Wimbledon 2022: Schedule, Fixtures, Top Seeds, Defending Champions, Where to Watch, Prize Money, and More

Wimbledon 2022 has arrived with the first draw singles play starting on Monday 27 June. This will be the 135th edition of The Championships, which this year, is celebrating 100 years of Center Court and the All England Lawn Tennis Club moving to its ongoing home on Church Road.

Wimbledon is ostensibly the greatest tennis tournament on the planet, and with an extraordinary atmosphere as well as a few dramatic contests previously, there ought to be a ton of fervor around the 2022 tournament.

There is a great deal of information that players need to be familiar with this tournament, including when it will begin as well as the schedule for the event.

The AELTC announced the list of seeds on Tuesday with Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal possessing the main two situations in the men’s section, firmly followed by Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipa, Carlos Alcaraz, and Matteo Berretini.

Serena Williams has been awarded a wildcard entry for singles however four-time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka won’t be participating this year subsequent to withdrawing with an Achilles injury. Poland’s Iga Swiatek heads the women’s seeds, she is trailed by Anett Kontaveit, Ons Jabeur, Paula Badosa, and Maria Sakkari.

There will be no participants from Russia or Belarus this year because of the two countries’ continuous contribution to the attack on Ukraine. The choice implies that Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov, and Aryna Sabalenka won’t partake.

When is Wimbledon 2022?

The principal draw for Wimbledon, which will turn into a 14-day competition for the first time in 2022, starts on June 27.

The middle Sunday of the competition, which has forever been designated as a rest day to deal with the state of the courts, will currently have play since planners are certain that the nature of the surfaces won’t be impacted by the move.

2022 Wimbledon schedule

The Championships, which start on June 27, really had a passing round which started on Monday, 20 June and happened till Thursday, 23 June.

The principal draw of the competition will begin on Monday, June 27, and will go on till Sunday, June 8. By June 8, every one of the rounds will be finished and just the finals will remain. Be that as it may, the Mixed Doubles last would occur on July 07 itself.

While the Women’s Singles last will be played on Saturday, July 9, the Men’s Singles Final would happen on Sunday, July 10, 2022.

Qualifying rounds started on Monday 20 June and were finished on Thursday 23 June. Interestingly, the Championships will be played for more than 14 days with the presentation of matches on Middle Sunday – traditionally a day off. Interestingly, Middle Sunday will incorporate the fourth-round singles matches spread across two days, and the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ singles matches will be blended through the quarter-finals.

The Mixed Doubles competition will follow a 32-draw format with the last scheduled to happen on Thursday 7 July, following the Ladies’ singles semi-finals on Center Court.

The principal Ladies and Men’s singles draw starts on Monday 27 June. Play on all external courts will begin at 11.00 a.m. nearby time (6 a.m. EDT/3 a.m. PDT).

The Ladies’ Singles Final and Men’s Doubles last will be played on Saturday 9 July. The Men’s Singles last and Ladies’ Doubles last will be challenged on Sunday 10 July.

Begin times on Center Court (8:30 a.m EDT/5:30 a.m PDT) and No.1 Court (8 a.m. EDT/5 a.m PDT) will be stunned and go through until the few days of the finals when playing on Center Court will begin at 9 a.m EDT/6 a.m PDT.

As usual, the schedule is likely to latest possible moment changes because of bad weather, players falling harmed, or other unexpected conditions.

DATE – SESSION	SESSION #	GATES OPEN	PLAY STARTS (SHOW COURTS)	PLAY STARTS (OUTER COURTS)	FEATURED MATCHES (SINGLES)
Mon 27 Jun – Day	1	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	First round
Tue 28 Jun – Day	2	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	First round
Wed 29 Jun – Day	3	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Second round
Thu 30 Jun – Day	4	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Second round
Fri 1 Jul – Day	5	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Third round
Sat 2 Jul – Day	6	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Third round
Sun 3 Jul – Day	7	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Fourth Round
Mon 4 Jul – Day	8	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Fourth Round
Tue 5 Jul – Day	9	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals
Wed 6 Jul – Day	10	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals
Thu 7 Jul – Day	11	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Ladies’ Semifinals / Mixed Doubles Final
Fri 8 Jul – Day	12	10:30 AM	1:00 PM	11:00 AM	Gentlemen’s Semifinals
Sat 9 Jul – Day	13	10:30 AM	2:00 PM Centre/1:00PM No. 1	11:00 AM	Ladies’ Final / Gentlemen’s Doubles Final
Sun 10 Jul – Day	14	10:30 AM	2:00 PM	11:00 AM	Gentlemen’s Final / Ladies’ Doubles Final

First Round matchups

Friday’s draw threw up a few fascinating matchups – a portion of the highlights of the Men’s Singles First Round include: Novak Djokovic versus Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon who is ranked 71 on the world, Jannik Sinner versus Stan Wawrinka, Andy Murray versus James Duckworth, Paul Jubb versus Nick Kyrgios and Rafa Nadal versus Francisco Cerúndolo.

