The world’s best tennis players have descended on SW19 for the 2025 Championships, ready to battle for some of the sport’s biggest prizes.
Here’s what to look out for.
Alcaraz chases three-in-a-row feat
Carlos Alcaraz will bid for a third consecutive Wimbledon title after beating Novak Djokovic in the past two finals on Centre Court.
His preparation this time included a round of golf with Sir Andy Murray last Monday.
Murray claimed victory, even joking with a Wimbledon camera crew that it “wasn’t that competitive”, and Alcaraz will be planning for it to be the only defeat of his trip.
Spaniard Alcaraz, who overturned a two-set deficit to beat world number one Jannik Sinner in one of the all-time great French Open finals in early June, is only 22 years old but already has five Grand Slam titles.
Djokovic, meanwhile, continues to pursue an outright-record 25th major singles title, having tied Margaret Court with his 2023 US Open triumph.
The 38-year-old Serb has been thwarted recently by the new stars of the men’s game, with Alcaraz and Sinner sharing the past six majors between them. Italy’s Sinner will hope to bounce back from his Paris heartbreak, with Wimbledon the only Grand Slam where he has yet to contest the final.
A semi-final loss to Djokovic in 2023 represents his best SW19 run after his quarter-final exit last year.
His preparations this time were cut short by a second-round Halle Open loss to the in-form Alexander Bublik, who could be a threat after his title triumph there.
World number four Jack Draper leads Britain’s hopes in the men’s draw, with Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie also aiming for deep runs on home soil.
Another wide-open women’s draw?
Not since 2016, when Serena Williams was champion for the seventh time and second year running, has a player managed to win back-to-back women’s singles titles at Wimbledon.
Last year, Barbora Krejcikova triumphed to follow in the footsteps of Czech compatriot Marketa Vondrousova, who 12 months earlier became the first unseeded player to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka, who has reached the final in five of the past six Grand Slams she has contested, has yet to reach the Wimbledon showpiece match.
The Belarusian, 27, is a three-time Slam singles champion but has been runner-up in the past two major finals, at the Australian Open and French Open.
