At a glance

SURFACE Grass courts. SITE The All England Lawn Tennis Club. SCHEDULE: Main-draw play begins today. The 14-day tournament closes with the women’s singles final July 15, and the men’s singles final July 16. There are no matches scheduled on the tournament’s middle Sunday, July 9. 2016 MEN’S SINGLES CHAMPION: Andy

Murray of Britain. 2016 WOMEN’S SINGLES CHAMPION:

Serena Williams of the United States.

MISSING FROM THE FIELD: Williams is pregnant and taking the rest of this season off. Also absent: 2004 champion Maria Sharapova, who is sitting out the tournament for the second straight year. She missed the 2017 grass-court circuit with an injured left thigh; the Russian would have needed to try to qualify because her ranking was too low to get into the main draw after her return from a 15-month doping suspension that sidelined her during Wimbledon a year ago.

BACK IN THE FIELD: Rafael Nadal, fresh off his record 10th championship at the French Open, returns to Wimbledon after being out last year with an injured left wrist. Former No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka sat out Wimbledon last year with an injured right knee and missed time more recently while pregnant. Now a mom to son Leo, Azarenka will be participating in her first Grand Slam tournament since the 2016 French Open.

KEY STATISTIC I: 14 — Consecutive Wimbledon men’s titles won by Roger Federer (7), Novak Djokovic (3), Nadal (2) or Murray (2).

KEY STATISTIC II: 2 — Number of past Wimbledon women’s champions in the draw, Venus Williams (5) and Petra Kvitova (2). PRIZE MONEY: Total is approximately $40 million, with $2.8 million each to the men’s and women’s singles champions. — The Associated Press