The grounds will open at 10.30a.m. each day. Play on Centre
and No.1 Courts will be scheduled to start at 1.00p.m. every
day, except on the two Finals days, Saturday 7th and Sunday
8th July, when play will start at 2.00p.m.
Matches on all other courts (Courts 2–19), will start at midday for at least the first eight
days and 11.00a.m. for Junior matches on the middle Saturday and in the second week. The Gentlemen's Wheelchair Doubles tournament will be played over the final weekend. Please check the daily order of play.
Provisional Schedule of Matches
The First Week
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 Seniors’ and Juniors’ events commence and will be played on the
outside courts as well as on some of the show courts. The Second Week
The provisional schedule of matches for the second week of The Championships is as follows:
CENTRE AND/OR No.1 COURT
Tuesday 3rd July
Ladies’ Singles Quarter-Finals
Wednesday 4th July
Men’s Singles Quarter-Finals
Thursday 5th July
Doubles Semi-Finals
Friday 6th July
Doubles Semi-Finals
CENTRE COURT
Thursday 5th July
Ladies’ Singles Semi-Finals
Friday 6th July
Men’s Singles Semi-Finals
Saturday 7th July
Ladies’ Singles Final
Men’s Doubles Final
Ladies Doubles Final
Sunday 8th July
Men’s Singles Final
Mixed Doubles Final
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 has also to be 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
We do try 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:
We aim to complete The Championships on time and this involves playing 658 matches,
in the 13 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.
We try 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.
We recognise that this may be frustrating for Debenture Holders 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 are made. Such circumstances also include wet weather.
