Wimbledon 2024 kicks off on Monday, July 1! Here’s your comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about the prestigious All England Championship, including dates, top seeds, schedule, defending champions, prize money, Indian participants, and live streaming details.
What are the Wimbledon 2024 Dates?
The Wimbledon 2024 event is scheduled to take place between July 1st and July 14th.
Basic facts about Wimbledon
The revered All England Club is the venue for this magnificent occasion. Games are played on lush grass courts. The format for women’s matches is best-of-three sets, but the format for men’s matches is best-of-five sets. Unlike other Grand Slam events, Wimbledon does not hold night sessions because of a curfew that ends play at 11 p.m. The championship is played over 14 days, including the middle Sunday, which was a rest day until 2022, unless there were delays due to rain. The roofs of No. 1 Court and Center Court are retractable.
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Who are the top seeds at Wimbledon 2024?
Jannik Sinner is the top seed for men, and Iga Swiatek is the top seed for women.
The Wimbledon 2024 Dates:
Wimbledon 2024 Dates are as follows :
- First Round (Men and Women): Monday through Tuesday
- Second Round (for both men and women): July 3–4.
- Third Round (for both men and women): July 5–6.
- Fourth Round (Women and Men): July 7-8
- Women’s and men’s quarterfinals, July 9–10.
- July 11: Semifinals for Women
- Men’s Semifinals on July 12
- Finals for women are on July 13 and men are on July 14.
Wimbledon’s defending champions
Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon when she defeated Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4, at the All England Club the year before to secure her first Grand Slam victory. 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic to win his first Wimbledon championship and his second major (which he now has three after winning the French Open). Djokovic had won seven Wimbledon championships in all, including four in a row.
Prize money at Wimbledon
The overall prize money for Wimbledon 2024 rises to an incredible 50 million pounds, or roughly $64 million, which is almost 12% more than the previous year. The prize money for each singles champion is 2.7 million pounds, or approximately $3.45 million.
Will Indians be in action?
In 2024, Sumit Nagal is expected to compete in Wimbledon’s main draw for men’s singles. Nagal and Dusan Lajovic of Serbia will compete in the men’s doubles as well. The other Indian entrants in the men’s doubles are Yuki Bhambri and France’s Albano Olivetti, N. Sriram Balaji and Britain’s Luke Johnson, and Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden.
How to live stream Wimbledon 2024 in India?
Wimbledon 2024 can be live streamed on Hotstar, and the matches can be viewed on the Star Sports network.