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The 2023 Wimbledon Championship, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and the oldest in the world, will kick off on Monday.
Considered one of the most important tennis tournaments alongside the Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros) and US Open, 2023 Wimbledon main draw will be held on 3 July and the men’s singles final will end in July. 16.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London has hosted Wimbledon since 1877 and is the only Grand Slam played on grass courts.
Also, the 2023 Championship, King III. It will be the first Wimbledon to be played under Charles. Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth died on September 8, 2022, two months after that year’s Wimbledon finals.
Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic and Kazakh player Elena Rybakina won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively, last year.
Djokovic bids for 24th Grand Slam title to equal Margaret Court
Seven-time Wimbledon winner in his illustrious career, second-seeded Djokovic is aiming for another Grand Slam victory.
The 36-year-old has won an all-time record 23 Grand Slam titles in men’s singles tennis, and is aiming to equal Margaret Court’s all-time singles record.
With its 24th Grand Slam title, Australia’s former world No. 1 Court still holds the record for male or female tennis players.
If Djokovic wins the 2023 Wimbledon tournament, he will also draw with Swiss legend Roger Federer, who has won the tournament eight times.
Federer, one of the biggest names in tennis, stopped playing tennis in 2022.
However, top-seeded men Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), Daniil Medvedev (Russia), Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) and Casper Ruud (Norway) are among the names that could trouble Djokovic in London.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who won the 2008 and 2010 Wimbledon titles, will miss the tournament due to an injury he suffered earlier this year.
The 37-year-old could not recover from a hip injury at the 2023 Australian Open in January and missed the French Open in June, which Djokovic won.
Swiatek, Sabalenka, Rybakina were determined as the favorites in the women’s category.
By the way, the top three of the women’s singles ranking – Iga Swiatek (Poland), Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) and Rybakina – were recognized as favorites for the ladies.
Seeded Swiatek has never won Wimbledon, but is a three-time French Open champion in 2020, 2022 and 2023. He also won the 2022 US Open title.
Considered one of the strongest athletes in tennis, World No. 2 Sabalenka won the 2023 Australian Open after defeating Rybakina in January.
Kazakh third-seeded Rybakina won her only major title, 2022 Wimbledon.
But Rybakina will appear in the courts to defend her title in London.
Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete impartially
Separately, Russian and Belarusian tennis players will play neutrally at this year’s Wimbledon as they have lifted the ban on them before.
In 2022, Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing after Moscow launched a war against Ukraine on February 24 that year.
Prize money rises to £44.7m
Organizers confirmed that the total prize money presented at Wimbledon in June has risen to a record £44.7m ($56.52m) this year.
The men’s and women’s 2023 Wimbledon champions will each win £2.35m prize money and championship trophies.
The runners-up will bring home £1,175 million.
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