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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CURRENT SCORES
Stefanos Tsitsipas, the seventh seed, has dropped the first set against Italian Thomas Fabbiano, 6-4. Could we have a shock on our hands on court no.2?
Elsewhere:
Court 3 - Kristie Ahn 3-6 1-4 Anastasija Sevastova (12)
Court 12 - Felix Auger-Aliassime (19) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 2-2 Vasek Pospisil
Court 18 - Karen Khachanov (10) 7-6(6), 6-4, 4-6, 5-5 Soonwoo Kwon (Q)
OSAKA BREAKS! Putintseva 1-2 Osaka*
After sharing the first two games, Osaka has broken Putintseva in the third game and leads 2-1!
*Putintseva 3-3 Osaka
We're back on serve on Centre as Putintseva breaks back!
*Putintseva 6-6 Osaka
We're into a tiebreak on Centre Court, in what is a very even contest!
SCORES UPDATE
Elsewhere, it's a set apiece on both court 1 between Jiri Vesely and Alexander Zverev, and court 2 between Thomas Fabbiano and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Gael Monfils is up an early break on court 3, while 11th seed Daniil Medvedev has taken the opening set against Paolo Lorenzi, 6-3.
Putintseva 6-6 Osaka* (3-3)
Still nothing to choose between these two, as Putintseva plays a beautiful backhand drop shot to extinguish the mini-break.
PUTINTSEVA WINS THE FIRST SET! Putintseva 7-6(4) Osaka
Well, could we have a big shock on the first day at Wimbledon?!
Putintseva takes the first set on a tiebreak, 7-4, after some wayward Osaka groundstrokes towards the end of that breaker...
Teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime won his first grand slam match against Vasek Pospisil.
In an all-Canadian affair on Canada Day, the 18-year-old - seeded 19th after a remarkable rise up the rankings in the last year - dropped the first set.
But Auger-Aliassime gradually began to showcase the shot-making which has seen earmarked as a major star of the future and took the match 5-7 6-2 6-4 6-3.
POTENTIAL SHOCK ALERT!
We may have THREE shocks on the three main courts here...
Naomi Osaka is a set down on Centre, while on Court No. 1, Alexander Zverev is down a break in the third set, after the German and opponent Jiri Vesely shared the first two sets.
And on court no.2, seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas is down two sets to one against Italian Thomas Fabbiano!
Day 1 drama at Wimbledon!
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