With respect to the Women’s Singles, Simona Halep will confront Karolína Muchová in the First Round, Serena Williams has been drawn against Harmony Tan and Emma Raducanu will take on Alison Van Uytvank; No.1 seed Iga Swiatek has been drawn against Croatia’s Jana Fett.

Wimbledon finals 2022 schedule

The women’s ‘ singles last at Wimbledon happens on Saturday 9 July and will begin at 2 pm BST on Center Court.

The next day, on Sunday 10 July, the men’s singles last is additionally scheduled to begin at 2 pm.

The mixed pairs last is on Thursday 7 July, the men’s duplicates on Saturday 9 July, and the women’s ‘ copies on Sunday 10 July.

Who are the seeds for Wimbledon 2022?

Since the Russian and Belarusian players were banned, it will be the first time in 49 years that world number one and world number two won’t be important for the Wimbledon in Men’s Singles category. While world number one Daniil Medvedev couldn’t take participate because of the restriction on Russian players, world number two Germany’s Alexander Zverev is out with a physical issue that he got during French Open 2022.

Subsequently, world number three Novak Djokovic has been seeded one in Men’s Singles while French Open champion, Poland’s Iga Swiatek has been seeded number one in Women’s Singles.

When will the draw be announced for Wimbledon 2022?

Up until this point, the Draw for the most established huge homerun has not been announced and according to the official statement from the organizers, the draws will be announced on Friday, June 24 at 02:30 pm IST.

Who are the defending champs of Wimbledon 2022?

The Men’s Singles event was won by then world number one Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who crushed Italy’s Matteo Berrettini, 6-7(4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.

For the Women’s Singles crown, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty needed to overcome Czech Republic’s Karolína Plíšková, 6-3, 6-7(4-7), 6-3
Croatia’s Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić won the Men’s Doubles event as they crushed the pairing of Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos, 6-4, 7-6(7-5), 2-6, 7-5

In Women’s Doubles, the pairing of Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Su-Wei and Belgium’s Elise Mertens crushed the Russian pair of Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina, 3-6, 7-5, 9-7

The Mixed Doubles event was won by the pairing of Great Britain’s Neal Skupski and United States’ Desirae Krawczyk, who crushed the all-British pair of Joe Salisbury and Harriet Dart, 6-2, 7-6(7-1)

Wimbledon 2022: Where to Watch and Live stream

Wimbledon matches will be carried on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. Matches can likewise be gushed on ESPN+, the ESPN application, and fuboTV, which offers a free preliminary.

In Canada, TSN will have the matches, with TSN.ca and the TSN App as streaming choices.

In the UK, Wimbledon 2022 will be all suitable to watch on Freeview TV on BBC. Too on being on BBC One and BBC Two, matches will be broadcast in real-time on BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button, as well as the BBC Sport website and mobile app.

In India, Star Sports will broadcast the Wimbledon matches Live and Exclusive on Television sets while Disney Plus Hotstar will give the Live gushing of the Championships to digital-savvy viewers over smartphones and different devices like desktops, laptops, and tablets.

What is the prize cash for Wimbledon 2022?

The all-out prize cash for Wimbledon 2022 has been kept at a record of £40,350,000, which is equivalent to nearly $50 Million. The prize cash for both men and women stays equivalent across categories.

SINGLES

• Winner: £2,000,000
• Finalist: £1,050,000
• Semi-finalist: £535,000
• Quarter-finalist: £310,000
• Round of 16: £190,000
• Round of 32: £120,000
• Round of 64: £78,000
• Round of 128: £50,000

DOUBLES (£ per team)

• Winner: £540,000
• Finalist: £270,000
• Semi-finalist: £135,000
• Quarter-finalist: £67,000
• Round of 16: £33,000
• Round of 32: £20,000
• Round of 64: £12,500