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Novak Djokovic is back to defend his Wimbledon title, and Serena Williams is back, period.
It's time for the world's best players — most of them, anyway — to gather at the All England Club and contest the year's third Grand Slam. The 2022 Championships at Wimbledon run from June 27 through July 10, and the eyes of the tennis world will be on SW19 once again.
The tournament will unfold without Roger Federer in the draw for the first time since 1998, the year before the eight-time champion made his debut. He hasn't played since a quarterfinal loss there last year as he recovers from knee surgery. On the women's side, seven-time champion Williams also has been missing from the tour since retiring in the first round at Wimbledon last year before making a return for doubles at the Eastbourne tune-up event.
While Williams figures to draw the lion's share of early attention, she won't be favored to add another title. Those honors go to world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who enters Wimbledon on a 35-match winning streak after rolling to the French Open title in early June. She will be making just her third main-draw appearance at the event and will be looking to improve upon last year's fourth-round exit.
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Reigning champion Djokovic is favored in the men's draw as he looks to bounce back from his epic quarterfinal loss to eventual champion Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. While not as much is expected of the Spaniard on grass, the two-time champion can't be completely discounted as a threat.
Here's what you need to know about how to watch Wimbledon 2022:
The main draw for Wimbledon, which will become a 14-day competition for the first time in 2022, starts on June 27.
The middle Sunday of the competition, which has always been designated as a rest day to work on the condition of the courts, will now host play because planners are confident that the quality of the surfaces will not be affected by the move.
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Wimbledon matches will be carried on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. Matches can also be streamed on ESPN+, the ESPN app, and fuboTV, which offers a free trial.
In Canada, TSN will have the matches, with TSN.ca and the TSN App as streaming options.
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With world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev absent because of Wimbledon's ban on Russian players this year and world No. 2 Alexander Zverev injured, Novak Djokovic is in an even stronger position than usual to win the title.
The 20-time Grand Slam winner has won the last three editions of Wimbledon, so it is little surprise to see bookmakers consider him the odds-on favorite ahead of Matteo Berrettini, who took the first set off Djokovic before losing to him in four sets in the 2021 final.
Berrettini recently won the Queen's tournament in London, so his shorter price than Rafael Nadal --- who can remain on course for the calendar Grand Slam with a victory but has had familiar issues with a foot injury of late --- makes sense.
Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz won the Madrid Open and the Miami Open this year. The 19-year-old reached the second round in his Wimbledon debut in 2021 and is being touted by some as a successor to Nadal, having risen to world No. 7.
American 11th seed Taylor Fritz is listed as the 14th-most likely winner by bookmakers, and his backers will certainly have financial as well as sporting cause to celebrate if the +6510 shot produces a huge shock.
In the women's draw, Iga Swiatek is on a 35-match unbeaten run, winning her last six tournaments to become the obvious favorite and, at 21, the youngest top seed at Wimbledon in 11 years.
American prodigy Coco Gauff is three years younger than Swiatek and won only four games against her in the French Open final, which partly explains why the third favorite, behind Swiatek and Wimbledon 2021 quarterfinalist Ons Jabeur, has considerably longer odds.
The outsiders among the favorites cannot be discounted because of their pedigree. Simona Halep won the 2019 final against Williams, the seven-time champion who has been seeded despite a prolonged absence that has seen her fall to a world ranking of 1,204. (Odds via Sports Interaction as of June 24.)
