When are Raducanu and Alcaraz playing at Wimbledon? Order of play for day one
Carlos Alcaraz's quest to retain his Wimbledon title and triumph at SW19 for the third year in a row begins on Centre Court on Monday.
Alcaraz, already a five-time Grand Slam winner at the age of 22, kick-starts his 2025 Wimbledon campaign against Fabio Fognini.
The defending champion is the bookmakers' favourite, having beaten his biggest rival and current world number on Jannik Sinner in an epic in last month's French Open final.
As in tradition, Wimbledon champion Alcaraz will play the first match on Centre Court, taking on Italy's Fognini at 1.30pm on Monday afternoon.
British hopeful Katie Boulter will take to the main stage following Alcaraz's match, with three-time Grand Slam finalist Alexander Zverev in the final Centre Court game.
Over on court one, three-time major winner Aryna Sabalenka – beaten in the recent French Open final – begins her quest for a first Wimbledon title at 1pm.
CENTRE COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:30 START
1 Fabio Fognini (ITA) 127 vs Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [2] 1282 Paula Badosa (ESP) [9] 17 vs Katie Boulter (GBR) 18
3 Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 95 vs Alexander Zverev (GER) [3] 96
No.1 COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START
1 Aryna Sabalenka [1] 1 vs Carson Branstine (CAN) 22 Jacob Fearnley (GBR) 101 vs Joao Fonseca (BRA) 102
3 Emma Raducanu (GBR) 5 vs Mingge Xu (GBR) 6
No.2 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 79 vs Daniil Medvedev [9] 802 Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 31 vs Madison Keys (USA) [6] 323 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [4] 33 vs Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 34
4 Taylor Fritz (USA) [5] 65 vs Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 66
No.3 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Sonay Kartal (GBR) 55 vs Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [20] 562 Holger Rune (DEN) [8] 97 vs Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 983 Matteo Berrettini (ITA) [32] 89 vs Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 90
4 Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 63 vs Qinwen Zheng (CHN) [5] 64
COURT 12 – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Elmer Moller (DEN) 111 vs Frances Tiafoe (USA) [12] 1122 Valentin Royer (FRA) 119 vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) [24] 1203 Leylah Fernandez (CAN) [29] 25 vs Hannah Klugman (GBR) 26
4 Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 7 vs McCartney Kessler (USA) [32] 8
COURT 18 – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Anna Bondar (HUN) 15 vs Elina Svitolina (UKR) [14] 162 Cameron Norrie (GBR) 109 vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 1103 Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 87 vs Karen Khachanov [17] 88
4 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 61 vs Talia Gibson (AUS) 62
Local favourite Jacob Jacob Fearnley then takes on highly-rated Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca before Emma Raducanu face fellow Brit Mimi Xu.
Raducanu won the US Open as a qualifier in 2021 but has largely struggled since that breakout year and has never progressed past the fourth round at Wimbledon. More Trending
Xu, 17, is one of 23 British players competing in the Wimbledon singles after being handed a wildcard by officials.
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In previous years, both the BBC and Eurosport have shown the singles finals but in 2025 it will be the BBC and TNT Sports broadcasting them.
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