Wimbledon is back for 2025 as the world’s best tennis players come to London to fight it out at the most prestigious tournament in the sport.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion in the men’s singles while Czech star Barbora Krejcikova won last year’s women’s singles title.
The Championships always serve up a number of interesting storylines and there a number of British players to keep an eye on in SW19 this year.
Here’s everything you need to know about Wimbledon 2025 including the start date, how to watch, prize money, draw details and the full schedule…
When does Wimbledon start?
Following the Wimbledon qualifying tournament – which runs from June 23 to June 26 – the Grand Slam event will officially get underway on June 30.
Wimbledon takes place over two weeks – with no rest days – and finishes up on July 13, when the men’s singles final is played on Centre Court.
How to watch Wimbledon 2025
The BBC remains the principal broadcaster of Wimbledon and you can follow all the action for free on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
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.
Clare Balding is set to lead the BBC’s presenting team and you can expect to see the likes of Tim Henman, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova working on their coverage too.
What time is the Wimbledon draw?
The Wimbledon draw will take place at 10am UK time on June 27.
That’s when we’ll know who will face who in the opening rounds and the projected paths for each player to the finals.
How to get Wimbledon tickets
It should be noted that the majority of tickets for Centre Court and the No.1 Court are unavailable because the public Wimbledon ballot has closed.
But spectators are still able to use the famous Wimbledon queue every day to try and get a grounds pass or tickets to one of the show courts.
If you reach the front of the queue and there are only grounds passes left, fans can try the ticket resale kiosk once inside the grounds, located north of Court 18, who sell a number of resale tickets for the show courts.
Wimbledon prize money
A record total of £53.5m in prize money will be awarded to players at Wimbledon 2025.
Singles prize money explained
- Champion – £3m
- Runner-up – £1.52m
- Semi-finalist – £775k
- Quarter-finalist – £400k
- Fourth round – £240k
- Third round – £152k
- Second round – £99k
- First round – £66k
Who are the Wimbledon wildcards?
Dan Evans is one of 14 British players handed a wildcard to feature at Wimbledon this year.
He is joined in the men’s singles by Jay Clarke, Oliver Crawford, George Loffhagen, Johannus Monday, Jack Pinnington Jones and Henry Searle.
In the women’s singles, Jodie Burrage, Harriet Dart, Heather Watson, Francesca Jones, Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic, Mimi Xu have all been given wildcards.
Wimbledon Order of Play
Once the tournament is underway, the official Order of Play will be released each evening at approximately 6pm, although it can be subject to change.
The Order of Play can be located on Wimbledon’s official website here.
Wimbledon full schedule
After the gates open each day at 10am, Play is provisionally scheduled to start on outside courts at 11am. On the No.1 Court, play starts at 1pm and on Centre Court, play stars at 1.30pm.
June 30
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles First Round
July 1
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles First Round
July 2
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Second Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles First Round
July 3
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Second Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles First Round
July 4
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Third Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Second Round
- Mixed Doubles First Round
July 5
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Third Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Second Round
- Mixed Doubles First Round
- Boys’ and Girls’ Singles First Round (18&U)
July 6
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Fourth Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Third Round
- Mixed Doubles Second Round
- Boys’ and Girls’ Singles First Round (18&U)
July 7
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Fourth Round
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Third Round
- Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- Girls’ Singles Second Round (18&U)
- Boys’ Doubles First Round (18&U)
July 8
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Quarter-finals
- Mixed Doubles Semi-finals
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles First Round
- Boys’ Singles Second Round (18&U)
- Girls’ Doubles First Round (18&U)
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
July 9
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s & Ladies’ Doubles Quarter-finals
- Quad Wheelchair Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Wheelchair Doubles Quarter-finals
- Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Third Round (18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Second Round (18&U)
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
July 10
- Ladies’ Singles Semi-finals
- Gentlemen’s Doubles Semi-finals
- Mixed Doubles Final
- Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Quarter-finals
- Gentlemen’s, Ladies’ & Quad Wheelchair Doubles Semi-finals
- Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Quarter-finals (18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Quarter-finals (18&U)
- Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
July 11
- Gentlemen’s Singles Semi-finals
- Ladies’ Doubles Semi-finals
- Gentlemen’s, Ladies’ & Quad Wheelchair Singles Semi-finals
- Boys’ & Girls’ Singles Semi-finals (18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ Doubles Semi-finals (18&U)
- Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
July 12
- Gentlemen’s Doubles Final
- Ladies’ Singles Final
- Ladies’ Wheelchair Singles Final
- Gentlemen’s & Quad Wheelchair Doubles Final
- Girls’ Singles Final (18&U)
- Girls’ Doubles Final (18&U)
- Boys’ Doubles Final (18&U)
- Boys’ and Girls’ 14&U Singles Semi-finals
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
July 13
- Ladies’ Doubles Final
- Gentlemen’s Singles Final
- Gentlemen’s & Quad Wheelchair Singles Finals
- Ladies’ Wheelchair Doubles Final
- Boys’ Singles Final (18&U)
- Boys’ & Girls’ 14&U Singles Finals
- Invitation Doubles (Ladies’ Doubles, Gentlemen’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
