Wimbledon Sets 29 June to 12 July 2026 — When Does Wimbledon Start
Wimbledon said when does wimbledon start for 2026: The Championships will run from 29 June to 12 July. The dates set the window for the 139th staging and give players, fans and event planners a fixed target in the calendar.
Wimbledon Trailer Launches Ahead of 2026
The All England Lawn Tennis Club unveiled a new 60-second trailer before the 139th staging of The Championships. The campaign is titled Where beauty meets the battle, and it is the second instalment of Wimbledon's There is only one Wimbledon brand platform.
Usama Al-Qassab, the marketing and comercial director at The All England Lawn Tennis Club, said: "Creating this second instalment of ‘There Is Only One Wimbledon’ gave us the opportunity to celebrate what makes Wimbledon truly unique. Revered around the world not only for the pinnacle of performance, alongside excellence and tradition, but also for the exhilarating emotion and intensity that can only be brought by the world’s best players in full flight," He added: "Our 2026 film tells that story beautifully to our fans all around the world. A legacy of tennis gladiators, battling for victory, in the ultimate arena of Centre Court and all its beauty,"
Annabel Croft Voices the Campaign
The trailer is narrated by former British tennis player and broadcaster Annabel Croft, who uses the phrase "tennis in an English garden" in the campaign. Alfie Hewett also appears in the film as Wimbledon pushes the rollout globally in the lead-up to The Championships.
The timing lines up with a year in which wheelchair tennis celebrates its 50th anniversary, adding another marker to a campaign built around Wimbledon’s own history and image.
1986 Recalled by Henri Leconte
Former French tennis player Henri Leconte is part of the story too. The campaign reaches back to 1986, when he recalled a butterfly landing at his feet as he prepared to serve at Wimbledon.
That memory now sits inside a marketing push that leads directly to the 2026 tournament window. For anyone planning around the event, the key dates are already set: 29 June to 12 July, with The Championships returning to Centre Court and the rest of the grounds on that schedule.
