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live Updated Wimbledon 2026 live updates: Latest as Jannik Sinner faces Alexander Zverev for the title Wimbledon men's final Latest The 2026 Wimbledon Championships conclude today with the mens singles final.
Jannik Sinner (1), the world No.
1 on the ATP Tour, looks to win Slam No.
5 and his first major of 2026.
Standing in his way is Alexander Zverev (2), the reigning French Open champion, looking for the illustrious Roland Garros-Wimbledon double.
Follow our writers for news, updates and analysis from first ball to championship point.
- Start time: 4 p.m.
BST, 11 a.m.
ET, 8 a.m.
PT - Watch: BBC (UK); ESPN (U.S.); Fubo (try for free) - Join the Discuss tab or email: [email protected] - Listen to The Tennis Podcast and watch their live streams here Why the slice is the best shot on Wimbledon grass, and how to hit it - Knife it like Navratilova - A grass court essential - The spinning, skidding ball The slice is the most annoying shot in tennis.
On the Wimbledon lawns, it's an essential.
The Athletic explains why it works and Martina Navratilova explains why most players get it wrong.
Time for wheelchair tennis The mens singles final isnt the only champion being crowned today at Wimbledon.
The mens and quad wheelchair title matches are happening right now on the grounds.
On Court No.
1, Japans Tokito Oda is facing Britains Alfie Hewett in a mens wheelchair singles final featuring the No.
1 and No.
2 seeds.
The quad wheelchair final is a clash between two Dutch players, Niels Vink (1) and Sam Schroder (2).
Should be an absolute blast these matches.
The trophies Theres some serious history behind the trophies at Wimbledon.
The mens singles trophy was first presented in 1887 while the womens singles trophy was first presented a year earlier.
The womens trophy is dish-shaped with a mythological theme and is known as the Rosewater Dish or Venus Rosewater Dish.
The winner will receive a three-quarter size replica of the trophy bearing the names of all past champions.
Meanwhile, the mens trophy is cup-shaped and stands 18 inches high and has a diameter of 7.5 inches.
Like the womens trophy, the winner receives a three-quarter size replica of the cup with the names of all the past champions engraved on it.
How much does the winner earn? This year at Wimbledon the singles champions take home a pretty tasty prize pot.
Both the men and the womens singles champions will win an equal prize pot of 3.6million each.
That would set up the summer pretty nicely..
The best: Federer the record mens singles winner at Wimbledon Tennis (and sporting) legend Roger Federer has won the most mens singles titles of all time here.
His eight championships include an astounding five in a row from 2003 to 2007 and six in seven years with his 2009 title, with more in 2012 and 2017.
Among those with seven, Novak Djokovic could have drawn level with victory this year but will have to wait until next year at the earliest.
He sits alongside Pete Sampras and William Renshaw.
How Wimbledons grass courts are maintained Neil Stubley, Wimbledons head of courts and horticulture, is the man in charge of keeping the tennis courts pristine as he enters his 31st tournament.
He and his team of 18, which grows to 31 during the event, are responsible for anything that grows including weeds.
Every day we test the ball bounce height and the hardness of the surface, Stubley says.
If theyre getting too hard, we can add a little more water.
If they get too soft, we can just hold off on irrigation and let Mother Nature dry it out a little more.
It gets final liquid fertilizer on to give it the right color that we need.
Looking after the courts a much bigger job than youd expect At the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), better known as Wimbledon, grounds staff have 88 grass courts across three venues to maintain.
The 18 match courts at Wimbledon are quiet until the tournament starts, but three miles to the northwest, the 34 courts at the qualifying tournament complex in Roehampton are full of players bidding to make the main draw in the build-up to the main event.
Then there are the 16 extra practice courts at AELTC Community Centre in Raynes Park, and the 20 practice courts at Wimbledon itself, which have all been in use since June 23.
Plus theres the added task of maintaining flowers in borders and general planting around the site.
Its a mammoth task.
Iconic Wimbledon: Centre Court Arguably, its the most famous tennis court in the world.
It is the main showpiece court, only ever used at the Wimbledon Championships (apart from the 2012 London Olympic Games), and has a capacity of 14,979.
Distinguished guests sit in the Royal Box, with a 3,000-tonne retractable roof installed in 2009.
The inscription above the entrance quotes Rudyard Kiplings poem If: If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same.
Wise words for anyone playing on it.
And where at the AELTC will the men's singles final be situated today? That would be..
Our venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Church Road, Wimbledon, London Postcode: SW19, another way of referring to the tournament itself.
The private members club, established in 1868 (156 years ago), has a green and purple color scheme and is one of the most exclusive and prestigious in the country.
How to get in, I hear you ask? You need letters of support from four full members, two of whom must have known you for at least three years.
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How to watch Wimbledon? U.S.
broadcaster ESPN is featuring a significant change to its coverage this year.
There is plenty of action on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes but the ability to select individual matches to watch has now been moved to ESPN Unlimited.
In the United Kingdom, the situation is far more straightforward.
The BBC will once again show all of the action across BBC One, BBC Two, iPlayer and its website.
What time is today's final? The mens singles final at Wimbledon is at 11 a.m.
ET.
That is 4 p.m.
BST, local time in the U.K., and 8 a.m.
PT on the west coast of the United States.
Welcome to our live coverage of the Wimbledon men's final! Greetings tennis fans! And welcome to The Athletics live coverage of todays Wimbledon mens singles final at The All England Lawn Tennis Club.
It all comes down to this.
A fortnight of tennis concludes with the final match in the mens singles draw.
This one is for the right to be crowned Wimbledon champion.
For Jannik Sinner (1), the chance at going back-to-back as Wimbledon champion.
His name is already etched into Wimbledon lore but he wants to add to his successful career.
Alexander Zverev (2) is fresh off his first Slam title at Roland Garros.
The opportunity at the French Open-Wimbledon double is tantalizing, putting him in a rare air of tennis player.
The top two seeds and top two players on the ATP Tour squaring off for the Wimbledon title should provide a lot of drama on Centre Court.
Follow our live coverage from the pre-match buildup, through the play-by-play commentary from first ball to championship point and all the post-match analysis and reaction.