Wimbledon 2023: All you need to know about Grand Slam including when it starts and who are the favourites

Get your Pimms, strawberries and cream and fanciest garb ready as Wimbledon Grand Slam has returned for 2023.

As the oldest tennis tournament in the world and considered to be the most prestigious event, many celebrities flock to London’s All England Club each summer to see the top players enter the draw to try and win on the iconic grass courts.

From royals such as Catherine, Princess of Wales and sports royalty including David Beckham to A-Listers Hugh Grant, Anna Wintour and Tom Cruise, Wimbledon gives you the chance to mix among some of the most well-known faces.

In addition, audiences are able to get up close with the crème de la crème of the tennis world with Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz all vying to lift the gigantic trophies.

As Djokovic and Elena Rybakina look to defend their 2022 titles respectively, PeopleWorld serves you everything you need to know about the 2023 competition:

When does Wimbledon 2023 start?

Considering typical British weather, the Wimbledon Championships are held for two weeks every summer, with the dates normally landing during the last week of June running into July.

The order of events at Wimbledon include qualifying rounds, the draw and the main round before concluding with the grand finals scheduled for the last Saturday (women’s singles) and Sunday (men’s singles) of the second week.

With the qualifiers almost wrapped up at time of writing, all eyes turn to the draw and the main round, the latter of which commences on Monday 3 July and finishes on Sunday 16 July.

When is the draw?

To decide who plays who in the main round with action and coverage expected to start at around 10.30-11am everyday from 3 July, the Wimbledon draw is held the Friday before.

Those who have missed out on ‘seeding’ at the championship, meaning the ranking system to separate the top players at the tournament to ensure they will not meet in the early rounds, players will be keen for a good draw.

In light of this, the 2023 draw will take place on Friday 30 June at 10am BST at the All England Club with fans able to watch the event on the Wimbledon YouTube page.

Who are the favourites and what is the prize money?

UK fans will be upset to hear that Emma Raducanu will not be taking part in the oldest Grand Slam this year due to injury, instead putting their money on British number one Cameron Norrie and Scot Andy Murray.

While Cameron Norrie ranked 12th in the men’s single seeding list among the likes of Alcaraz, Djokovic and Medvedev, Murray missed out.

At time of writing, odds are on the world number two Djokovic for men’s single champion as he looks to make 2023 his eighth win at Wimbledon thus equalling Roger Federer’s record. For ladies champion, Polish player Iga Swiatek is out in front at 3/1.

What are the Wimbledon seeds?

As mentioned, some of the big names have missed out on Wimbledon 2023's seeding based on the current ATP Rankings and players' success on grass pitches, with Nick Kyrgios even just scraping into the top 31 after some higher placed players withdrew from the competition.

For the men, the top 10 seeding is as follows:

1. Carlos Alcaraz

2. Novak Djokovic

3. Daniil Medvedev

4. Casper Ruud

5. Stefanos Tsitsipas6. Holger Rune

7. Andrey Rublev

8. Jannik Sinner

9. Taylor Fritz

10. Frances Tiafoe

While the women include:

1. Iga Swiatek

2. Aryna Sabalenka

3. Elena Rybakina

4. Jessica Pegula

5. Caroline Garcia

6. Ons Jabeur

7. Coco Gauff

8. Maria Sakkari

9. Petra Kvitova

10. Barbora Krejcikova

How can I watch?

Full coverage of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships will be available to watch in the UK on BBC One and BBC Two from 10.30am on 3 July and 11am from 4 July until the end of the competition in mid-July.

Fans can also find each day’s matches on the BBC Sport website as well as BBC iPlayer.

For those who are on the other side of the pond but are still interested in the oldest tennis tournament in the world, you can watch coverage on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and Tennis Channel.