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The grounds will open at 10.30 a.m. each day. On Courts 2-19,
play is provisionally scheduled to start at noon for at least the
first eight days and then at 11.00a.m. for the Junior matches on the
middle Saturday and during the second week.
On Centre and No.1 Courts, play will start at 1.00p.m., except
on the final two days when play on these courts will start at 2.00p.m.
Please check the daily order of play.
Provisional Schedule of Matches
During the first week, the early rounds of the Men’s and
Ladies’ Singles, Men’s, Ladies’ and Mixed Doubles
will be played on all courts, with top seeds’ matches played
on the show courts. On the middle Saturday the Veterans’ and
Juniors’ events commence and will be played on the outside
courts as well as on some of the show courts.
Start Dates: Competition:
Mon 23 June - Men's and Ladies' Singles
Tue 24 June - Men's and Ladies' Doubles
Fri 27 June - Mixed Doubles
Sat 28 June - Boy's and Girls' Singles
- Veterans' Invitational Doubles
Mon 30 June- Boy's and Girls' Doubles
Sat 5 July - Gentlemen's Wheelchair Doubles
In the second week, the finals of each competition begin. On the
last three days on Court No.1, there will be a full programme of
play; it will comprise juniors' and veterans' matches, with the
possibility of Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles' Semi-Finals.
Dates: Competition: Court:
Tue 1 July - Ladies' Singles (Quarter-Finals) CC & No.1
Wed 2 July - Men's Singles (Quarter-Finals) CC & No.1
Thu 3 July - Ladies' Singles (Semi-Finals)
- Men's Doubles (Semi-Finals) CC or No.1
- Ladies' Doubles (Quarter-Finals) CC
Fri 4 July - Men's Singles (Semi-Finals) CC
Sat 5 July - Ladies' Singles (Final)
- Men's Doubles (Final) CC
Sun 6 July - Men's Singles (Final)CC
- Ladies' Doubles (Final) CC
The Mixed Doubles Final will be played on either Saturday 8th or
Sunday 9th July, on Centre or No.1 Court.
Order of Play
The Matches for each day are prepared in draft the previous evening
by the Referee and submitted by him to the Order of Play committee
for approval or amendment.
Every effort is made to have the potentially most attractive matches
played on the courts with the most spectator accommodation, but
care has also to be taken to give any player likely to go far in
the tournament his or her fair share of the show courts.
Changes to the Order of Play
We do try to play all matches on the courts and days published.
However, occasionally it is necessary to switch a match from one
court to another. This can be for a number of reasons.
For example:
We aim to complete The Championships on time and this involves playing
687 matches, in the 12 events, over the 13 days of the tournament.
Some players remain involved in several events towards the end
of The Championships and it may be necessary to move a match to
avoid a clash.
We try to give similar rest periods between matches for players
due to play each other.
A match which is unlikely to finish because of a late start, caused
by the duration of previous matches, may be postponed to the following
day. In this event another match may be substituted.
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