Bracket, schedule, and scores for women's draw
Can Serena Williams recapture the magic on the grass courts of Wimbledon? We have all you need to know throughout the tournament.
Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams will return to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in search of her next Grand Slam title. It is the next step in her return to high-level play since the birth of her child and the complications that came with it.
Williams, despite being ranked outside the top 150 women’s tennis players in the world after her long absence, was given a special seeding of 25 for the tournament, a departure from the French Open in June, which had Williams unseeded. Williams last won Wimbledon in 2016.
The defending champion is Garbine Muguruza, the third seed for the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. Muguruza, after struggling leading up to Wimbledon, took down Svetlana Kuznetsova, Magdalena Rybarikova, and then Venus Williams in the final to secure the title a year ago.
Simona Halep finally got her coveted Grand Slam title at the aforementioned French Open this year, and will be contending with the likes of Williams, Muguruza, Sloane Stephens (the woman she beat in the Roland Garros final), the second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, and many others.
There are five seeded American women in the bracket, including Stephens (4th), Venus (9th), Madison Keys (10th), CoCo Vandeweghe (16th), and Serena (25th). Serena has a potentially brutal third-round matchup with Elina Svitolina if both win to that point.
Below is the bracket, viewing information and then the full schedule and results for the tournament, updated several times a day throughout the final day on July 15.
Bracket
Bracket courtesy of the official Wimbledon website.
Viewing information
ESPN will carry television coverage of Wimbledon in the United States. Coverage is primarily on the ESPN network, with some coverage rolling over into ESPN2.
Online streaming of the entire Wimbledon Grand Slam will also be available, as usual, via WatchESPN and the ESPN App on various devices. The televised coverage can also be streamed using one of the many subscription services that carry ESPN.
All courts will be available for live streaming throughout the tournament, though some are locked to subscribers of the new ESPN+ service, which runs $5 per month.
Below is a list of days and which channels you can watch the action on, and below that is the full tournament schedule and results, updated daily.
How to watch Wimbledon
Schedule
Day 1, Monday, July 2 (recap)
No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki def. Varvara Lepchenko, 6-0, 6-3
Donna Vekic def. No. 4 Sloane Stephens, 6-1, 6-3
Tatjana Maria def. No. 5 Elina Svitolina, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1
No. 7 Karolina Pliskova def. Harriet Dart, 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-1
No. 9 Venus Williams def. Johanna Larsson, 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-1
No. 10 Madison Keys def. Alja Tomljanovic, 6-4, 6-2
No. 13 Julia Goerges def. Monica Puig, 6-4, 7-6(7)
Katerina Siniakova def. No. 16 CoCo Vandeweghe, 6-7(3), 6-3, 8-6
Sorana Cirstea def. No. 19 Magdalena Rybarikova, 7-5, 6-3
No. 20 Kiki Bertens def. Barbora Stefkova, 6-3, 6-2
Camila Giorgi def. No. 21 Anastasija Sevastova, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
No. 23 Barbora Strycova def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7-6(6), 7-5
No. 25 Serena Williams def. Arantxa Rus, 7-5, 6-3
No. 29 Mihaela Buzarnescu def. Aryna Sabalenka, 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-4
Andrea Petkovic def. No. 31 Shuai Zhang, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 32 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Victoria Azarenka def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 7-6(4), 6-3
