Wimbledon 2026: Sinner, Sabalenka, Djokovic and more in action on day one - live

Key events

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Players reach truce in prize money dispute after talks with Wimbledon

24m ago

Preamble

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Order of play

Sean Ingle

Wimbledon’s chief executive Sally Bolton says that the queue is even busier than usual this year, with 10,000 people waiting in line by 8.30am. The reason? Well, partly Bolton says it is down to Lime Bikes.

“The queue is really busy this morning,” said Bolton. “We were at 10,000 by about 8.30am so we are advising people, if they haven’t already set off, not to travel, because the queue is effectively full.

“I think back to that period post Covid, where we were somewhat nervous that the queue might die, and, ironically, the queue has become increasingly popular over that period of time,” she said.“But the way people travel and engage with things has also changed. It used to be arriving on the first tube into Southfields, but now with the availability of Lime and other available branded bikes, people can get to the queue much more easily from slightly further away rather than waiting for the first tube.”

Players reach truce in prize money dispute after talks with Wimbledon

Leading players at Wimbledon have called off their media protest after talks with the All England Club (AELTC).

The group of players, which includes world No 1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, had said they would limit their media activity to 15 minutes pre-tournament and after their matches in the first week.

The world’s leading players have been in dispute with the four grand slams since March 2025, when they first issued demands for more prize money linked to tournament revenues, contributions to player welfare funds and the formation of a grand slam player committee.

Read more from Matt Hughes below.

Order of play

Centre Court – 1.30pm start (all times BST)

Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] v Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)

Aryna Sabalenka [1] v Teodora Kostovic (SRB)

Yibing Wu (CHN) v Novak Djokovic (SRB) [7]

No 1 Court – 1pm start

Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) v Harriet Dart (GBR)

Marin Cilic (CRO) v Daniil Medvedev [8]

Magda Linette (POL) v Mirra Andreeva [5]

No 2 Court – 11am start

Jessica Pegula (USA) [4] v Darja Vidmanova (CZE)

Michael Zheng (USA) v Cameron Norrie (GBR) [26]

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [3] v Aleksandr Shevchenko (KAZ)

Tamara Korpatsch (GER) v Coco Gauff (USA) [7]

No 3 Court – 11am start

Rafael Jodar (ESP) [23] v Felix Gill (GBR)

Casper Ruud (NOR) [11] v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)

Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) v Naomi Osaka (JPN) [14]

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) v Hannah Klugman (GBR)

Court 12 – 11am start

Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) v Maja Chwalinska (POL) [20]

Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) [25] v Oliver Tarvet (GBR)

Karolina Muchova (CZE) [10] v Anastasia Zakharova

Brandon Nakashima (USA) [28] v Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR)

Court 18 – 11am start

Belinda Bencic (SUI) [11] v Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)

Alexandre Muller (FRA) v Tommy Paul (USA) [21]

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v Joao Fonseca (BRA) [24]

Leylah Fernandez (CAN) [22] v Janice Tjen (INA)

Court 4 – 11am start

Emilio Nava (USA) v Ignacio Buse (PER) [31]

Alycia Parks (USA) v Alicia Dudeney (GBR)

Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) v Fabian Marozsan (HUN)

Solana Sierra (ARG) v Anna Bondar (HUN)

Court 5 – 11am start

Marco Trungelliti (ARG) v Martin Damm (USA)

Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) v Martin Landaluce (ESP)

Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) v McCartney Kessler (USA)

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) v Aoi Ito (JPN)

Court 6 – 11am start

Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)

Bianca Andreescu (CAN) v Shuai Zhang (CHN)

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) v Nicolas Mejia (COL)

Anastasia Gasanova v Emiliana Arango (COL)

Court 7 – 11am start

Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) v Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)

Nuno Borges (POR) v Tristan Boyer (USA)

Peyton Stearns (USA) v Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)

Court 8 – 11am start

Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v Jenson Brooksby (USA)

Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) v Sebastian Ofner (AUT)

Lanlana Tararudee (THA) v Lilli Tagger (AUT)

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) v Anastasia Potapova (AUT) [27]

Court 9 – 11am start

Luca Van Assche (FRA) v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)

Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) v Daniel Merida (ESP)

Claire Liu (USA) v Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL)

Court 10 – 11am start

Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) v Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)

Xinyu Wang (CHN) v Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)

Adam Walton (AUS) v Dino Prizmic (CRO)

Jesper de Jong (NED) v Rinky Hijikata (AUS)

Court 14 – 11am start

Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) v Max Basing (GBR)

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) v Tatjana Maria (GER)

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) v Sebastian Baez (ARG)

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) [32] v Qinwen Zheng (CHN)

Court 15 – 11am start

Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) v Iva Jovic (USA) [16]

Ann Li (USA) [28] v Zeynep Sonmez (TUR)

Ethan Quinn (USA) v Luciano Darderi (ITA) [14]

Magdalena Frech (POL) v Anna Kalinskaya [19]

Court 16 – 11am start

Andrey Rublev [12] v Roman Safiullin

Hugo Gaston (FRA) v Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

Mimi Xu (GBR) v Daria Kasatkina (AUS)

Ekaterina Alexandrova [18] v Panna Udvardy (HUN)

Court 17 – 11am start

Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) v Learner Tien (USA) [16]

Antonia Ruzic (CRO) v TBC (Emma Raducanu [30] of GBR withdrew)

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) [22] v Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG)

Francesca Jones (GBR) v Diane Parry (FRA)

Preamble

England may be playing in the last 32 of the men’s football World Cup this week, but a very different cornerstone of British sport begins today – the first day of Wimbledon is here. Here we go!

The sun is out in SW19 (and thankfully not as strong as it was last week), the grass is bright green (how long will that last?), the players’ white uniforms have been steamed and the live action starts at 11am BST.

So much to look forward to, so much to discuss. If you have any thoughts, predictions or questions then get in touch via the email at the top of the page. Order of play to be posted next!