Also read: Wimbledon: Men’s Preview, By the Numbers
Seeds blooming
Two players are seeded for the first time at a major in the women’s side – No.20 seed Maja Chwalinksa and No.29 seed Alexandra Eala.
Slamming Field
There are 13 former Grand Slam champions in the women’s singles draw.
Serena’s Back
44-year-old Serena Williams will become the fourth-oldest player to appear in a Women’s Singles Grand Slam main draw in the Open Era and the second-oldest in Wimbledon (younger only than Martina Navratilova in 2004.
In 2017, Serena became the oldest woman to win a major singles title when she won the Australian Open at the age of 35. Ten years, in 2016, ago she became the oldest woman to ever win a Wimbledon women’s singles title at the age of 34.
Williams owns a 98-14 lifetime record at Wimbledon and will be making her 22nd career appearance at the Championships.
Teen Spirit
There are nine teenagers in this year’s Wimbledon women’s singles draw. The last teenager to win the title at Wimbledon was Maria Sharapova in 2004.
| Teenagers in Wimbledon Draw | Age |
|---|---|
| Hannah Klugman | 17 years, 144 days |
| Mika Stojsavljevic | 17 years, 209 days |
| Tyra Caterina Grant | 18 years, 122 days |
| Lilli Tagger | 18 years, 146 days |
| Iva Jovic | 18 years, 219 days |
| Mimi Xu | 18 years, 284 days |
| Teodora Kostovic | 19 years, 14 days |
| Alina Korneeva | 19 years, 19 days |
| Mirra Andreeva | 19 years, 74 days |
The last teenager to win a major was Mirra Andreeva, earlier this month at Roland Garros.
Debutantes Everywhere
27 players will be making their Wimbledon main draw debut this year.
2026 Wimbledon Main Draw Debutantes
- Nikola Bartunkova
- Sara Bejlek
- Lois Boisson
- Mariam Bolkvadze
- Kayla Day
- Anastasia Gasanova
- Leolia Jeanjean
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
- Alina Korneeva
- Sinja Kraus
- Petra Marcinko
- Oleksandra Oliynykova
- Antonia Ruzic
- Mananchaya Sawangkaew
- Oksana Selekhmeteva
- Iryna Shymanovich
- Lilli Tagger
- Lanlana Tararudee
- Janice Tjen
- Maria Timofeeva
- Tereza Valentova
- Hanne Vandewinkel
2026 Grand Slam Main Draw Debutantes
- Alicia Dudeney
- Lina Gjorcheska
- Tyra Caterina Grant
- Teodora Kostovic
- Darja Vidmanova
Shock to the Defender?
Defending women’s singles champions have twice been eliminated in the first round of their title defense – in 1994 Steffi Graf lost to Lori McNeil and in 2024 Marketa Vondrousova lost to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
2025 champion Iga Swiatek will face Taylor Townsend in round one.
Sabalenka Running the Table?
Aryna Sabalenka will have completed 90 consecutive weeks at the top of the WTA’s rankings after Wimbledon. That is the seventh-longest streak of all-time, and if she finishes Wimbledon at No.1 she’ll tie Monica Seles (91) for the sixth-longest streak of consecutive weeks at No.1.
LONGEST STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT NO.1 WTA HISTORY
| Rank | Weeks | Player | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 186 | Stefanie Graf | Aug 17, 1987 – Mar 10, 1991 |
| 1 | 186 | Serena Williams | Feb 18, 2013 – Sep 12, 2016 |
| 3 | 156 | Martina Navratilova | Jun 14, 1982 – Jun 9, 1985 |
| 4 | 114 | Ashleigh Barty | Sep 9, 2019 – Apr 3, 2022 |
| 5 | 113 | Chris Evert | May 10, 1976 – Jul 9, 1978 |
| 6 | 91 | Monica Seles | Sep 9, 1991 – Jun 6, 1993 |
| 7 | 90 | Martina Navratilova | Nov 25, 1985 – Aug 16, 1987 |
| 8 | 89/90 | Aryna Sabalenka | Oct 21, 2024 – present |
But will she remain there? Elena Rybakina has a shot to capture the tour’s top ranking for the first time this year at Wimbledon.
Here are the scenarios:
The WTA World No1. ranking will be on the line at Wimbledon as Elena Rybakina has a chance to overtake Sabalenka.
- Rybakina will need to reach the QF to have a chance at moving to No.1
- If Sabalenka reaches the R16 or QF then Rybakina will need at least SF
- If Sabalenka reaches SF, Rybakina would need to reach the final
- If Sabalenka vs. Rybakina meet in final then winner will take be No.1
367 and counting
Serena Williams, who faces Maya Joint in the first round, leads all women with 367 Grand Slam singles match wins.
| Slam Wins, all-time | player | w-l |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serena Williams | 367-56 |
| 2 | Martina Navratilova | 306-49 |
| 3 | Chris Evert | 299-37 |
| 4 | Steffi Graf | 278-32 |
| 5 | Venus Williams | 271-87 |
| 6 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 210-54 |
No Time like First Time
Since Serena Williams won her seventh singles title in 2016, all women’s singles champions at SW19 have been first-time Wimbledon champions.
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Iga Swiatek |
| 2024 | Barbora Krejcikova |
| 2023 | Marketa Vondrousova |
| 2022 | Elena Rybakina |
| 2021 | Ashleigh Barty |
| 2019 | Simona Halep |
| 2018 | Angelique Kerber |
| 2017 | Garbiñe Muguruza |
Stats: courtesty of WTA and Performs