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Wimbledon order of play 2019: Day 1 Monday schedule, dates, draw, TV times – Novak Djokovic, Kyle Edmund and Venus Williams in action

A full list of the matches on day one at Wimbledon

Jack Watson
Monday 01 July 2019 06:54 EDT
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Novak Djokovic, Venus Williams and Kyle Edmund headline the opening day of Wimbledon 2019.

2018 men's champion Djokovic begins his defence against unseeded Philipp Kohlschreiber before women's number two seed Naomi Osaka takes on Yuila Putintseva and Kyle Edmund wraps up the first day on Centre Court against Jaume Munar.

Last year's men's finalist Kevin Anderson begins his campaign on Monday, as does Stan Warwrinka, Alexander Zverev, Simona Halep and Venus Williams, who plays 15-year-old Cori Gauff.

There is no immediate damger of rain delaying any of the action in the first week of play with sun expected throughout the week.

Order of play – Day One

Centre Court: 13:00 start

(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger), Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) v (2) Naomi Osaka (Jpn), (30) Kyle Edmund (Gbr) v Jaume Munar (Spa)

Court 1: 13:00 start

(7) Simona Halep (Rom) v Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr), Jiri Vesely (Cze) v (6) Alexander Zverev (Ger), Venus Williams (USA) v Cori Gauff (USA)

Court 2: 11:00 start

(22) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Ruben Bemelmans (Bel), Lin Zhu (Chn) v (3) Karolina Pliskova (Cze), Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) v (7) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre), (14) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) v Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa)

Court 3: 11:00 start

(4) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra), Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) v (10) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), Kristie Ahn (USA) v (12) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat), Ugo Humbert (Fra) v (16) Gael Monfils (Fra)

Court 4: 11:00 start

Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) v (23) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa), Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) v Monica Puig (Pur), Danielle Collins (USA) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz), Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v Marcel Granollers (Spa)

Court 6: 11:00 start

11:00: Polona Hercog (Slo) v Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk), Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) v Jessica Pegula (USA), Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) v (32) Dusan Lajovic (Ser), Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)

Court 7: 11:00 start

11:00: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) v Reilly Opelka (USA), Karolina Muchova (Cze) v Aleksandra Krunic (Ser), Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) v Ivo Karlovic (Cro), Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) v Kirsten Flipkens (Bel)

Court 8: 11:00 start

Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) v Camila Giorgi (Ita), Ernests Gulbis (Lat) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg), Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus)

Court 9: 11:00 start

Marie Bouzkova (Cze) v Mona Barthel (Ger), Steve Darcis (Bel) v Mischa Zverev (Ger), Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) v Ysaline Bonaventure (Bel), Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v Martin Klizan (Svk)

Court 10: 11:00 start

Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger), Denis Kudla (USA) v Malek Jaziri (Tun), Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi), Rebecca Peterson (Swe) v Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)

Court 11: 11:00 start

Marcos Giron (USA) v Feliciano Lopez (Spa), Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Viktorija Golubic (Swi), Pablo Cuevas (Uru) v Damir Dzumhur (Bih)

Court 12: 11:00 start

Catherine McNally (USA) v Heather Watson (Gbr), (19) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Vasek Pospisil (Can), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) v (15) Milos Raonic (Can), Alize Cornet (Fra) v Victoria Azarenka (Blr)

Court 14: 11:00 start

(27) Sofia Kenin (USA) v Astra Sharma (Aus), Shelby Rogers (USA) v (20) Anett Kontaveit (Est), Jozef Kovalik (Svk) v Robin Haase (Ned), (28) Benoit Paire (Fra) v Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg)

Court 15: 11:00 start

Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn), (16) Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v Madison Brengle (USA), Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v Corentin Moutet (Fra), Shuai Zhang (Chn) v (23) Caroline Garcia (Fra)

Court 16: 11:00 start

Bernarda Pera (USA) v (31) Maria Sakkari (Gre), Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Nicolas Jarry (Chi), Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa), Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) v (29) Daria Kasatkina (Rus)

Court 17: 11:00 start

(17) Madison Keys (USA) v Luksika Kumkhum (Tha), (24) Petra Martic (Cro) v Jennifer Brady (USA), Marius Copil (Rom) v (26) Guido Pella (Arg), Bradley Klahn (USA) v (21) David Goffin (Bel)

Court 18: 11:00 start

(8) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) v Daria Gavrilova (Aus), (10) Karen Khachanov (Rus) v Soon Woo Kwon (Kor), (11) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) v Paolo Lorenzi (Ita), (28) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat)

Latest Wimbledon updates

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V. Williams 3-4 Gauff*

Venus holds - can Gauff hold serve twice to win the first set?

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:31

*V. Williams 3-5 Gauff

Gauff holds - Venus will serve to stay in the first set...

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:32

V. Williams 4-5 Gauff*

Williams puts the pressure on her opponent, 24 years her junior, as Gauff will have to serve out the set on Court No.1...

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:34

*V. Williams 4-6 Gauff

GAUFF WINS THE FIRST SET! She serves it out to 15, as Venus nets a backhand!

Wow, wow, wow. Never mind story of the day, this may well be the story of the Championships... yes I know, it's only Day 1!

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:41

*V. Williams 4-6 1-0 Gauff*

Venus holds comfortably... 

On a side note, such is the age gap between these two players is that when Coco Gauff was born in 2004, Venus had already won six Grand Slams! 

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:45

V. Williams 4-6 0-1 Gauff* (40-40)

Gauff is taken to deuce in this game, as she double faults at 40-30...

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:46

*V. Williams 4-6 1-1 Gauff

Venus is genuinely struggling to cope with the teenager once the rally gets going. Venus nets twice, and it's a game apiece in the second set.

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:47

V. Williams 4-6 2-1 Gauff*

Better from Venus...

She takes the game from 30-15, with two forehand winners crosscourt, the second one a superb inside-out angle!

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:52

SCORES UPDATE

Centre - Edmund 6-4 5-3 Munar

No.2 - Wozniacki 1-4 Sorribes Tormo 

No. 3 - Humbert 6-7(6) 3-6 6-4 4-1 Monfils 

No.12 - Cornet 2-3 Azarenka 

No. 18 - Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 0-0 Ostapenko 

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:55

*V. Williams 4-6 2-2 Gauff

Gauff holds, and the pressure is back on Williams.. 

The 15-year-old is showing some stunning levels of composure here...

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 18:56

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