The Wimbledon tennis championships are off to a scorching begin with some big upsets. Reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova lost her opening-round match to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, whereas Andrey Rublev fell to Francesco Comesana within the latter’s first ever Grand Slam match.
Different notable first-round outcomes embody world No. 1 Jannik Sinner beating Yannick Hanfmann, Carlos Alcaraz defeating Mark Lajal and ladies’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek besting Sofia Kenin. Novak Djokovic additionally superior out of the opening spherical with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over Vit Kopriva.
Andy Murray withdrew from Wimbledon’s singles competitors following surgical procedure to take away a cyst from his backbone, although he intends to play doubles along with his brother, Jamie Murray, in what is taken into account to be his ultimate look on the event. Aryna Sabalenka additionally pulled out of Wimbledon singles on account of shoulder surgical procedure, cancelling her match with Emma Bektas.
Right here is the schedule, key matchups, and singles seeds for Wimbledon 2024.
The best way to watch 2024 Wimbledon championships
Date: July 1-14, 2024
Location: All England Garden Tennis and Croquet Membership — London
TV: ESPN, ABC, Tennis Channel | Stream: ESPN+, fubo (try for free)
Notable males’s first-round scores
- No. 1 Jannik Sinner beat Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- No. 2 Novak Djokovic beat Vit Kopriva 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
- No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz beat Mark Lajal 7-6, 7-3, 7-5, 6-2
- No. 4 Alexander Zverev beat Roberto Caballes Baena 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- No. 5 Daniil Medvedev beat Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- No. 6 Audrey Rublev misplaced to Francisco Comesana 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6
- No. 7 Hubert Hurkacz beat Radu Albot 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
- No. 8 Casper Ruud beat Alex Bolt 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
- No. 9 Alex De Minaur beat James Duckworth 7-6, 7-6, 7-6
- No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov beat Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
Notable ladies’s first-round scores
- No. 1 Iga Swiatek beat Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-4
- No. 2 Coco Gauff beat Caroline Dolehide 6-1, 6-2
- No. 4 Elena Rybakina beat Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-1
- No. 5 Jessica Pegula beat Ashlyn Krueger 6-2, 6-0
- No. 6 Marketa Vondrousova misplaced to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-2, 6-4
- No. 7 Jasmine Paolini beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-5, 6-3
- No. 8 Qinwen Zheng misplaced to Lulu Solar 6-4, 2-6, 4-6
- No. 9 Maria Sakkari beat McCartney Kessler 6-3, 6-1
- No. 10 Ons Jabeur beat Moyuka Uchijima 6-3, 6-1
Males’s singles seeds
- Jannik Sinner
- Novak Djokovic
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Alexander Zverev
- Daniil Medvedev
- Audrey Rublev
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Casper Ruud
- Alex De Minaur
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Tommy Paul
- Taylor Fritz
- Ben Shelton
- Holger Rune
- Ugo Humbert
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Sebastian Baez
- Nicolas Jarry
- Sebastian Korda
- Karen Khachanov
- Adrian Mannarino
- Alexander Bublik
- Alejandro Tabilo
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Jack Draper
- Frances Tiafoe
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Mariano Navone
- Zhizhen Zhang
Ladies’s singles seeds
- Iga Swiatek
- Coco Gauff
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegul
- Marketa Vondrousova
- Jasmine Paolini
- Qinwen Zheng
- Maria Sakkari
- Ons Jabeur
- Danielle Collins
- Madison Keys
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Daria Kasatkina
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Victoria Azarenka
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Marta Kostyuk
- Emma Navarro
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Elina Svitolina
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Caroline Garcia
- Mirra Andreeva
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Linda Noskova
- Katerina Siniakova
- Dayana Yastremska
- Sorana Cirstea
- Leylah Fernandez
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Katie Boulter
