2023 Wimbledon tournament scheduled to start on Monday
The Tennis Grand Slam will begin on July 3 and conclude with the men's final on July 16. This will be the first Wimbledon tournament held during the reign of King Charles III.
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The 2023 Wimbledon Championships, which is considered the oldest and one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world, will commence on Monday.
It is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, along with the Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros), and US Open.
The main draw of the 2023 Wimbledon tournament will begin on July 3, and the event will conclude with the highly anticipated men's singles final on July 16.
Wimbledon has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London since 1877, and it is the only Grand Slam that uses grass courts.
The 2023 Championships will also mark the first Wimbledon under the reign of King Charles III. He ascended to the throne after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, on Sept. 8, 2022, two months after that year’s Wimbledon finals.
Last year, Serbian sensation Novak Djokovic and Kazakh star Elena Rybakina won the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively.
Djokovic aiming for 24th Grand Slam to match Margaret Court
Djokovic, the second seed and seven-time Wimbledon champion, is eyeing another Grand Slam victory.
The 36-year-old holds the record for the most Grand Slam titles in men’s singles tennis with 23 and will be looking to match Margaret Court’s all-time singles record.
Court, a former Australian world No. 1, still holds the record for the most Grand Slam titles by a male or female player in tennis with 24.
If Djokovic wins the 2023 Wimbledon tournament, he will also equal Swiss legend Roger Federer, who won it eight times.
Federer, one of the greatest players in tennis history, retired from the sport in 2022.
However, Djokovic will face tough competition from men’s top seed Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), Daniil Medvedev (Russia), Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) and Casper Ruud (Norway) in London.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal, who won Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010, will skip the tournament due to an injury he sustained earlier this year.
The 37-year-old did not recover from a hip injury that he suffered during the 2023 Australian Open in January and missed the French Open in June, which was won by Djokovic.
Swiatek, Sabalenka, Rybakina among favorites in ladies’ category
Meanwhile, the top three in women’s singles rankings – Iga Swiatek (Poland), Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) and Rybakina – are considered favorites for the ladies.
Swiatek, the top seed, has never won Wimbledon but is a three-time French Open champion in 2020, 2022 and 2023. She also clinched the 2022 US Open title.
World No. 2 Sabalenka, known as one of the most powerful athletes in tennis, won the 2023 Australian Open in January after defeating Rybakina.
Kazakh third seed Rybakina won the 2022 Wimbledon, her only major title.
But Rybakina will return to the courts to defend her title in London.
Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals
In addition, Russian and Belarusian tennis players will play as neutrals in this year’s Wimbledon as it previously lifted a ban on them.
In 2022, Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from the competition after Moscow started its war on Ukraine on Feb. 24 that year.
Prize money rises to £44.7 million
Organizers announced in June that the total prize money on offer at Wimbledon has increased to a record £44.7 million ($56.52 million) this year.
The 2023 Wimbledon champions in men’s and women’s singles will receive £2.35 million in prize money each and their championship trophies.
The runners-up will take home £1.175 million.
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