How to watch Wimbledon 2024 for free: Schedule, TV and live ...

The third grand slam tennis tournament of the year is underway as Wimbledon 2024 kicked off today, July 1, with the first day of round one matches.

In just two weeks, a field of 128 men and 128 women will narrow until a men’s champion and a women’s champion remain. Both of last year’s singles champions, Carlos Alcaraz and Markéta Vondroušová, are back this year, along with Iga Świątek, who won the French Open just a few weeks ago (Alcaraz enters Wimbledon as the defending French Open champ as well).

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ESPN+ will be the go-to streamer for this year’s Wimbledon; you’ll be able to stream every match there, but daily coverage will also air on ESPN, ESPN 2 and ABC.

Wimbledon dates: When is Wimbledon 2024?

Wimbledon 2024 began today, July 1, and will end on Sunday, July 14.

Where is Wimbledon 2024 being played?

As it has every year since 1877, Wimbledon is held on the grass courts at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London.

What TV channel is Wimbledon on?

Wimbledon 2024 will air across ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3/ABC. To see what’s airing when, check out ESPN’s schedule or see below for the schedule at a glance.

The TV broadcasts will bounce between matches, highlighting the tournament’s best players, but every single match of 2024 Wimbledon will stream on ESPN+. If seeing every match in full is important to you, you’ll definitely want to subscribe to ESPN+.

How to watch Wimbledon 2024 for free:

While ESPN+ doesn’t offer a free trial, the following live TV streaming services have free trials varying in length from three to seven days. If you subscribe to one at a time, you can watch every day of Wimbledon 2024 without paying a cent; the tournament runs 14 days, while all three trials combined will give you 15 days free.

DIRECTV Stream — five days free Hulu + Live TV — three days free fuboTV — seven days free Other ways to watch Wimbledon 2024:

As we noted above, you can watch every match, including some exclusive ones, on ESPN+. ESPN+ costs $10.99/month, but you can also subscribe to one of our favorite streaming bundles and get ESPN+ with Disney+ and Hulu for 14.99/month.

Wimbledon 2024 TV schedule and key dates: Daniil Medvedev has juice as a sleeper for Wimbledon 2024. Getty Images First round: July 1 and 2 — 6 a.m. ET on ESPN Second round: July 3 and 4 — 6 a.m. ET on ESPN Third round: July 5 — 6 a.m. ET on ESPN, 1 p.m. on ABC Third round: July 6 — 7 a.m. ET on ESPN, 1 p.m. ET on ABC Round of 16: July 7 — 7 a.m. ET on ESPN, 1 p.m. ET on ABC Round of 16: July 8 — 6 a.m. ET on ESPN2, 8 a.m. ET on ESPN Quarterfinals: July 9 and 10 — 8 a.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN2 (both days) Women’s singles semifinals: July 11 — 8 a.m. ET on ESPN Mixed doubles championship: July 11 — 1 p.m. ET on ESPN Men’s singles semifinals: July 12 — 8 a.m. ET on ESPN Women’s singles championship: July 13 — 9 a.m. ET on ESPN Men’s doubles championship: July 13 — 11:30 a.m. ET Men’s singles championship: July 14 — 9:00 a.m. ET Women’s doubles championship: July 14 — 12:00 p.m. ET Notable Wimbledon first-round matchups:

Here are some matches to watch in the first round of Wimbledon:

Jelena Ostapenko vs Ajla Tomljanovic — July 2 at 8 a.m. ET Markéta Vondroušová vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro — July 2 at 8:30 a.m. ET Jack Draper vs Elias Ymer — July 2 at 9:30 a.m. ET Novak Djokovic vs. Vit Kopriva — July 2 at 10 a.m. ET Iga Swiatek vs Sofia Kenin — July 2 at 11:30 a.m. ET Andy Murray vs Tomas Machac — July 2 at 12 p.m. ET

Among the players to watch already advancing to the second round after round one, day one are Jannik Sinner, Denis Shapovalov, Daniil, Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, and Sloane Stevens.

For the full brackets head over to ESPN.

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