A combination of photographs created on July 10, 2022 shows Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (R) holding up the Wimbledon Championships trophy after winning his seventh mens singles titles at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London on July 10, 2022, flanked by his victories on 2011 (top L), 2014 (down L), 2015 (top 2nd L), 2018 (down 2nd L), 2019 (top 2nd R), 2021 (down 2nd R). – Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam crown on July 10, 2022 with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios, whose challenge angrily unravelled after a blistering start. (Photo by – / AFP)
The Wimbledon main draw takes place on Friday 30 June 2023 from the brand new media theatre at the All England Club from 11:00 (SAST).
A combination of photographs created on July 10, 2022 shows Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (R) holding up the Wimbledon Championships trophy after winning his seventh mens singles titles at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London on July 10, 2022, flanked by his victories on 2011 (top L), 2014 (down L), 2015 (top 2nd L), 2018 (down 2nd L), 2019 (top 2nd R), 2021 (down 2nd R). – Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam crown on July 10, 2022 with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios, whose challenge angrily unravelled after a blistering start. (Photo by – / AFP)
The Wimbledon main draw takes place on Friday 30 June 2023 from the brand new media theatre at the All England Club in London from 11:00 (SAST).
You can watch the event live on wimbledon.com.
Championships Referee Gerry Armstrong and Championships Referee Designate Denise Parnell will oversee the draws to be held in the brand new Media Theatre on the roof of the All England Club Broadcast Centre.
Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed on the men’s side after he regained the world No 1 ranking earlier this week.
Meanwhile the top women’s seed is Iga Swiatek thanks to her long reign as WTA World No 1.
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Since 1927 only two unseeded players have won singles titles at Wimbledon – Boris Becker in 1985 and Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
No unseeded player has won the Ladies’ Singles although four players have reached the final whilst not being seeded only to lose the championship match.
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Between 2002 and 2019, seeding for the Men’s Singles was determined by a surface-based formula, which reflected more accurately an individual player’s grass court achievements in the two years immediately before the date used for seeding.
After The Championships 2019, it was decided that the seeding formula had served its time and Wimbledon moved into step with the other Grand Slams.