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Spectating 2023 Wimbledon in Affordable Style with Sling TV

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Pour the tea, serve the crumpets, and get your strawberries and cream ready because the next Tennis Grand Slam event is almost here. The 2023 Wimbledon will be the 136th edition, and everyone is holding their breath waiting to see if Novak Djokovic can keep his Singles Champion title for a fifth year in a row.

In a hurry? Most of Wimbledon will be airing on ESPN and ESPN2. A few matches will be on ABC, but they’ll be simulcast on ESPN3. And all three ESPNs are included in the Sling Orange base plan for $40.00/mo. Save 50% on your first month of Sling TV.

The Championships, Wimbledon

Wimbledon, The Championships, as it’s officially called (check out the logo) is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. It’s been held annually by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC, and formerly the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club) in Wimbledon, London, England, since 1877.

The Wimbledon tournament is one of four tennis championships that make up the tennis Grand Slam, and the only one to be played on grass courts. The Australian Open and US Open are both played on hard courts, and the French Open is played on the red-clay surface of Roland Garros. It also features as an event on both the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour.

Contemporary engraving of the first Wimbledon Championships at Worple Road, London, in 1877. Note the higher net (5 ft). The clubhouse is located on the left (in a distance). Worple Road is on the left and on the right is the track of the London and Southampton Railways. The balls were kept in the "mangers" close to the players.
The inaugural Wimbledon Championship (1877) / engraving originally published in Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, author unknown; used under public domain via Wikipedia Commons

Read on to find out how you can join tennis fans around the world in the television audience of Centre Court at the All England Club.

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Wimbledon Formats and Past Winners

Like the other Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon has more titles than just Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles. Below are all the winners from last year’s tournament in 2022.

Novak Djokovic hoists the Wimbledon trophy after his 2019 Gentlemen's Singles victory
Novak Djokovic has won every Gentlemen’s Singles title at Wimbledon since 2018 / photo (2019) by Peter Menzel under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
  • Gentlemen’s singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  • Ladies’ singles: Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
  • Gentlemen’s doubles: Matthew Ebden / Max Purcell (Australia)
  • Ladies’ doubles: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic)
  • Mixed doubles: Neal Skupski (UK) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA)
  • Wheelchair men’s singles: Shingo Kunieda (Japan)
  • Wheelchair women’s singles: Diede de Groot (Netherlands)
  • Wheelchair quad singles: Sam Schröder (Netherlands)
  • Wheelchair men’s doubles: Gustavo Fernández (Argentina) / Shingo Kunieda (Japan)
  • Wheelchair women’s doubles: Yui Kamiji (Japan) / Dana Mathewson (USA)
  • Wheelchair quad doubles: Sam Schroder / Niels Vink (Netherlands)
  • Boys’ singles: Mili Poljičak (Croatia)
  • Girls’ singles: Liv Hovde (USA)
  • Boys’ doubles: Sebastian Gorzny / Alex Michelsen (USA)
  • Girls’ doubles: Rose Marie Nijkamp (Netherlands) / Angella Okutoyi (Kenya)
  • Boys’ 14&U singles: Cho Se-hyuk (South Korea)
  • Girls’ 14&U singles: Alexia Ioana Tatu (Romania)
  • Gentlemen’s invitation doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (USA)
  • Ladies’ invitation doubles: Kim Clijsters (Belgium) / Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
  • Mixed invitation doubles: Nenad Zimonjić (Serbia) / Marion Bartoli (France)
Elena Rybakina raises the Venus Rosewater Dish after winning the Ladies' Singles Championship at Wimbledon in 2022.
Elena Rybakina raises the Venus Rosewater Dish after winning the Ladies’ Singles Championship at Wimbledon in 2022 / photo by Peter Menzel under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Wimbledon 2023 TV Schedule

Qualifying matches will take place Monday, June 26 through Thursday, June 29, and will be televised on ESPN+.

Wimbledon 1919, ladies, all-comers final. Suzanne Lenglen (left) against Phyllis Satterthwaite
Ladies All-Comers Final, Wimbledon (1919), Suzanne Lenglen (left) against Phyllis Satterthwaite / photo originally published in Lawn Tennis for Girls, author unknown; used under public domain via Wikipedia Commons

The main draw for the Wimbledon Championships begins Monday, July 3 on ESPN. The tournament will air on a combination of ABC and ESPN.

Serena Williams at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships
Serena Williams at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships / photo by Chris Eason under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
  • July 3-4 : First Round (ESPN)
  • July 5-6 : Second Round (ESPN)
  • July 7 : Third Round (ESPN)
  • July 8 : Third Round (ESPN)
  • July 8 : Third Round (ABC/ESPN3)
  • July 9 : Round of 16 (ESPN)
  • July 9 : Round of 16 (ABC/ESPN3)
  • July 10 : Round of 16 (ESPN2 / ESPN coverage starting at )
  • July 11-12 : Quarterfinals (ESPN/ESPN2)
  • July 13 : Women’s Semifinals (ESPN)
  • July 13 : Mixed Doubles Final (ESPN)
  • July 14 : Men’s Semifinals (ESPN)
  • July 15 : Women’s Final (ESPN)
  • July 15 : Men’s Doubles Final (ESPN) (re-air to )
  • July 16 : Men’s Final (ESPN)
  • July 16 : Women’s Doubles Final (ESPN)
  • July 16 : Men’s Final Re-Air (ABC/ESPN3)

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Wimbledon 2023 Players

The top 32 men’s and women’s players are seeded by ranking. Here are the top 5 for each:

American tennis player Bobby Riggs at 1939 Wimbledon Championships
American tennis player Bobby Riggs at 1939 Wimbledon Championships / photo originally published by Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny, author unknown; used under public domain via Wikipedia Commons

Men’s top 5 seeds

  1. Novak Djokovic
  2. Carlos Alcaraz
  3. Daniil Medvedev
  4. Casper Ruud
  5. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Women’s top 5 seeds

  1. Iga Świątek
  2. Aryna Sabalenka
  3. Elena Rybakina
  4. Caroline Garcia
  5. Jessica Pegula

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Wrapping Up

If you want to watch Wimbledon, start to finish, all you have to do is sign up for Sling Orange, download the app onto your favorite streaming device, and then show up for match time. Game, set, match. Save 50% on your first month of Sling TV.

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Featured photo: A panoramic picture of Wimbledon’s Centre Court (2019) / photo by GATORFAN2525 under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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