Day One at Wimbledon: ESPN+ to Stream 14 Courts, including Court Two with Cilic, Five-Time Champ Venus Williams, Monfils-Gasquet, Svitolina
Wimbledon is the Major Tennis Debut for ESPN+
The Wimbledon fortnight commences tomorrow, Monday, July 2, with 64 singles matches on the docket and ESPN has all the action exclusively in the U.S. with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and – making its Major tennis debut – the new ESPN+ service. The latter’s offerings will include Court Two where the order of play begins with last year’s Gentlemen’s finalist, #3 seed Marin Cilic, five-time champion #9 seed Venus Williams, an intriguing matchup of French veterans – Gael Monfils and #24 Richard Gasquet, and #5 Elina Svitolina who has reached at least the fourth round in her last four Majors.
For the first time, every match from the 18 courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club – celebrating its 150th anniversary – will be played in front of cameras. ESPN’s coverage – first ball to last ball – includes more than 500 matches, all available for fans between ESPN3 and the new ESPN+ on the ESPN app; 140 hours of action will be on TV. The action will climax with the Ladies’ Championship and the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Doubles Championships on ESPN on Saturday, July 14, and the Gentlemen’s Championship on Sunday, July 15, followed by the Mixed Doubles Championship.
ESPN+ will stream live the following 14 courts at Wimbledon, Monday, July 2 (action on each court begins at 11:30 a.m. ET; all matches available on demand for until the end of the tournament):
| Court | Matches |
| Court 2 | #3 Marin Cilic vs Yoshihito Nishioka
#9 Venus Williams vs Johanna Larsson #24 Richard Gasquet vs Gael Monfils #5 Elina Svitolina vs Tatjana Maria |
| Court 4 | Evgeniya Rodina vs Antonia Lottner
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs Gastao Elias Malek Jaziri vs Jared Donaldson Tereza Smitkova vs Viktoriya Tomova |
| Court 5 | Peter Polansky vs Dennis Novak
Luksika Kumkhum vs Bernarda Pera John-Patrick Smith vs Andreas Seppi Lesia Tsurenko vs Timea Babos |
| Court 6 | Alexandra Dulgheru vs Kristyna Pliskova
Petra Martic vs Ekaterina Makarova John Millman vs Stefano Travaglia Vera Lapko vs Christina McHale |
| Court 7 | Gilles Muller vs Michael Mmoh
Aleksandra Krunic vs Madison Brengle Ryan Harrison vs Roberto Carballes Baena Viktorija Golubic vs Ons Jabeur |
| Court 8 | Mona Barthel vs Yanina Wickmayer
Camila Giorgi vs #21 Anastasija Sevastova Yuki Bhambri vs Thomas Fabbiano Radu Albot vs Pablo Carreno Busta |
| Court 10 | Sergiy Stakhovsky vs Joao Sousa
Yafan Wang vs Anna Blinkova Lukas Lacko vs Benjamin Bonzi |
| Court 11 | #19 Magdalena Rybarikova vs Sorana Cirstea
Jason Kubler vs Guido Pella Laslo Djere vs Paolo Lorenzi |
| Court 12 | #7 Karolina Pliskova vs Harriet Dart
Daniil Medvedev vs #16 Borna Coric Norbert Gombos vs #8 Kevin Anderson Svetlana Kuznetsova vs Barbora Strycova |
| Court 14 | Jan-Lennard Struff vs #32 Leonardo Mayer
#20 Kiki Bertens vs Barbora Stefkova Irina-Camelia Begu vs Katie Swan |
| Court 15 | Nicolas Jarry vs #28 Filip Krajinovic
Viktoria Kuzmova vs Rebecca Peterson Steve Johnson vs Ruben Bemelmans |
| Court 16 | #25 Philipp Kohlschreiber vs Evgeny Donskoy
Ricardas Berankis vs Mackenzie McDonald Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs Kristina Mladenovic Aryna Sabalenka vs #29 Mihaela Buzarnescu |
| Court 17 | #31 Shuai Zhang vs Andrea Petkovic
Ivo Karlovic vs Mikhail Youzhny #22 Adrian Mannarino vs Christian Garin |
| Court 18 | #17 Lucas Pouille vs Denis Kudla
Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Victoria Azarenka Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Gregoire Barrere #13 Julia Goerges vs Monica Puig |
In addition to live matches, throughout Wimbledon ESPN+ also will offer:
- March Replays – every match that airs live on ESPN+ will be available for the entire tournament
- Wimbledon Archive Matches – 50 of the great Wimbledon matches of all time
- Official Wimbledon Films – Up to 30 one-hour films produced by AELTC and IMG.
- Daily Highlights Show – 52-minute show produced by IMG each day
Related article:
ESPN’s 2018 Wimbledon Broadcast Schedule
