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Wimbledon order of play 2019: Day 1 Monday schedule, dates, draw, TV times – Novak Djokovic, Kyle Edmund and Venus Williams in action

Novak Djokovic, Venus Williams and Kyle Edmund headline the opening day of Wimbledon 2019.

2018 men's champion Djokovic begins his defence against unseeded Philipp Kohlschreiber before women's number two seed Naomi Osaka takes on Yuila Putintseva and Kyle Edmund wraps up the first day on Centre Court against Jaume Munar.

Last year's men's finalist Kevin Anderson begins his campaign on Monday, as does Stan Warwrinka, Alexander Zverev, Simona Halep and Venus Williams, who plays 15-year-old Cori Gauff.

There is no immediate damger of rain delaying any of the action in the first week of play with sun expected throughout the week.

Order of play – Day One

Centre Court: 13:00 start

(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger), Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) v (2) Naomi Osaka (Jpn), (30) Kyle Edmund (Gbr) v Jaume Munar (Spa)

Court 1: 13:00 start

(7) Simona Halep (Rom) v Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr), Jiri Vesely (Cze) v (6) Alexander Zverev (Ger), Venus Williams (USA) v Cori Gauff (USA)

Court 2: 11:00 start

(22) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Ruben Bemelmans (Bel), Lin Zhu (Chn) v (3) Karolina Pliskova (Cze), Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) v (7) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre), (14) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) v Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa)

Court 3: 11:00 start

(4) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra), Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) v (10) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), Kristie Ahn (USA) v (12) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat), Ugo Humbert (Fra) v (16) Gael Monfils (Fra)

Court 4: 11:00 start

Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) v (23) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa), Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) v Monica Puig (Pur), Danielle Collins (USA) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz), Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v Marcel Granollers (Spa)

Court 6: 11:00 start

11:00: Polona Hercog (Slo) v Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk), Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) v Jessica Pegula (USA), Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) v (32) Dusan Lajovic (Ser), Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)

Court 7: 11:00 start

11:00: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) v Reilly Opelka (USA), Karolina Muchova (Cze) v Aleksandra Krunic (Ser), Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) v Ivo Karlovic (Cro), Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) v Kirsten Flipkens (Bel)

Court 8: 11:00 start

Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) v Camila Giorgi (Ita), Ernests Gulbis (Lat) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg), Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus)

Court 9: 11:00 start

Marie Bouzkova (Cze) v Mona Barthel (Ger), Steve Darcis (Bel) v Mischa Zverev (Ger), Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) v Ysaline Bonaventure (Bel), Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v Martin Klizan (Svk)

Court 10: 11:00 start

Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger), Denis Kudla (USA) v Malek Jaziri (Tun), Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi), Rebecca Peterson (Swe) v Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)

Court 11: 11:00 start

Marcos Giron (USA) v Feliciano Lopez (Spa), Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Viktorija Golubic (Swi), Pablo Cuevas (Uru) v Damir Dzumhur (Bih)

Court 12: 11:00 start

Catherine McNally (USA) v Heather Watson (Gbr), (19) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Vasek Pospisil (Can), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) v (15) Milos Raonic (Can), Alize Cornet (Fra) v Victoria Azarenka (Blr)

Court 14: 11:00 start

(27) Sofia Kenin (USA) v Astra Sharma (Aus), Shelby Rogers (USA) v (20) Anett Kontaveit (Est), Jozef Kovalik (Svk) v Robin Haase (Ned), (28) Benoit Paire (Fra) v Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg)

Court 15: 11:00 start

Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn), (16) Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v Madison Brengle (USA), Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v Corentin Moutet (Fra), Shuai Zhang (Chn) v (23) Caroline Garcia (Fra)

Court 16: 11:00 start

Bernarda Pera (USA) v (31) Maria Sakkari (Gre), Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Nicolas Jarry (Chi), Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa), Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) v (29) Daria Kasatkina (Rus)

Court 17: 11:00 start

(17) Madison Keys (USA) v Luksika Kumkhum (Tha), (24) Petra Martic (Cro) v Jennifer Brady (USA), Marius Copil (Rom) v (26) Guido Pella (Arg), Bradley Klahn (USA) v (21) David Goffin (Bel)

Court 18: 11:00 start

(8) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) v Daria Gavrilova (Aus), (10) Karen Khachanov (Rus) v Soon Woo Kwon (Kor), (11) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) v Paolo Lorenzi (Ita), (28) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat)

Latest Wimbledon updates

2019-07-01T08:04:05.123Z

Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of day one at Wimbledon as the third Grand Slam of the year gets underway at SW19.