Evgeniya Rodina def. Antonia Lottner, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Viktoriya Tomova def. Tereza Smitkova, 7-6(3), 6-1
Luksika Kumkhum def. Bernarda Pera, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Lesia Tsurenko def. Timea Babos, 7-5, 6-2
Alexandra Dulgheru def. Kristyna Pliskova, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Ekaterina Makarova def. Petra Martic, 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-3
Vera Lapko vs. Christina McHale, to finish: 5-7, 7-5, 3-2
Madison Brengle def. Aleksandra Krunic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Ons Jabeur def. Viktorija Golubic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer def .Mona Barthel, 7-5, 6-4
Anna Blinkova def. Yafan Wang, 6(4)-7, 6-4, 6-4
Katie Swan def. Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-2, 6-2
Rebecca Peterson def. Viktoria Kuzmova, 7-6(3), 7-6(9)
Kristina Mladenovic def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
Lucie Safarova def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-4, 6-4
Day 2, Tuesday, July 3
No. 1 Simona Halep def. Kurumi Nara, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 Garbine Muguruza def. Naomi Broady, 6-2, 7-5
Belinda Bencic def. No. 6 Caroline Garcia, 7-6(2), 6-3
Aliaksandra Sasnovich def. No. 8 Petra Kvitova, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
No. 11 Angelique Kerber def. Vera Zvonareva, 7-5, 6-3
No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko def. Katy Dunne, 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 14 Daria Kasatkina def. Jana Fett, 6-2, 7-5
No. 15 Elise Mertens def. Danielle Collins, 6-3, 6-2
No. 17 Ashleigh Barty def. Stefanie Voegele, 7-5, 6-3
No. 18 Naomi Osaka def. Monica Niculescu, 6-4, 6-1
No. 22 Johanna Konta def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, 7-5, 7-6(7)
Vitalia Diatchenko def. No. 24 Maria Sharapova, 6(3)-7, 7-6(3), 6-4
No. 26 Daria Gavrilova def. Caroline Dolehide, 6-2, 6-3
No. 27 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Carina Witthoeft, 6-2, 6-4
No. 28 Anett Kontaveit def. Denisa Allertova, 6-2, 6-2
Su-Wei Hsieh def. No. 30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Vera Lapko vs. Christina McHale, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
Kirsten Flipkens def. Heather Watson, 6-4, 7-5
Lara Arruabarrena def. Ana Bogdan, 6-1, 3-6, 8-6
Alison Van Uytvanck def. Polona Hercog, 6-2, 6-2
Dominika Cibulkova def. Alize Cornet, 7-6(3), 6-1
Sachia Vickery def. Marketa Vondrousova, 6-1, 6-2
Jennifer Brady def. Kateryna Kozlova, 6-2, 6(4)-7, 6-2
Yulia Putintseva def. Magda Linette, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
Taylor Townsend def. Pauline Parmentier, 6-2, 6-4
Alison Riske def. Mariana Duque-Marino, 6-1, 6-1
Sara Sorribes Tormo def. Kaia Kanepi, 7-6(5), 6-1
Sofia Kenin def. Maria Sakkari, 6-4, 1-6 ,6-1
Claire Liu def. Ana Konjuh, 6-2, 6(2)-7, 6-3
Eugenie Bouchard def. Gabriella Taylor, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Katie Boulter def. Veronica Cepede Royg, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Samantha Stosur def. ShuaiPeng, 6-4, 7-5
Saisai Zheng def. Qiang Wang, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Day 3, Wednesday, July 4
Ekaterina Makarova def. No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
No. 7 Karolina Pliskova def. Victoria Azarenka, 6-3, 6-3
No. 9 Venus Williams def. Alexandra Dulgheru, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
No. 10 Madison Keys def. Luksika Kumkhum, 6-4, 6-3
No. 13 Julia Goerges def. Vera Lapko, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
No. 20 Kiki Bertens def. Anna Blinkova, 6-4, 6-0
No. 23 Barbora Strycova vs. Lesia Tsurenko, postponed
No. 25 Serena Williams def. Viktoriya Tomova, 6-1, 6-4
No. 29 Mihaela Buzarnescu def. Katie Swan, 6-0, 6-3
