Wimbledon 2022 schedule and format: dates, games, times, bracket
Wimbledon 2022 gets underway on Monday 27 June, check out the daily programme, running order and times of play.
Wimbledon 2022 is upon us with the main-draw singles play commencing on Monday 27 June. This will be the 135th edition of The Championships, which this year, is celebrating 100 years of Centre Court and the All England Lawn Tennis Club moving to its current home on Church Road.
The AELTC announced the list of seeds on Tuesday with Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal occupying the top two positions in the men’s section, closely followed by Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipa, Carlos Alcaraz and Matteo Berretini. Serena Williams has been awarded a wildcard entry for singles but four-time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka won’t be taking part this year after withdrawing with an Achilles injury. Poland’s Iga Swiatek heads the women’s seeds, she is followed by Anett Kontaveit, Ons Jabeur, Paula Badosa and Maria Sakkari.
There will be no participants from Russia or Belarus this year due to the two countries’ ongoing involvement in the invasion of Ukraine. The decision means that Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov and Aryna Sabalenka won’t be taking part.
2022 Wimbledon schedule
Qualifying rounds began on Monday 20 June and were completed on Thursday 23 June. For the first time, the Championships will be played over 14 days with the introduction of matches on Middle Sunday - traditionally a day of rest. For the first time, Middle Sunday will include the fourth round singles matches spread across two days, and the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ singles matches will be mixed through the quarter-finals.
The Mixed Doubles competition will follow a 32-draw format with the final scheduled to take place on Thursday 7 July, following the Ladies’ singles semi-finals on Centre Court.
The main Ladies and Men’s singles draw begins on Monday 27 June. Play on all outside courts will start at 11.00 a.m. local time (6 a.m. EDT / 3 a.m. PDT).
The Ladies’ Singles Final and Men’s Doubles final will be played on Saturday 9 July. The Men’s Singles final and Ladies Doubles final will be contested on Sunday 10 July.
Start times on Centre Court (8:30 a.m EDT / 5:30 a.m PDT) and No.1 Court (8 a.m. EDT / 5 a.m PDT) will be staggered and run through until the weekend of the finals when play on Centre Court will start at 9 a.m EDT / 6 a.m PDT.
As always, the schedule is subject to last minute changes due to bad weather, players falling injured or other unforeseen circumstances.
Wimbledon daily programme
Monday 27 June
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles First Round
Tuesday 28 June
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles First Round
Wednesday 29 June
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Second Round
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles First Round
Thursday 30 June
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Second Round
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles First Round
Friday 1 July
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Third Round
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles Second Round
Mixed Doubles First Round
Saturday 2 July
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Third Round
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles Second Round
Mixed Doubles First Round
Boys’ and Girls’ Singles First Round
Sunday 3 July
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Fourth Round
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles Round of 16
Mixed Doubles Round of 16
Boys’ and Girls’ Singles First Round
Monday 4 July
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Fourth Round
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles Round of 16
Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
Girls’ Singles Second Round
Boys’ Doubles First Round
Tuesday 5 July
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Quarter-Finals
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles Quarter-finals
Mixed Doubles Semi-finals
Boys’ Singles Second Round
Girls’ Doubles First Round
Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Wednesday 6 July
Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Quarter-Finals
Men’s & Ladies’ Doubles Quarter-finals
Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Round of 16
Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Round of 16
Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Thursday 7 July
Ladies’ Singles Semi-Finals / Mixed Doubles Final
Men’s Doubles Semi-finals
Mixed Doubles Final
Men’s, Ladies’ and Quad Wheelchair Singles Quarter-finals
Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Quarter-finals
Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Quarter-finals
Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles
Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Friday 8 July
Men’s Singles Semi-Finals
Ladies’ Doubles Semi-finals
Men’s & Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Semi-finals
Men’s, Ladies’ & Quad Wheelchair Doubles Semi-finals
Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Semi-finals
Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Semi-finals
Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles
Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Saturday 9 July
Ladies’ Singles Final
Men’s Doubles Final
Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Final
Men’s Wheelchair Doubles Final
Quad Wheelchair Singles Semi-finals
Girls’ Singles Final
Girls’ Doubles Final
Boys’ Doubles Final
Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles
Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Sunday 10 July
Men’s Singles Final
Ladies’ Doubles Final
Boys’ Singles Final
Men’s & Quad Wheelchair Singles Final
Ladies’ & Quad Wheelchair Doubles Final
Boys’ & Girls’ 14&U Singles Finals
Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
First Round matchups
Friday’s draw threw up some interesting matchups - some of the highlights of the Men’s Singles First Round include: Novak Djokovic versus Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon who is ranked 71 in the world, Jannik Sinner vs Stan Wawrinka, Andy Murray vs James Duckworth, Paul Jubb vs Nick Kyrgios and Rafa Nadal versus Francisco Cerúndolo.
As for the Women’s Singles, Simona Halep will face Karolína Muchová in the First Round, Serena Williams has been drawn against Harmony Tan and Emma Raducanu will take on Alison Van Uytvank; No.1 seed Iga Swiatek has been drawn against Croatia’s Jana Fett.