Wimbledon Day 1: Order of play, full schedule, how to watch and odds

Day one of this year’s Wimbledon is set to take place this morning, with defending champion Novak Djokovic scheduled to be involved.

Novak Djokovic will begin his Wimbledon title defence TODAY when he faces unseeded Pedro Cachin… but what is the order of play on day one? and how can you watch it?

Djokovic, ranked No 2 at this year’s tournament, will face unseeded Pedro Cachin this afternoon.

The Serbian won his seventh Wimbledon title and fourth in a row by coming from behind to beat Nick Kyrgios at last year’s final. The Serbian won the match in four sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6. The victory secured Djokovic the 21st grand slam title of his glittering career.

Women’s No 1 Iga Swiatek is also set to be involved in today’s action and will face Zhu Lin on Court One this afternoon.

SixSports breaks down everything you need to know ahead of the first day at this year’s Wimbledon tournament.

Order of play

Centre Court (from 1.30pm)

Pedro Cachin v Novak Djokovic (2)

Venus Williams vs Elina Svitolina

Jannik Sinner (8) vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Court One (from 1pm)

Iga Swiatek (1) vs Zhu Lin

Laurent Lokoli vs Casper Ruud (4)

Sofia Kenin vs Coco Gauff (7)

Court 2 (from 11am)

Jessica Pegula (4) v Lauren Davis

David Goffin vs lucky loser

Katie Swan vs Belinda Bencic (14)

Quentin Halys vs Daniel Evans (27)

Court 3 (from 11am)

Andrey Rublev (7) v Max Purcell

Katie Volynets v Caroline Garcia (5)

Jodie Burrage v Caty McNally

Yannick Hanfmann v Taylor Fritz (9)

Court 12 (from 11am)

Diane Parry v Harriet Dart (GBR)

Filip Krajinovic v Felix Auger-Aliassime (11)

Dennis Shapovalov (26) v Radu Albot

Shuai Zhang v Donna Vekic (20)

Court 18 (from 11am)

Veronika Kudermetova (12) v Kaia Kanepi

Albert Ramos-Vinolas v Hubert Hurkacz (17)

Daria Kasatkina (11) v Caroline Dolehide

Emil Ruusuvuori v Stan Wawrinka

Court 4 (from 11am)

Nadia Podoroska v Tereza Martincova

Claude Moutet v Richard Gasquet

Rebeka Masarova v Mayar Sherif (31)

Lloyd Harris v Gregoire Barrere

Court 5 (from 11am)

Barbora Strycova v Maryna Zanevska

Max Marterer v Borna Gojo

Mikael Ymer v Alex Molcan

Marie Bouzkova (32) v Simona Waltert

Full schedule

Monday, July 3

Men’s and Ladies’ first Round

Tuesday, July 4

Men’s and Ladies’ first Round

Wednesday, July 5

Men’s and Ladies’ second Round

Thursday, July 6

Men’s and Ladies’ second Round

Friday, July 7

Men’s and Ladies’ third Round

Saturday, July 8

Men’s and Ladies’ third Round

Sunday, July 9

Men’s and Ladies’ fourth Round

Monday, July 10

Men’s and Ladies’ fourth Round

Tuesday, July 11

Men’s Singles Quarter-finals

Ladies’ Singles Quarter-finals

Men’s Singles Quarter-finals

Wednesday, July 12

Ladies’ Singles Quarter-finals

Ladies’ Singles Semi-finals

Thursday, July 13

Mixed Doubles Final

Friday, July 14

Men’s Singles Semi-finals

Saturday, July 15

Ladies’ Singles Final,

Men’s Doubles Final

Sunday, July 16

Men’s Singles Final

Ladies’ Doubles Final

Today’s coverage will begin on BBC Two and is due to get underway at 10.30am.

Fans will be able to watch all of this year’s action will be shown live on BBC.

All of the matches will also be streamed on BBC iPlayer.

For those who miss anything, fans will be able to catch up via ‘Today at Wimbledon’ every day from 9pm during the tournament.

ESPN will also be showing live coverage of all of this year’s action for those watching in the States.