Emma Raducanu’s marketing campaign within the ladies’s singles at Wimbledon continues at this time when she takes on Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed, on Centre Court.
Raducanu’s wonderful type up to now this 12 months means she has been put in as fourth-favourite for the title, after Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina. Sonay Kartal, the British wildcard, faces Gauff within the third match of the day on Court One.
In the boys’s draw, the choose of today’s matches is Carlos Alcaraz towards Frances Tiafoe on Centre Court.
Day 5 order of play (Friday, July 5)
All UK time
Centre Court
13:30: (3) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) v (29) Frances Tiafoe (USA), Emma Raducanu (Gbr) v (9) Maria Sakkari (Gre), (1) Jannik Sinner (Ita) v Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)
Court 1
13:00: (7) Jasmine Paolini (Ita) v Bianca Andreescu (Can), (10) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v Gael Monfils (Fra), Sonay Kartal (Gbr) v (2) Cori Gauff (USA)
Court 2
11:00: (12) Tommy Paul (USA) v (23) Alexander Bublik (Kaz), Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) v (5) Daniil Medvedev (Rus)
Court 3
11:00: (14) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) v Paula Badosa Gibert (Spa), Denis Shapovalov (Can) v (14) Ben Shelton (USA), (3) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Gbr) v Andreas Mies (Ger) & John-Patrick Smith (Aus)
Court 4
11:00: Caroline Garcia (Fra) & Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) v (10) Marie Bouzkova (Cze) & Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa), (11) Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Andres Molteni (Arg) v Petros Tsitsipas (Gre) & Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre)
Court 5
11:00: Sebastian Baez (Arg) & Dustin Brown (Jam) v (13) Hugo Nys (Mon) & Jan Zielinski (Pol), Patrick Ofner (Aut) & Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (Aut) v Diego Hidalgo (Ecu) & Alejandro Tabilo (Chi)
Court 6
11:00: (14) Sander Gille (Bel) & Joran Vliegen (Bel) v Facundo Diaz Acosta (Arg) & Alexandre Muller (Fra), Rafael Matos (Bra) & Marcelo Melo (Bra) v Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Francisco Cabral (Por), (9) Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v Anna Blinkova (Rus) & Mayar Sherif (Egy), (6) Neal Skupski (Gbr) & Desirae Krawczyk (USA) v Rafael Matos (Bra) & Luisa Stefani (Bra)
Court 7
11:00: Guido Andreozzi (Arg) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex) v Lloyd Glasspool (Gbr) & Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned), Magda Linette (Pol) & Peyton Stearns (USA) v Tereza Mihalikova (Svk) & Olivia Nicholls (Gbr), Leylah Fernandez (Can) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn) v (16) Ulrikke Eikeri (Nor) & Ingrid Neel (Est)
Court 8
14:00: Yuki Bhambri (Ind) & Albano Olivetti (Fra) v (8) Kevin Krawietz (Ger) & Tim Puetz (Ger), Irina Khromacheva (Rus) & Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus) v (2) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Erin Routliffe (Nzl), Lloyd Glasspool (Gbr) & Harriet Dart (Gbr) v Fabrice Martin (Fra) & Cristina Bucsa (Spa)
Court 10
11:00: Ashlyn Krueger (USA) & Shelley Stephens (Nzl) v (12) Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) & Veronika Kudermetova (Rus), Fabrice Martin (Fra) & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) v (15) Max Purcell (Aus) & Jordan Thompson (Aus), Marcus Willis (Gbr) & Alicia Barnett (Gbr) v (8) Ivan Dodig (Cro) & Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe)
Court 12
11:00: Brandon Nakashima (USA) v (16) Ugo Humbert (Fra), (18) Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) v (12) Madison Keys (USA)
Court 14
11:00: Julian Cash (Gbr) & Robert Galloway (USA) v Theo Arribage (Fra) & Marcos Daniel (Bra), (8) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Laura Siegemund (Ger) v Samantha Murray-Sharan (Gbr) & Eden Silva (Gbr), Jack Withrow (USA) & Aldila Sutjiadi (Ina) v (5) Andrea Vavassori (Ita) & Sara Errani (Ita)
Court 15
11:00: Lulu Sun (Nzl) v Lin Zhu (Chn), Romain Arneodo (Mon) & Sem Verbeek (Ned) v (4) Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Mate Pavic (Cro), (7) Jan Zielinski (Pol) & Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) v Hugo Nys (Mon) & Demi Schuurs (Ned)
Court 16
11:00: Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) v Fabio Fognini (Ita), Nuno Borges (Por) & Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) v Charles Broom (Gbr) & Arthur Fery (Gbr)
Court 17
14:00: Harri Heliovaara (Fin) & Henry Patten (Gbr) v Pedro Martinez (Spa) & Jaume Munar (Spa), (4) Katerina Siniakova (Cze) & Taylor Townsend (USA) v Olivia Gadecki (Aus) & Elixane Lechemia (Fra)
Court 18
11:00: Diana Shnaider (Rus) v (19) Emma Navarro (USA), (28) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) v Donna Vekic (Cro), Constantin Frantzen (Ger) & Hendrik Jebens (Ger) v (2) Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Matthew Ebden (Aus)
Court TBA
MacKenzie McDonald (USA) & Ben Shelton (USA) v Flavio Cobolli (Ita) & Lorenzo Sonego (Ita), Yana Sizikova (Rus) & Yafan Wang (Chn) v Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) & Donna Vekic (Cro), Nicolas Mahut (Fra) & Skander Mansouri (Tun) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus) & Denis Shapovalov (Can)
When are the Wimbledon finals?
