The grounds will open at 10.30a.m. each day. On Courts 2-19,
play is provisionally scheduled to start at noon for at least
the first eight days and then at 11.00a.m. for the Junior matches
on the middle Saturday and during the second week.
On Centre and No.1 Courts, play will start at 1.00p.m., except
on the final two days when play on these courts will start at
2.00p.m. Please check the daily order of play.
Provisional
Schedule of Matches
During the first week, the early rounds of the Men’s and Ladies’
Singles, Men’s, Ladies’ and Mixed Doubles will be played on
all courts, with top seeds’ matches played on the show courts.
On the middle Saturday the Veterans’ and Juniors’ events commence
and will be played on the outside courts as well as on some
of the Show Courts.
On the last three days on No.1 Court, there will be a full programme
of play; it will comprise juniors' and veterans' matches, with
the possibility of Championship Doubles Semi-Finals.
Order
of Play
The Matches for each day are prepared in draft the previous
evening by the Referee and submitted by him to the Order of
Play committee for approval or amendment.
Every effort is made to have the potentially most attractive
matches played on the courts with the most spectator accommodation,
but care is also taken to give any player likely to go
far in the tournament his or her fair share of the Show Courts.
Changes
to the Order of Play
We do try to play all matches on the courts and days published.
However, occasionally it is necessary to switch a match from
one court to another. This can be for a number of reasons.
For example:
We aim to complete The Championships on time and this
involves playing all matches, in all events, over the 13
days of the tournament.
Some players remain involved in several events towards
the end of The Championships and it may be necessary to
move a match to avoid a clash.
We try to give similar rest periods between matches for
players due to play each other.
A match which is unlikely to finish because of a late
start, caused by the duration of previous matches, may be
postponed to the following day. In this event another match
may be substituted.
We recognise that this may be frustrating and we apologise for
the rare occasions when circumstances necessitate a change to
the published Order of Play. We hope you will appreciate why
such changes sometimes have to be made.
