Once You're There
The grounds will open at 10.30a.m. each day. On Courts 2-19, play is provisionally scheduled to start at noon for at least the first eight days and then at 11.00a.m. for the Junior matches on the middle Saturday and during the second week.
On Centre and No.1 Courts, play will start at 1.00p.m., except on the final two days when play on these courts will start at 2.00p.m. 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 25 June - Men's and Ladies' Singles Start
Tue 26 June - Men's and Ladies' Doubles Start
Thu 28 June - Mixed Doubles Start
Fri 29 June - Boys' and Girls' Singles Start
- Veterans' Invitational Doubles Start
Mon 2 July - Boys' and Girls' Doubles Start
Sat 7 July - Gentlemen's Wheelchair Doubles Start
Dates: Competition: Court:
Tue 3 July - Ladies' Singles (Quarter-Finals) CC & No.1
Wed 4 July - Men's Singles (Quarter-Finals) CC & No.1
Thu 5 July - Ladies' Singles (Semi-Finals)
- Championship Doubles (Semis)
CC
CC or No.1
Fri 6 July - Men's Singles (Semi-Finals)
- Championship Doubles (Semis) CC
CC or No.1
Sat 7 July - Ladies' Singles (Final)
- Men's Doubles (Final)
- Ladies' Doubles (Final) CC
CC
CC
Sun 8 July - Men's Singles (Final)
- Mixed Doubles (Final) CC
CC
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
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 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.
* 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 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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