The ladies’s ultimate might be performed on Saturday, July 13, adopted by the boys’s ultimate on Sunday, July 14.
Wimbledon 2024: Men’s singles draw
Wimbledon 2024: Women’s singles draw
Where is Wimbledon held?
The match takes place, as ever, on the All England Lawn Tennis Club on Church Road, Wimbledon. The competitors has been held on this web site since 1922, when the championships had been moved from their earlier location on Worple Road.
How to purchase Wimbledon tickets
The public Wimbledon poll is closed, which means that almost all tickets for the present courts are unavailable. However, one of the traditions of Wimbledon is ‘The Queue’. Every day followers can queue for a ticket to one of the present courts or for a grounds cross, relying on what is on the market by the point they attain the entrance of the queue.
Each day 500 tickets for Centre Court (excluding final 4 days), No 1 courtroom, and No 2 courtroom are bought. A grounds cross entitles followers to entry to all courts other than the present courts.
Resale tickets for Centre Court, No 1 Court and No 2 Court can be found from 3pm every day, from the Ticket Resale kiosk north of Court 18.
For extra ticket info, click on right here.
How to watch Wimbledon on TV and streaming within the UK
The BBC is broadcasting the occasion on BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer. Clare Balding leads the presenting crew once more after changing Sue Barker final 12 months and is probably going to be joined by former Wimbledon champions, together with John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Pat Cash.
Ash Barty, champion in 2021, and 2022 finalist Nick Kyrgios are half of the punditry crew though the latter’s hiring has been criticised. Caroline Nokes, the ladies and equalities committee chair, stated the company ought to “hang its head in shame” for agreeing phrases after he admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend in 2023.
By UK regulation, Wimbledon is a ‘Category B’ tv occasion, which means that though the boys’s and ladies’s finals should all the time stay free-to-air there isn’t any assure that the remainder of the match won’t at some point be proven on pay-TV.
How to watch Wimbledon on TV within the US
ESPN has the rights to present 140-plus hours of protection from Wimbledon within the US. In 2021, ESPN signed a 12-year settlement to broadcast the occasion. Coverage begins every day at 6am Eastern Time.
What is the Wimbledon prize cash?
In 2024, complete prize cash is £50 million, up 11.9 per cent from final 12 months. The males’s and ladies’s singles champions will take dwelling £2.7 million every. First-round losers within the singles will obtain £60,000.
In 2023, the whole prize pool was £44.7 million with the boys’s and ladies’s singles champions taking dwelling £2.35 million and the runners-up £1.175 million.
Wimbledon courtroom and stadium information
Wimbledon has 5 present courts: Centre Court, No 1 Court, No 2 Court, No 3 Court, Court 12 and Court 18. Centre is the most important courtroom on the All England Club and options the well-known Royal Box. The courtroom capability on Centre is 14,974 whereas Court 1 can maintain 12,345.
There are 12 different grass courts in use all through the match. Court 8 was the place an 18-year-old John McEnroe made his SW19 bow towards Egypt’s Ismail El Shafei in 1977.
In 1995, on courtroom 14, Tim Henman grew to become the primary participant to be disqualified from Wimbledon when enjoying in a doubles match with Jeremy Bates towards America’s Jeff Tarango and Sweden’s Henrik Holm when he whacked a ball in anger, unintentionally hitting 16-year-old ball woman Caroline Hall within the head.
British gamers at Wimbledon
Men’s draw
Qualified robotically
Andy Murray – withdrew with harm earlier than opening-round match
Dan Evans – misplaced in first spherical
Cameron Norrie – by to third spherical
Jack Draper – misplaced in second spherical (to Norrie)
Wildcards
Liam Broady – misplaced in first spherical
Charles Broom – misplaced in first spherical
Jan Choinski – misplaced in first spherical
Jacob Fearnley – misplaced in second spherical (to Djokovic)
Arthur Fery – misplaced in first spherical
Billy Harris – misplaced in first spherical
Paul Jubb – misplaced in first spherical
Henry Searle – misplaced in first spherical
Women’s draw
Qualified robotically
Katie Boulter – misplaced in second spherical (to Dart)
Harriet Dart – by to third spherical
Wildcards
Fran Jones – misplaced in first spherical
Lily Miyazaki – misplaced in second spherical
Emma Raducanu – by to third spherical
Heather Watson – misplaced in first spherical
Sonay Kartal – by to third spherical
Who are the defending champions?
Last 12 months, Carlos Alcaraz claimed his first Wimbledon title when he defeated Novak Djokovic in 5 units.
Marketa Vondrousova claimed her first grand slam title when she overcame Ons Jabeur in straight units. This 12 months, Vondrousova was overwhelmed within the opening spherical by Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, who had by no means beforehand gained a match on grass.
Past Wimbledon winners
The Wimbledon trophies
The males play for the gents’s singles trophy which is eighteen inches excessive and has a diameter of 7.5 inches.
The ladies play for the Venus Rosewater Dish, which is a silver salver with mythological ornament.
The champion on the finish of the match receives a three-quarter dimension reproduction of their respective trophy which bears the names of all previous winners.
Latest odds
To win the boys’s title
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Jannik Sinner 13/8
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Carlos Alcaraz 7/4
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Novak Djokovic 10/3
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Alexander Zverev 10/1
To win the ladies’s title
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Iga Swiatek 3/1
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Coco Gauff 3/1
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Elena Rybakina 10/3
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Emma Raducanu 9/1
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