The Wimbledon 2024 The tennis matches will be held at the iconic All England Club in London, Great Britain till July 14.
Wimbledon is set to be the 137th edition of the championship, making it the oldest Grand Slam. Tennis The calendar will look at some of the best players from around the world.
Alex de MinarRanked ninth in the world tennis rankings, Australia will lead the men’s singles challenge at Wimbledon this year.
11 will be Australian tennis players In the men’s singles main draw at Wimbledon this year, it became the country’s biggest team in the category since 2015.
Alex de Minaur, the ninth seed who won the ATP grass-court title in 's-Hertogenbosch earlier this month, begins his sixth Wimbledon campaign against compatriot James Duckworth.
Alex Bolt, who had an impressive run in the qualifying round, faced world No. 8 Casper Rudd in the opening round. Chris O’Connell and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face top-20 opponents in the first round.
Defending champion Carlos Algarz of Spain enters this year’s men’s singles as the third seed. Last year’s finalist and seven-time champion Novak Djokovic is seeded second, while Italy’s world No. 1 Janic Sinner is seeded this year.
Rafael Nadal is pulling out of the tournament to focus on the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Fresh from her first WTA final in more than five years, Ajla Domljanovic, a quarter-finalist at the last two Wimbledons, is one of three Australians in this year’s women’s singles main draw.
Meanwhile, world No.82 Daria Saville is the highest-ranked Aussie woman in singles, where world No. Iga Sviatek Poland will be in the hunt for its first Grand Slam on grass.
American Coco Gough and Aryna Sabalenka are seeded second and third respectively, while defending champion Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic is sixth.
No. 1 in the world Matthew Epton And India’s Rohan Bopanna is second in the men’s doubles behind Spain-Argentina duo Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.
The Epton-Bopanna duo have won 18 of the last 21 Grand Slams, including a semi-final run at the All England Club last year and an Australian Open win this year.
Max Purcell, who partnered with fellow Aussie Epton to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title in 2022, will be seeded 15 this year alongside fellow countryman Jordan Thompson.
Another all-Australian pair, Ringi Hijikata-John Peers, will face British brothers Andy and Jamie Murray in the opening round.
Women’s doubles world No.9 Ellen Perez will lead the Australian team alongside American partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez. The third-placed pair advanced to the quarter-finals in 2022.
The mixed doubles draw for Wimbledon 2024 is yet to be finalised.
How to Watch Wimbledon 2024 Live in Australia
The Wimbledon 2024 tennis tournament will also be broadcast live on the Nine Network and Stan Sport in Australia.
Australian tennis players at Wimbledon 2024
Men are single: Alex De Minar, James Duckworth, Jordan Thompson, Alexi Papirin, Ringi Hijikata, Chris O’Connell, Aleksandar Vukich, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Max Purcell, Adam Walton, Alex Bolt
Women are single: Daria Saville, Ajla Domljanovic, Olivia Kadecki
Men’s Doubles: Matthew Epton-Rohan Bopanna (IND), Max Purcell-Jordan Thompson, John Peers-Ringy Hijikata, John Patrick Smith-Andreas Mees (GER), Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
Women’s doubles: Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA), Daria Saville (AUS)/Yuan Yu (CHN)