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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

Jack Watson
Monday 01 July 2019 11:54 BST
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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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OSAKA ONE GAME AWAY FROM DEFEAT!

Second seed Naomi Osaka is currently trailing 7-6, 5-2 against Yulia Putintseva, who is serving for the match!

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:06
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UPSET! Yulin Putintseva def. Naomi Osaka 7-694) 6-2

THE WORLD NO. 2 IS OUT! 

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Well, what a shock that was! The second seed has been dumped out of Wimbledon!

Putintseva played very well against an out of sorts Naomi Osaka, and the winner has been speaking to the BBC afterwards:

"I've never played on this court, so the shape was surprising. It was very new and exciting for me, but I think I did a great win out there for me!"

"I just go out there to play my best and do what I can, and today I did a great job!'

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:13
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CURRENT SCORES

POTENTIAL UPSET ALERT! Court 1 - *Jiri Vesely 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 2-2 Alexander Zverev (6) 

POTENTIAL UPSET ALERT! Court 2 - Thomas Fabbiano 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 6-5 Stefanos Tsitsipas (7)*

Court 3 - Ugo Humbert 6-7(6) Gael Monfils (16)*

Court 12 - Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-7(1) 1-2 Milos Raonic (15)*

Court 18 - Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(2) 1-0 Paolo Lorenzi*

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:17
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Dr Ivo loves grass...

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:20
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Here's match point...

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:20
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Next on Centre court is Kyle Edmund, who is about to get underway against Jaume Munar of Spain!

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:30
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Tsitsipas takes the fourth set against Thomas Fabbiano, 10-8 on a tiebreak, and we're into a decider on court no.2!

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:32
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Fabbiano 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-7(8) 2-2 Tsitsipas*

Quite a match emerging on Court 2 - Fabbiano, who qualified for the main draw, has taken 7th seed Tsitsipas to a 5th set.

They’re on serve early on...

Kieran Jackson1 July 2019 17:47

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