Wimbledon 2022: When does it start? What is the schedule? When is the draw? Are Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu playing?

Wimbledon is set to start later this month after being mired in controversy following the ban on Russian and Belarusian players, and the subsequent decision by the ATP and WTA tours to strip the tournament of ranking points. Novak Djokovic will be the defending men’s champion at SW19 while last year’s women’s winner Ashleigh Barty will not be back as she has retired. Karolina Pliskova was the runner-up to Barty in 2021.

Ad/> Cameron Norrie and Emma Raducanu will be the highest-ranked British players in the draw. WTA Birmingham'Ecstatic' — Boulter beats Garcia to set up Halep quarter-final showdown15 HOURS AGO Here’s all you need to know about Wimbledon 2022, including key dates, the schedule, whether Andy Murray and Raducanu are playing, how to watch highlights and the men’s and women’s finals live… When does Wimbledon start and what's the schedule? The main draw for Wimbledon starts on Monday, June 27. Qualifying for the tournament gets under way on Monday, June 20 and finishes on Thursday, June 23.

This will be the first year that the Grand Slam is planned to be played over 14 days, including the middle Sunday, which was previously a rest day. Wimbledon had been the only one of the four majors without any matches scheduled on the middle Sunday. Only on four occasions has there been play on the middle Sunday due to rain delays.

Serena's return: key questions: Can she win Wimbledon? Schett: Nobody will want to play Williams The change to the schedule means there will be no 'Manic Monday' and the fourth-round singles matches will instead be spread across two days rather than all being played on the second Monday. The men’s and women’s singles matches will be mixed through the quarter-finals. Play on the outside courts