The first round of women’s singles matches at Wimbledon will begin on Monday, July 3. Due to the time difference, the matches will begin as early as 6 a.m. ET. The reigning Wimbledon champion Elene Rybakina won’t be in action until Tuesday, but there is still plenty to watch on Monday.
15 seeded players will be in action on Monday. French Open winner Iga Swiatek begins the tournament by facing Lin Zhu. The veteran Venus Williams was granted a wild card bid to enter the tournament field. She will play in her 24th Wimbledon as a singles competitor and is seeking her sixth championship.
Wimbledon schedule: Monday, July 3
6 a.m. ET
Diane Parry vs. Harriet Dart
Linda Fruhvirtova vs. #30 Petra Martic
Barbora Strycova vs. Maryna Zanevska
Nadia Podoroska vs. Tereza Martincova
Yue Yuan vs. #19 Victoria Azarenka
#4 Jessica Pegula vs. Lauren Davis
Cristina Bucsa vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
Alycia Parks vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
Ana Bogdan vs. #15 Liudmila Samsonova
#12 Veronika Kudermetova vs. Kaia Kanepi
7:30 a.m. ET
Magda Linette vs. Jil Teichmann
Lesia Tsurenko vs. Claire Liu
8 a.m. ET
#1 Iga Swiatek vs. Lin Zhu
Martina Trevisan vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
Storm Hunter vs. Xinyu Wang
Marketa Vondrousova vs. Peyton Stearns
Kateryna Baindl vs. Leylah Fernandez
Katie Volynets vs. #5 Caroline Garcia
9:30 a.m. ET
Katie Swan vs. #14 Belinda Bencic
#11 Daria Kasatkina vs. Caroline Dolehide
Jodie Burrage vs. Catherine McNally
#28 Elise Mertens vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
Rebeka Masarovs vs. #31 Mayar Sherif
#24 Qinwen Zheng vs. Katerina Siniakova
10:30 a.m. ET
Venus Williams vs. Elina Svitolina
11 a.m. ET
Danielle Collins vs. Julia Grabher
11:30 a.m. ET
Sofia Kenin vs. #7 Coco Gauff
Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Shuai Zhang vs. #20 Donna Vekic
#32 Marie Bouzkova vs. Simona Waltert
12:30 p.m. ET
Sloane Stephens vs. Rebecca Peterson
Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
Odds at DraftKings Sportsbook
Swiatek enters with the best odds of winning the women’s singles title at Wimbledon. She is installed at +300 and is followed by Rybakina (+500), Aryna Sabalenka (+600) and Petra Kvitova (+1300) and Cori Gauff (+1600). Williams enters with +25000 odds, and the AI on the Wimbledon website suggests that she has the toughest draw for a championship.
