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The 2025 Wimledon Championships are here, with the world's best tennis players making the annual pilgrimage to SW19 for their shot at one of the biggest prizes in tennis. Here's everything you need to know. 
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Brackets: Men's singles | Women's singles
Men's doubles | Women's Doubles | Mixed doubles MEN'S SINGLES Centre Court Taylor Fritz (5) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26)
Jan-Lennard Struff vs Carlos Alcaraz (2) No.1 Court Mattia Bellucci vs Cameron Norrie No.2 Court Ben Shelton (10) vs Rinky Hijikata
Nicolas Jarry vs Joao Fonseca No.3 Court Andrey Rublev (14) vs Adrian Mannarino
Nuno Borges vs Karen Khachanov (17) Court 12 Kamil Majchrzak vs Arthur Rinderknech Court 18 Marton Fucsovics vs Gael Monfils
Luciano Darderi vs Jordan Thompson WOMEN'S SINGLES Centre Court Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs Emma Raducanu No.1 Court Diane Parry vs Sonay Kartal
Elise Mertens (24) vs Elina Svitolina (14) No.2 Court Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Naomi Osaka
Laura Siegemund vs Madison Keys (6) No.3 Court Dalma Galfi vs Amanda Anisimova (13) Court 12 Solana Sierra vs Cristina Bucsa
Kamilla Rakhimova vs Linda Noskova (30)
Friday's Wimbledon weather forecast The Met Office is forecasting a sunny day that becomes cloudy in the afternoon with highs of 27 degrees Celsius. Sunset is expected at 9.19 pm.
How to watchDates: June 30 to July 13 Venue: The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon How to watch: In the UK, Wimbledon will be broadcast live on BBC as usual, although the men's and women's singles finals will also be shown on TNT Sports. In the United States, ESPN is the home of the All England Club showing 250 hours of live action available across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, Disney+ and ESPN Deportes You can also follow the latest coverage on ESPN.com. Who are the favourites? Wimbledon can always spell an upset, and it took just days to deliver its biggest. Last month's French Open saw both singles events sport a final between the No.1 and No. 2 seeds -- the first time that has happened at Roland Garros since 1984. Carlos Alcaraz fought from behind and outlasted Jannik Sinner to take the men's trophy, while Coco Gauff won her first French Open title by beating Aryna Sabalenka. That won't happen at SW19, though. Gauff was sent packing after the first round after a defeat to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska. For now, the other three survive. Novak Djokovic is vying to add to his seven Wimbledon crowns, while Jack Draper and Taylor Fritz will also be looking to upset the order win their first Grand Slam title. No. 3-seed Alexander Zverev suffered the same after as Gauff after a marathon five-set defeat to Arthur Rinderknech. In the women's bracket, Jessica Pegula entered as the third seed but went out to Elisabetta Cocciaretto. Jasmine Paolini, who finished runner-up last year, has also been dumped out. Prize money The total prize money for the championships this summer is £53.5 million, with the winners of the men's and women's singles titles each taking home £3m -- an 11% increase from last year. Men's and women's doubles champions will earn £680,000, while mixed doubles winners claim £135,000. Breakdown of single's prize money: Winner: £3m
Runner-up: £1.52m
Semifinal: £775,000
Quarterfinal: £400,000
Fourth round: £240,000
Third round: £152,000
Second round: £99,000
First round: £66,000
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