When does Wimbledon 2024 start? Schedule, dates, draw, prize money & British players (2024)

Published

19 June 2024

The grass-court tennis season is in full swing and Wimbledon begins on 1 July.

In 2023, Carlos Alcaraz sealed his first Wimbledon title, and Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to win the women's singles final.

What will the 2024 tournament bring? Here is everything you need to know.

The tournament starts on 1 July and will run through to 14 July at the All England Club.

Qualifying will take place from 24-27 June at the Community Sport Centre in Roehampton.

Audiences can watch comprehensive live match coverage of Wimbledon 2024 exclusively on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer, as well as listening via BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds.

You can also follow all the action via the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray - if he is fit - will take on Czech world number 38 Tomas Machac in the first round.

Murray says he will wait until the last minute to decide whether he can compete on Tuesday after having surgery on a back cyst earlier in June.

Emma Raducanu faces a tough match on her Wimbledon return against Russian 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.

British number one Katie Boulter starts against German veteran and 2022 semi-finalist Tatjana Maria.

Men's British number one Jack Draper will take on Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer and he could take on compatriot Cameron Norrie in the second round.

Check out the Wimbledon draw here.

The top 32 players in the men's and women's singles draws are seeded for Wimbledon.

Italy's Jannik Sinner and Poland's Iga Swiatek are the top seeds in their respective draws.

After pulling out of the French Open to undergo knee surgery in early June, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic has been practicing at the All England Club and is the second seed.

Britons Jack Draper and Katie Boulter are both seeded for the first time at SW19.

After winning the Stuttgart Open, Draper is seeded 28 while Boulter, who successfully defended her Nottingham Open crown, is the 32nd seed.

Spain's Alcaraz will be aiming to defend his men's singles title after he won a five-set thriller against Serbia's Djokovic.

In the women's singles draw, Vondrousova won her first Grand Slam title by beating Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4.

The women's singles final will take place on Saturday, 13 July, with the men's singles final on Sunday, 14 July.

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There are 18 grass courts at Wimbledon and the site can hold up to 42,000 spectators.

Centre Court has a capacity of just under 15,000.

Wimbledon will have a record £50m total prize money, and the men's and women's singles champions will take home £2.7m each.

First-round singles losers will receive £5,000 more than in 2023 and will walk away with £60,000.

There is also a 35% increase for the wheelchair events, with their total prize fund increasing to £1m, although this partly reflects an increase in draw size.

Murray is set to compete at Wimbledon for what is expected to be the final time.

Draper and Boulter will lead the challenge for Great Britain, with hopes too for Cameron Norrie, Harriet Dart and Dan Evans.

Raducanu has been given a wildcard after missing most of last year - including Wimbledon - following wrist and ankle surgeries.

Heather Watson, Fran Jones and Lily Miyazaki have also been awarded wildcards to the women's singles, while all seven of the initial wildcards for the men's singles have been given to British players, including Liam Broady.

The doubles draws will feature the likes of Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, while Andy Murray will team up with brother Jamie at their home Slam for the first time.

In the wheelchair draws, Alfie Hewett will be hoping 2024 is the year he finally lands the Wimbledon wheelchair men's singles title.

The two-time finalist has won the doubles title on five occasions alongside fellow Briton Gordon Reid.

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