When is Wimbledon 2025 draw? Start time, date, seeds and prize money

Wimbledon is back as the grass-court swing reaches its climax.

Tennis’ elite will flock to the All England Club to battle it out for the sport’s most prestigious grand slam, with millions of pounds in prize money up for grabs.

Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova are the defending singles’ champions, with Alcaraz going for a three-peat after a three-set domination of seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in 2024.

Krejcikova defeated Jasmine Paolini, the seventh seed, in a three-set thriller on the penultimate day of the Championships to win her first major title.

Both defending champions are back in the men’s and women’s draws as they converge upon south west London, hoping to repeat their Centre Court feats from last year.

World no1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka will both be out to stop them, with both the Italian and the Belarusian seeking a maiden Wimbledon crown.

He has since lifted the Indian Wells title, following that up with a final at the Madrid Masters and a quarter-final defeat by Alcaraz in Rome.

He was knocked out in the fourth round by Alexander Bublik at the French Open, and was stunned in the semi-finals of Queen’s Club by Jiri Lehecka.

On the women’s side, British no1 Emma Raducanu insisted that she will play despite struggling with back pain at Queen’s and Eastbourne.

The singles draws take place on Friday, June 27 at 10am BST.

128 players will be drawn, with 32 seeds, 16 qualifiers, and eight wild cards.

The doubles draw will follow at 12pm BST.

Sinner and Sabalenka top the seedings in the men’s and women’s draws, respectively.

Draper comes in as the fourth seed, and he is the only Briton to be seeded across both singles’ draws.