Wimbledon 2019 starts today: Order of play day one. Novak Djokovic begins defence

The iconic tennis championship Wimbledon 2019 starts in London today, with Novak Djokovic first up on centre court. Djokovic will face Philipp Kohlschreiber. Court No. 1 will host its first championship games after its £70m rebuilding, Romania's Simona Halep is first up there, facing Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been placed on one half of the draw after the Spanish superstar was seeded No3 for the tournament. Federer faces Lloyd Harris. Here's today's full schedule: Centre Court

• 13:00: (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger), (30) Kyle Edmund (Gbr) v Jaume Munar (Spa)

Court 1

• 13:00: Jiri Vesely (Cze) v (6) Alexander Zverev (Ger)

Court 2

• 11:00: (22) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Ruben Bemelmans (Bel), Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) v (7) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre)

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• 11:00: (4) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra), Ugo Humbert (Fra) v (16) Gael Monfils (Fra)

Court 4

• 11:00: Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) v (23) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa), Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v Marcel Granollers (Spa)

Court 6

• 11:00: Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) v (32) Dusan Lajovic (Ser), Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)

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• 11:00: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) v Reilly Opelka (USA), Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) v Ivo Karlovic (Cro)

Court 8

• 11:00: Ernests Gulbis (Lat) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg), Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus)

Court 9

• 11:00: Steve Darcis (Bel) v Mischa Zverev (Ger), Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v Martin Klizan (Svk)

Court 10

• 11:00: Denis Kudla (USA) v Malek Jaziri (Tun)

Court 11

• 11:00: Marcos Giron (USA) v Feliciano Lopez (Spa), Pablo Cuevas (Uru) v Damir Dzumhur (Bih)

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• 11:00:  Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Vasek Pospisil (Can), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) v (15) Milos Raonic (Can)

Court 14

• 11:00: Jozef Kovalik (Svk) v Robin Haase (Ned), (28) Benoit Paire (Fra) v Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg)

Court 15

• 11:00: Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn), Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v Corentin Moutet (Fra)

Court 16

• 11:00: Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Nicolas Jarry (Chi), Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa)

Court 17

• 11:00: Marius Copil (Rom) v (26) Guido Pella (Arg), Bradley Klahn (USA) v (21) David Goffin (Bel)

Court 18

• 11:00: (10) Karen Khachanov (Rus) v Soon Woo Kwon (Kor), (11) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) v Paolo Lorenzi (Ita)

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Novak Djokovic VS Philipp Kohlschreiber

This will be the 13^th meeting between Djokovic Kohlschreiber. The head to head is 10-2 for Djokovic, 1-0 on the grass. The last time that they faced each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-0 in the third round in Rome back in May 2019. According to Vbet, Novak Djokovic is the favourite to win the match. Novak Djokovic: 1.04 Philipp Kohlschreiber: 15.00 In addition, the prize money for the 133rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships stands at a staggering £38million, with the winners of the men’s and women’s singles set to take home £2.35m each. First-round losers, meanwhile, will earn £45,000.

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