Lucie Safarova def. No. 32 Agnieszka Radwanska, 7-5, 6-4
Kristina Mladenovic def. Tatjana Maria, 6-2, 6-2
Katerina Siniakova vs. Ons Jabeur, postponed
Donna Vekic def. Rebecca Peterson, 7-5, 6-4
Evgeniya Rodina def. Sorana Cirstea, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer def. Andrea Petkovic, 6-4, 6-3
Camila Giorgi def. Madison Brengle, 6-4, 6-4
Day 4, Thursday, July 5
No. 1 Simona Halep def. Saisai Zheng, 7-5, 6-0
No. 3 Garbine Muguruza def. Alison Van Uytvanck, 7-5 2-6, 6-1
No. 11 Angelique Kerber def. Claire Liu, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko def. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-1, 6-3
No. 14 Daria Kasatkina def. Yulia Putintseva, 6-2, 6-3
No. 15 Elise Mertens def. Sachia Vickery, 6-1, 6-3
No. 17 Ashleigh Barty def. Eugenie Bouchard, 6-4, 7-5
No. 18 Naomi Osaka def. Katie Boulter, 6-3, 6-4
Dominika Cibulkova def. No. 22 Johanna Konta, 6-3, 6-4
No. 23 Barbora Strycova def. Lesia Tsurenko, 6-1, 6-4
No. 26 Davril Gavrilova def. Samantha Stosur, 6-4, 6-1
No. 27 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-4, 6-1
No. 28 Anett Kontaveit def. Jennifer Brady, 6-2, 7-6
Katerina Siniakova def. Ons Jabeur, 5-7, 6-4, 9-7
Belinda Bencic def. Alison Riske, 1-6, 7-6(10), 6-2
Aliaksandra Sasnovich def. Taylor Townsend, 6-0, 6-4
Su-Wei Hsieh def. Lara Arruabarrena, 6-3, 6-3
Vitalia Diatchenko def. Sofia Kenin, 6-4, 6-1
Day 5, Friday, July 6
No. 7 Karolina Pliskova def. No. 29 Mihaela Buzarnescu 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1
No. 20 Kiki Bertens def. No. 9 Venus Williams, 6-2 6(5)-7, 8-6
Evgeniya Rodina def. No. 10 Madison Keys, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
No. 13 Julia Gorges def. No. 23 Barbara Strycova, 7-6(3), 3-6, 10-8
No. 25 Serena Williams def. Kristina Mladenovic, 7-5, 7-6(2)
Ekatarina Makarova def. Lucie Safarova, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Donna Vekic def. Yanina Wickmayer, 7-6(2), 6-1
Camila Giorgi def. Katerina Siniakova, 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2
Day 6, Saturday, July 7
Su-wei Hsieh def. No. 1 Simona Halep, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5,
No. 11 Angelique Kerber def. No. 18 Naomi Osaka, 6-2, 6-4
No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko def. Vitalia Diatchenko, 6-0, 6-4
No. 14 Daria Kasatkina def. No. 17 Ashleigh Barty, 7-5, 6-3
Dominika Cibulková def. No. 15 Elise Mertens, 6-2, 6-2
Aliaksandra Sasnovich def. No. 26 Daria Gavrilova 6-3, 6-1
Belinda Bencic def. No. 27 Carla Suárez Navarro, 6-1, 7-6(3)
Alison Van Uytvanck def No. 28 Anett Kontaveit, 6-2, 6-3
Day 7, Monday, July 9
No. 20 Kiki Bertens def. No. 7 Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-6(1)
No. 11 Angelique Kerber def. Belinda Bencic 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6(4), 6-0
No. 13 Julia Goerges def. Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-2
No. 14 Daria Kasatkina def. Alison Van Uytvanck 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2
No. 25 Serena Williams def. Evgeniya Rodina 6-2, 6-2
Camila Giorgi def. Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-4
Dominika Cibulkova def. Su-wei Hsieh 6-4, 6-1
Day 8, Tuesday, July 10
No. 11 Angelique Kerber def. No. 14 Daria Kasatkina, 6-3, 7-5
No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko def. Dominika Cibulkova, 7-5, 6-4
No. 13 Julia Goerges def. No. 20 Kiki Bertens, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
No. 25 Serena Williams def. Camila Giorgi, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Day 9, Wednesday, July 11
Quarterfinals
Day 10, Thursday, July 12
No. 11 Angelique Kerber vs. No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko
No. 13 Julia Goerges vs. No. 25 Serena Williams
Day 11, Friday, July 13
Semifinals
Day 12, Saturday, July 14
Women’s final
Day 13, Sunday, July 15
Men’s final

