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For the first time in Wimbledon's nearly 150-year history, players can request video review of chair-umpire judgment calls such as 'not-up', 'foul shot' and 'touch'.

Unlike the old Hawk-Eye challenge system, there is no limit on the number of video review requests a player may make per match.

Video review is available on Centre Court and No. 1 Court for all matches, plus four other show courts during singles matches.

The system complements the Electronic Line Calling (ELC) introduced in 2025, which already removed human line judges from all courts after 147 years.

Wimbledon is now the third Grand Slam to adopt video review, following the US Open (2023) and the Australian Open; Roland-Garros retains human line judges.

Main-draw action at Wimbledon runs from 29 June to 12 July at the All England Club.

Top seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner and seven-time winner Novak Djokovic (seeded 7th) are drawn in the same half.

Alexander Zverev is the second seed and anchors the bottom half of the men's draw.

Defending women's champion Iga Swiatek and returning Serena Williams are in the same quarter of the women's draw.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka leads the top quarter of the women's singles draw.

Carlos Alcaraz, the 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon champion and world No. 2, is absent from Wimbledon 2026 due to a right wrist injury (tenosynovitis) sustained at the Barcelona Open in April.

The injury also forced him to withdraw from the French Open, where he was the two-time defending champion.

On 28 June — the day before Wimbledon began — Alcaraz posted a video of himself gently hitting forehands, accompanied by a holding-back-tears emoji.

His absence means Sinner enters Wimbledon as the dominant favourite without facing his top rival in the draw.

Alcaraz completed the career Grand Slam by winning the 2026 Australian Open but has not competed since 14 April.

Raducanu confirmed on 28 June she had sustained a stress fracture and was medically advised to stop competing.

She had been managing the ankle niggle after reaching the Queen's Club final but a final scan revealed the full extent of the injury.

Jack Draper also withdrew from Wimbledon, dealing a major blow to British hopes at the tournament.

Both withdrawals left Britain with a significantly thinned singles contingent heading into the Championships.

Ten British players across the singles draws then exited on Day One, compounding a difficult start for home fans.

Main draw action starts 29 June at the All England Club, running through 12 July.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner is top seed; Carlos Alcaraz is absent with a right wrist injury.

Serena Williams, 44, accepted a singles wild card — her first Grand Slam singles appearance since the 2022 US Open.

Williams and sister Venus also received a doubles wild card; Novak Djokovic is seeded seventh alongside Alexander Zverev at two.

Total prize money stands at £64.2 million, with the singles winner receiving £3.6 million.

The Wimbledon draw was released on 26 June, with main-draw play running from 29 June to 12 July 2026.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner is seeded No. 1, with French Open winner Alexander Zverev seeded No. 2.

Novak Djokovic is seeded seventh and landed in the same half as top seed Sinner, setting up a potential blockbuster semifinal.

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew ahead of the tournament with a wrist injury.

Total prize money for the 2026 Championships stands at £64.2 million, with the singles winner receiving £3.6 million.

Wimbledon's 2026 total prize money has increased by approximately 20% over the prior year.

Singles champions will earn £3.6 million (approx. $4.75 million USD) each.

First-round losers receive £80,000, a significant raise from previous editions.

Prize money is equal for men and women across all rounds.

The prize-money hike accompanies the introduction of Video Review technology announced for 2026.

The Wimbledon 2026 singles draws were made on Friday 26 June, with Jannik Sinner seeded No. 1 in the men's draw.

Novak Djokovic and Sinner are placed in the same half, setting up a possible semifinal between the defending champion and the seven-time Wimbledon winner.

In the women's draw, World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka leads the top quarter while defending champion Iga Swiatek anchors the third quarter alongside wildcard Serena Williams.

Two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz is absent from the men's draw entirely due to his wrist injury.

Maja Chwalinska, who was ranked No. 114 at entry but reached the Roland-Garros final, received a singles wildcard for the women's draw.

Soaring temperatures at Roehampton caused a power failure during second-round qualifying, halting 16 singles matches simultaneously.

The extreme heat was believed to have triggered the electrical fault affecting the Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system across all courts.

BBC commentator Annabel Croft described the scene as the ELC going down 'all around the grounds.'

The All England Club launched a full investigation to determine the cause of the outage.

The incident highlighted reliability concerns for the ELC system, which replaced human line judges at Wimbledon from 2025.

Wimbledon confirmed on 21 June that Serena Williams, 44, had been offered and accepted a singles wild card.

It is her first singles appearance at a Grand Slam since the 2022 US Open, nearly four years ago.

Williams had already returned to doubles at Queen's Club, partnering Victoria Mboko to a first-round win.

She and Venus Williams also received a doubles wild card together, having won six Wimbledon doubles titles as a pair.

Williams faces Maya Joint in the first round and has previously won seven Wimbledon singles titles.