Wimbledon 2022 schedule and format: dates, games, times, bracket

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.