Wimbledon is back and ESPN's coverage of The Championships returns in full force next week.
ESPN's coverage from all 18 Wimbledon courts begins Monday, June 28th at 6 a.m. Eastern time.
The schedule—first ball to last ball—includes more than 150 hours of action on TV plus more than 500 matches from London, all available for fans between ESPN+ and ESPN3 on the ESPN app.
Coverage will climax with the Ladies’ Championship and the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Doubles Championships on ESPN on Saturday, July 10, and the Gentlemen’s Championship on Sunday, July 11, followed by the Mixed Doubles Championship.
Before that, starting Monday, June 21, and through Thursday, June 24, all four days of qualifying will stream live exclusively on ESPN+. All-day action starts at 6 a.m. ET from one of the grass courts at the Bank of England Sports Centre in Roehampton, not far from Wimbledon.
ESPN 2021 Wimbledon TV Schedule
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Network |
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Monday, June 28 |
6 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; 6 a.m.-2 p.m. |
First Round |
ESPN, ESPN Deportes |
Live |
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11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
First Round |
ESPN2 |
Live |
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Tuesday, June 29 |
6 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; 6 a.m.-2 p.m. |
First Round |
ESPN, ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
|
11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
First Round |
ESPN2 |
Live |
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Wednesday, June 30 |
6 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; 6 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Second Round |
ESPN, ESPN Deportes |
Live |
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Thursday, July 1 |
6 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; 6 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Second Round |
ESPN, ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
Friday, July 2 |
6-11:30 a.m.; 6:35-8:50 a.m.; 10:05 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Third Round |
ESPN, ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
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11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
Third Round |
ESPN2 |
Live |
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Saturday, July 3 |
7-8 a.m. |
Breakfast at Wimbledon |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
7:05-8:55 a.m. |
Third Round |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
|
8-11:30 a.m. |
Third Round |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
10:15 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Third Round |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
|
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Third Round |
ESPN2 |
Live |
|
|
2-5 p.m. |
Third Round |
ESPN |
Live |
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Sunday, July 4 |
3-6 p.m. |
Highlights of Week One |
ABC |
Tape |
|
Monday, July 5 |
6 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Round of 16 |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
|
8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Round of 16 Centre Court |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
6 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Round of 16 Court No. 1 and other Courts |
ESPN2 |
Live |
|
Tuesday, July 6 |
8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Ladies Quarterfinals, Centre Court |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Ladies Quarterfinals, Court No. 1 |
ESPN2 |
Live |
|
|
8-11:30 a.m. |
Ladies Quarterfinals |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
Wednesday, July 7 |
8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Men's Quarterfinals, Centre Court |
ESPN |
Live |
|
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8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Men's Quarterfinals, Court No. 1 |
ESPN2 |
Live |
|
|
8 a.m.-1 p.m. |
Men's Quarterfinals |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
Thursday, July 8 |
7-8 a.m. |
Breakfast at Wimbledon |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
7:45-11:30 a.m. |
Ladies' Semifinals |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
|
8 a.m.-1 p.m. |
Ladies' Semifinals |
ESPN |
Live |
|
Friday, July 9 |
7-8 a.m. |
Breakfast at Wimbledon |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
7:45 a.m.-1 p.m. |
Men's Semifinals |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
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8 a.m.-2 p.m. |
Men's Semifinals |
ESPN |
Live |
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Saturday, July 10 |
8-9 a.m. |
Breakfast at Wimbledon |
ESPN |
Live |
|
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8:45-11:30 a.m. |
Ladies' Championship |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
|
9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Ladies Championship |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Men's Doubles Championship |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Ladies Doubles Championship |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
3-6 p.m. |
Ladies Championship |
ABC |
Encore |
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Sunday, July 11 |
8-9 a.m. |
Breakfast at Wimbledon |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
8:45 a.m.-1 p.m. |
Men's Championship |
ESPN Deportes |
Live |
|
|
9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Men's Championship |
ESPN |
Live |
|
|
9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Mixed Doubles Championship |
ESPN |
Live |
|
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3-6 p.m. |
Men's Championship |
ABC |
Encore |
The first five weekdays, ESPN begins at 6 a.m. ET for daylong coverage (transitioning to ESPN2 at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Friday), scheduled to end at 4:30 p.m. The action also gets started live at 6 a.m. streaming on ESPN+ and ESPN3.
The ESPN App will be the all-in-one streaming home for Wimbledon, with ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts and the matches streaming on ESPN+ and ESPN3. Combined, the app will stream more than 500 matches totaling 1,500 hours from all 18 courts (Centre, Courts 1-12, 14-18.), plus AELTC’s daily The Wimbledon Channel and an all-day feed with press conferences from the media centre at the All England Club. Matches will also be available on demand afterwards.
On Saturday, July 3, ESPN begins at 7 a.m. with the one-hour Breakfast at Wimbledon before another day full of action (11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. will be on ESPN2).
On the “middle Sunday,” July 4 – the last edition of Wimbledon’s traditional day of rest before a new schedule commences in 2022 – ABC will broadcast a three-hour review of the first week at 3 p.m. In addition, ABC will present encore presentations of the singles championships on the day they take place, July 10 and 11, at 3 p.m.
From Thursday, July 8, through the Championships, all the action is on ESPN, beginning each day with Breakfast at Wimbledon (7 a.m. on July 8-9 leading into the semifinals, 8 a.m. on July 10-11 previewing the Championships). ·
Saturday, July 10, will feature the Ladies’ Singles Championship along with the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Doubles Championship on ESPN with the Gentlemen’s Championship and Mixed Doubles Championship on Sunday.