Men's and Ladies' Doubles Start
Thu 24 June Mixed Doubles Start
Sat 26 June Boys' and Girls' Singles Start
Veterans' Invitational Doubles Start
Mon 28 June Boys' and Girls' Doubles Start
Sat 3 July Gentlemen's Wheelchair Doubles Start

  Competition
 Courts

Mon 21 June

 Men's and Ladies' Singles 1st Round
 CC, C1, C2, Outside Courts

Tues 22 June

 Men's and Ladies' Singles 1st Round
 CC, C1, C2, Outside Courts

Wed 23 June

 Men's and Ladies' Singles 2nd Round
 CC, C1, C2, Outside Courts

Thur 24 June

 Men's and Ladies' Singles 2nd Round
 CC, C1, C2, Outside Courts
Fri 25 June Men's and Ladies' Singles 3rd Round
 CC, C1, C2, Outside Courts
Sat 26 June Men's and Ladies' Singles 3rd Round CC, C1, C2, Outside Courts
Sun 27 June No play
Mon 28 June Men's and Ladies' Singles 4th Round CC, C1, C2, Outside Courts

Tues 29 June

 Ladies' Singles Quarter-Finals
 Centre Court & No.1 Court

Wed 30 June

 Men's Singles Quarter-Finals
 Centre Court & No.1 Court

Thur 1 July

 Ladies' Singles Semi-Finals
 Centre Court
Fri 2 July Men's Singles Semi-Finals
 Centre Court
Sat 3 July Ladies' Singles Final
Men's Doubles Final
Ladies' Doubles Final		 Centre Court
Sun 4 July Men's Singles Final
Mixed Doubles Final		 Centre Court

On the last three days on No.1 Court there will be a full programme of play, it will comprise juniors' and veterans' matches with the possibility of Championship Doubles Semi-Finals.
 
 Order of Play

The matches for each day are prepared in draft the previous evening by the Referee and submitted by him to the Order of Play committee for approval or amendment.

Every effort is made to have the potentially most attractive matches played on the courts with the most spectator accommodation, but care is also taken to give any player likely to go far in the tournament his or her fair share of the Show Courts.
 
 Changes to the Order of Play

Code of conduct
The Club tries to play all matches on the courts and days published. However, occasionally it is necessary to switch a match from one court to another. This can be for a number of reasons.


For example:
  • The Club aims to complete The Championships on time and this involves playing all matches, in all events, over the 13 days of the tournament.

  • Some players remain involved in several events towards the end of The Championships and it may be necessary to move a match to avoid a clash.

  • The Club tries to give similar rest periods between matches for players due to play each other.

    • A match which is unlikely to finish because of a late start, caused by the duration of previous matches, may be postponed to the following day. In this event another match may be substituted.
The Club recognise this may be frustrating and we apologise for the rare occasions when circumstances necessitate a change to the published Order of Play. We hope you will appreciate why such changes sometimes have to be made.

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