The 2026 Wimbledon Championships open Monday with a stacked Day 1 schedule that mixes defending champions, returning legends, and a wave of British hopefuls across the grounds. Centre Court leads the way at 1:30 PM with men's top seed Jannik Sinner, women's world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, and seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, while outer courts offer early-morning action from 11:00 AM for fans who want to catch rising stars and grass-court specialists before the main-stage spotlight shifts.

Whether you're planning your bracket picks or mapping out a day at SW19, here is the full Day 1 order of play.

Centre Court, 1:30 PM

  • [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)
  • [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs Teodora Kostovic (SRB)
  • Yibing Wu (CHN) vs [7] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

No. 1 Court, 1:00 PM

  • Antonia Ruzic (CRO) vs [30] Emma Raducanu (GBR)
  • Marin Cilic (CRO) vs [8] Daniil Medvedev
  • Magda Linette (POL) vs [5] Mirra Andreeva

No. 2 Court, 11:00 AM

  • [4] Jessica Pegula (USA) vs Darja Vidmanova (CZE)
  • Michael Zheng (USA) vs [26] Cameron Norrie (GBR)
  • [3] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) vs Aleksandr Shevchenko (KAZ)

Not before 4:30 PM

  • Tamara Korpatsch (GER) vs [7] Coco Gauff (USA)

No. 3 Court, 11:00 AM

  • [23] Rafael Jodar (ESP) vs Felix Gill (GBR)
  • [11] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL)

Not before 2:30 PM

  • Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) vs [14] Naomi Osaka (JPN)

Not before 4:30 PM

  • Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) vs Hannah Klugman (GBR)

Court 12, 11:00 AM

  • Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) vs [20] Maja Chwalinska (POL)
  • [25] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) vs Oliver Tarvet (GBR)

Not before 2:30 PM

  • [10] Karolina Muchova (CZE) vs Anastasia Zakharova
  • [28] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR)

Court 18, 11:00 AM

  • [11] Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)
  • Alexandre Muller (FRA) vs [21] Tommy Paul (USA)
  • Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [24] Joao Fonseca (BRA)
  • [22] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs Janice Tjen (INA)

Court 4, 11:00 AM

  • Emilio Nava (USA) vs [31] Ignacio Buse (PER)
  • Alycia Parks (USA) vs Alicia Dudeney (GBR)
  • Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) vs Fabian Marozsan (HUN)
  • Solana Sierra (ARG) vs Anna Bondar (HUN)

Court 5, 11:00 AM

  • Marco Trungelliti (ARG) vs Martin Damm (USA)
  • Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) vs Martin Landaluce (ESP)
  • Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) vs McCartney Kessler (USA)
  • Dayana Yastremska (UKR) vs Aoi Ito (JPN)

Court 6, 11:00 AM

  • Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
  • Bianca Andreescu (CAN) vs Shuai Zhang (CHN)
  • Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) vs Nicolas Mejia (COL)
  • Anastasia Gasanova vs Emiliana Arango (COL)

Court 7, 11:00 AM

  • Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)
  • Nuno Borges (POR) vs Tristan Boyer (USA)
  • Peyton Stearns (USA) vs Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)

Court 8, 11:00 AM

  • Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) vs Jenson Brooksby (USA)
  • Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT)
  • Lanlana Tararudee (THA) vs Lilli Tagger (AUT)
  • Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs [27] Anastasia Potapova (AUT)

Court 9, 11:00 AM

  • Luca Van Assche (FRA) vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
  • Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) vs Daniel Merida (ESP)
  • Claire Liu (USA) vs Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL)

Court 10, 11:00 AM

  • Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)
  • Xinyu Wang (CHN) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
  • Adam Walton (AUS) vs Dino Prizmic (CRO)
  • Jesper de Jong (NED) vs Rinky Hijikata (AUS)

Court 14, 11:00 AM

  • Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) vs Max Basing (GBR)

Not before 1:00 PM

  • Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs Tatjana Maria (GER)
  • Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Sebastian Baez (ARG)
  • [32] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs Qinwen Zheng (CHN)

Court 15, 11:00 AM

  • Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs [16] Iva Jovic (USA)
  • [28] Ann Li (USA) vs Zeynep Sonmez (TUR)

Not before 2:30 PM

  • Ethan Quinn (USA) vs [14] Luciano Darderi (ITA)
  • Magdalena Frech (POL) vs [19] Anna Kalinskaya

Court 16, 11:00 AM

  • [12] Andrey Rublev vs Roman Safiullin
  • Hugo Gaston (FRA) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
  • Mimi Xu (GBR) vs Daria Kasatkina (AUS)
  • [18] Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Panna Udvardy (HUN)

Court 17, 11:00 AM

  • Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) vs [16] Learner Tien (USA)
  • Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs Harriet Dart (GBR)

Not before 2:30 PM

  • [22] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG)
  • Francesca Jones (GBR) vs Diane Parry (FRA)

Day 1 sets the tone for the fortnight, from Sinner's title defence on Centre to Raducanu, Klugman, and a cluster of British wildcards on the outer courts. Lock in your bracket picks on TennisDraw before the first ball is struck.