Before we get underway, here's a look at the order of play for Monday.

Wimbledon 2019 schedule – Day 1 order of play

2019-07-01T09:22:52.973Z

Well, it's finally here...

The 133rd Championships get underway today at the All England Club, with defending champion Novak Djokovic starting proceedings on Centre Court at 1:00pm.

You won't have to wait that long for some tennis though, as play on all the outside courts start at 11:00am - 30 minutes earlier than years gone by!

Our wide-ranging coverage includes live updates, match coverage, news stories and social media reaction throughout the fortnight!

Welcome to Wimbledon!

2019-07-01T09:36:06.510Z

To start up, here's everything you need to know, from odds and ticketing to prize money and scheduling, about this year's Championships!

Everything you need to know for Wimbledon 2019

2019-07-01T09:42:16.493Z

2019-07-01T09:46:01.420Z

2019 - a year of change for the All England grounds, but the narrative on-court continues to be largely dominated by the usual suspects...

Old guard still the ones to beat at new-look Wimbledon

2019-07-01T09:51:06.620Z

Here's who we can expect in action from 11:00am:

2019-07-01T09:53:02.456Z

COURT 12, FROM 11:00:

Catherine McNally vs Heather Watson

Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Vasek Pospisil

Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs Milos Raonic

Alize Cornet vs Victoria Azarenka

2019-07-01T09:54:54.916Z

COURT 18, FROM 11:00:

Elina Svitolina vs Daria Gavrilova

Karen Khachanov vs Soonwoo Kwon

Daniil Medvedev vs Paolo Lorenzi

Su-Wei Hsieh vs Jelena Ostapenko

2019-07-01T10:01:44.360Z

And here's the other matches first up on all the outside courts:

Court 4: Peter Gojowczyk vs Roberto Bautista Agut

Court 6: Polona Hercog vs Viktoria Kuzmova

Court 7:Cedrik-Marcel Stebe vs Reilly Opelka

Court 8: Dayana Yastermska vs Camila Giorgi

Court 9: Marie Bouzkova vs Mona Barthel

Court 10: Margarita Gasparyan vs Anna-Lena Friedsam

Court 11: Marcos Giron vs Feliciano Lopez

Court 14: Sofia Kenin vs Astra Sharma

Court 15: Janko Tipsarevic vs Yoshihito Nishioka

Court 16: Bernarda Pera vs Maria Sakkari

Court 17: Madison Keys vs Luksika Kumkhum

2019-07-01T10:03:51.210Z

The eight-time champion is as excited as all of us, and he doesn't even play today!

2019-07-01T10:08:39.726Z

We have British involvement straight away!

Heather Watson, who famously came so close to beating Serena Williams here in 2015, is first up on court 12, playing American qualifier Caty McNally!

2019-07-01T10:09:33.883Z

2019-07-01T10:15:26.506Z

*McNally 1-0 Watson

Watson is serving first, and has been broken in the first game of the match, as a backhand drifts wide!

Not the start she would've wanted, on her tenth Wimbledon appearance...

2019-07-01T10:17:12.860Z

McNally 1-1 Watson*

But Watson breaks straight back to 15, and we're back on serve straight away!

2019-07-01T10:20:32.006Z

The match of the day on Day 1 is third on Court No.1, as 39-year-old Venus Williams takes on 15-year-old Cori Gauff in a match-up between the oldest player in the women's draw and the youngest!

It looks like Venus is pretty relaxed about playing someone 24 years her junior - she's launching a YouTube channel today!

2019-07-01T10:22:33.763Z

*McNally 2-1 Watson

Meanwhile on court 12, neither player can hold serve as McNally breaks again!

Three games, three breaks.

2019-07-01T10:31:15.226Z

SCORES UPDATE

McNally still up a break against Watson, 3-2.

On court 2, Stan Wawrinka is a break up on against Ruben Bemelmans

Elsewhere, last year's finalist Kevin Anderson is a break up against Andy Murray's doubles partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert on court 3.

Talking of Murray, what court will he play his first doubles match on?