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
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Your support makes all the difference.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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Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-5 2-2 Philipp Kohlschreiber*
The reigning champ holds easily enough as he continues to breeze towards what looks to be a straight-sets win.
*Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-5 2-2 Philipp Kohlschreiber
It's been relatively plain-sailing for Djokovic today but he's been a little guilty of rushing some of his shots. He's just fired wide a simple backhand which he definitely should have made. 15-15.
Simona Halep 6-4 7-5 Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Halep is through to the second round after beating Sasnovich in straight sets. Her opponent had set point in the second but the 2018 French Open champion held her nerve before turning things around to secure victory. She'll be pleased with the spirit and resolve she showed there.
Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-5 2-2 Philipp Kohlschreiber*
Djokovic, on break point, places a forehand in the tramlines but makes the challenge anyway. Surprise surprise, it's well wide. 40-40. The German holding on here...
*Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-5 2-3 Philipp Kohlschreiber
Djokovic nets. Kohlschreiber advantage. Djokovic pulls it wide. Kohlschreiber holds.
Huge relief for the German there. On we go.
Third seed Karolina Pliskova had to save three set points in the second set against China's Zhu Lin before coming through 6-2 7-6 (4).
Pliskova is among the big favourites to win the title and arrived at the All England Club having blitzed the field to lift the trophy at Eastbourne on Saturday.
But she was not at her best against Zhu, who has never won a grand slam match, and the Chinese player held set point three times serving at 6-5. Pliskova managed to break, though, and came out on top in the tie-break.
Novak Djokovic 6-3 7-5 3-3 Philipp Kohlschreiber*
Djokovic holds comfortably to 15, and seals it with a crunching backhand winner down the line.
Three apiece.
Last year's French Open champion Simona Halep is safely through to round two...
SHOCK ALERT!
Rybarikova reached the semi-finals in 2017, and has knocked out no.10 seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets!
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