Just three weeks after play closed on the red clay of Roland-Garros, the world’s top tennis players have descended upon London for the ultimate grass court event of the year at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Wimbledon main draw matches kick off on Monday, July 1, 2024, at 11:00 am London time (6:00 am ET in the U.S.). The concluding day is Sunday, July 14, 2024, with the men’s singles final headlining.

Let’s take a look at some of the big questions and fine details so you can get the most out of this Wimbledon fortnight.

How to Watch Wimbledon

In the U.S., ESPN and ESPN+ are the main avenues for catching matches throughout the next two weeks of Wimbledon. On the weekend, be sure to check ABC, because they are picking up certain blocks of coverage, and Tennis Channel will replay some of the day’s best matches.

If you’re in the U.K., BBC One and BBC Two will take primary duties, with Eurosport1, Discovery+ and Eurosport’s on-demand streaming platform intermittently offering coverage.

And if you’re at work and can’t sneak a stream, Wimbledon Radio is outstanding.

Four Big Questions for Wimbledon 2024

1) Is Andy Murray playing Wimbledon? Great question. The two-time champ had a procedure to remove a spinal cyst less than two weeks before his first-round match is to be played. He is set to face Tomas Machac on Tuesday, and he said he would make a decision about his participation on Monday. So, we’ll just have to wait and see.

2) Ok, but what about Novak Djokovic? When Djokovic withdrew from Roland-Garros and headed straight to surgery to repair a torn meniscus, his Wimbledon participation was immediately put in doubt. But after a week of training on grass, Djokovic says it’s a go. “I had points, practice sets played with (Jannik) Sinner, with Frances Tiafoe, with (Daniil) Medvedev yesterday, and Emil Ruusuvuori and then today with (Holger) Rune, as well,” he told reporters. “Really top players that are playing great tennis on grass. High intensity. Lots of situations on the court where the knee is tested to almost the maximum.”

3) Who is leading the women’s field? It’s no exaggeration to say that nobody knows. Berlin, the 500 event that most of the top players enter, was a total mess this year thanks to injury, illness, and weather-interrupted play. Defending Wimbledon Champ Marketa Vondrousova won one round in Berlin and retired in the next. Coco Gauff has only had two complete matches. Aryna Sabalenka’s had one. So has Elena Rybakina. Jessie Pegula won Berlin, but then lost her first match to Emma Raducanu in Eastbourne. Ons Jabeur, Qinwen Zheng, and Jasmine Paolini have all had a middling grass season. And Iga Swiatek's form hasn’t been seen. All of this isn’t to say there won’t be brilliant grass court tennis this Wimbledon — there certainly will be. It’s just not at all clear yet who will produce it.

4) Is 2024 ‘The Year of the Brits’? The grass season can be a little misleading because British players have tremendous pressure on them to compete in all of their grass events leading up to Wimbledon, so the draws are saturated with players. However, this year feels different. Katie Boulter and Jack Draper — both seeded this year — are leading the way, but they’re backed by several of their fellow Brits including Emma Raducanu, Harriet Dart, Andy Murray, Dan Evans, Billy Harris, and Cameron Norrie, among others. Will one of them win? Not likely. But there’s no reason more than a few could make a run into the second week.

The Draws

It’s Wimbledon. So, let’s face it, there’s no reason to believe the majority of the seedings will hold up — especially after the messy grass season we had leading up to this major. But let’s look at the quarterfinal match-ups to see who is where in the draw.

Women’s quarterfinals:
1 Iga Swiatek vs. 6 Marketa Vondrousova
4 Elena Rybakina vs. 5 Jessica Pegula
8 Qinwen Zheng vs. 3 Aryna Sabalenka
7 Jasmine Paolini vs. 2 Coco Gauff

Men’s quarterfinals:
1 Jannik Sinner vs. 5 Daniil Medvedev
3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. 8 Casper Ruud
6 Andrey Rublev vs. 4 Alexander Zverev
7 Hubert Hurkacz vs. 2 Novak Djokovic

Unfortunate First Rounds

Whether it’s a rough draw for the home crowd, fellow countrypeople battling, or fan favorites facing off, here are some first-round matches that we simply wish weren’t happening.

In the women’s draw:

  • Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin
  • Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Jelena Ostapenko
  • Caroline Wozniacki vs. Alycia Parks
  • Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jessica Pegula
  • Ekaterina Alexandrovna vs. Emma Raducanu
  • Vika Azarenka vs. Sloane Stephens
  • Caroline Dolehide vs. Coco Gauff

In the men’s draw:

  • Jannik Sinner vs. Yannick Hanfmann
  • Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dusan Lajovic
  • Gael Monfils vs. Adrian Mannarino
  • Matteo Arnaldi vs. Frances Tiafoe
  • Andy Murray vs. Tomas Machac
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
  • Aslan Karatsev vs. Karen Khachanov

You can get the full Wimbledon draws here and the order of play for each day here.

Who Got the Wimbledon Wild Cards?

Women’s Singles
Francesca Jones (GBR), Angelique Kerber (GER), Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR), Naomi Osaka (JPN), Emma Raducanu (GBR), Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS), Heather Watson (GBR), Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

Men’s Singles
Liam Broady (GBR), Charles Broom (GBR), Jan Choinski (GBR), Jacob Fearnley (GBR), Arthur Fery (GBR), Billy Harris (GBR), Paul Jubb (GBR), Henry Searle (GBR)

Women’s Doubles
Emily Appleton and Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR), Naiktha Bains and Amelia Rajecki (GBR), Alicia Barnett and Freya Christie (GBR), Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden (GBR), Sara Beth Grey and Tara Moore (GBR), Samantha Murray Sharan and Eden Silva (GBR)

Men’s Doubles
Liam Broady and Billy Harris (GBR), Charles Broom and Arthur Fery (GBR), Jay Clarke and Marcus Willis (GBR), Oliver Crawford and Kyle Edmund (GBR), Dan Evans and Henry Searle (GBR), Jacob Fearnley and Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR), Andy Murray and Jamie Murray (GBR)

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