June 29 – July 12, 2026 · Church Road, Wimbledon, London
The 2026 Championships run Monday, June 29 through Sunday, July 12, 2026 at the All England Club in London. The ladies' final is Saturday, July 11 at 2:00 PM BST; the gentlemen's final is Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 PM BST. Show-court play starts at 1:30 PM BST; outside courts at 11:00 AM BST.
The Centre Court finals begin at 2:00 PM British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) — 1:00 PM UTC. Here is how that converts for major fan markets, with DST already applied where it affects the date.
For any other city, use the BST to EDT converter, BST to IST converter, or the full time zone converter.
Wimbledon is played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Church Road in Wimbledon, south-west London. Centre Court (14,979 seats, retractable roof, partial climate control) and No.1 Court (12,345 seats, retractable roof) anchor the grounds. No.2 Court and 16 outside courts complete the show. The surface is 100% perennial ryegrass mown to 8 mm — the fastest, lowest-bouncing court in the Grand Slam calendar. It's the oldest tennis tournament in the world, first played in 1877.
Because the Wimbledon finals start at 2:00 PM BST, they land in US morning hours (9:00 AM ET, 6:00 AM PT) and European early afternoon (3:00 PM CEST). For APAC viewers it's a late-evening match (9:00 PM in Singapore, 11:00 PM in Sydney). Use the visual meeting planner to overlay your friends' time zones and confirm everyone is awake when Centre Court play begins. The conference call planner highlights the overlap window in green if you're coordinating a watch-along call.
Wimbledon fields 128 players per gender in singles — 104 direct entries, 16 qualifiers (from Roehampton), and 8 wild cards. Men play best-of-five sets; women best-of-three. Since 2022, a 10-point match tiebreak is played at 6-6 in the final set, consistent across all four Grand Slams. The traditional "Middle Sunday" rest day was permanently dropped in 2022, meaning play now runs every day of the fortnight. Seedings are based on ATP/WTA rankings with a grass-court adjustment for men.
Monday, June 29, 2026. Qualifying at Roehampton runs June 22–25.
Ladies' Singles Final: Saturday, July 11 at 2:00 PM BST. Gentlemen's Singles Final: Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 PM BST. Both on Centre Court.
Grass — specifically 100% perennial ryegrass, mown daily to exactly 8 mm.
No scheduled night sessions. Play on Centre Court and No.1 Court can run past 11:00 PM under the retractable roofs when matches are still in progress, but the tournament does not schedule dedicated evening play. The latest finish in Championships history is 11:02 PM.
British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) — London's summer-time offset. BST applies from the last Sunday of March through the last Sunday of October.