When does Wimbledon 2015 start? Dates, schedule, ticket, seeding and ballot info, Andy Murray odds

The first round of Wimbledon gets under way on Monday, June 29. As defending champion, world number one Novak Djokovic will open the Championship on Centre Court, as is tradition at SW19.

The Public Ballot, introduced in 1924, has always been substantially oversubscribed. Entry does not automatically entitle applicants to tickets for Wimbledon, but to a place in the draw for tickets. The ballot opened on August 1, 2014 for UK applicants with the closing date on December 31. Successful applicants will have been notified from February onwards with tickets dispatched from the second week of May. (Ticket info from official Wimbledon site)

As ever with Wimbledon, fans without success in the ballot are encouraged to queue early for tickets during the fortnight of the Championships. The famous scene of fans camping out in order to try and acquire tickets for the show courts is a key part of Wimbledon as an event with opportunist fans able to attend memorable matches at short notice.

Still considered a 'crown jewel' of British sports broadcasting, Wimbledon is one of the few big events still available on terrestrial TV. The BBC will begin its live coverage of the grass court grand slam on June 29 at 11:30 UK time.

You can find out the full Wimbledon seeding here.

Novak Djokovic - 5/4

Andy Murray - 5/2

Roger Federer - 6/1

Rafael Nadal - 12/1

Stanislas Wawrinka 14/1

Serena Williams - 13/8

Petra Kvitova - 7/2

Maria Sharapova - 8/1

Victoria Azarenka - 10/1

Simona Halep - 12/1

Getting married to long-term girlfriend Kim Sears appears to have boosted Murray: he won the first two clay court titles of his career earlier this season and made it all the way to the semi-finals of the French Open.

More encouraging still for his fans, once in the last four at Roland Garros he produced some stunning tennis to recover from a two-set deficit against Novak Djokovic, albeit to crumble in the final set. On grass, however, Murray would expect to have the edge should the encounter be similarly hard-fought.

Paul Newman, The Independent : "As preparation for Wimbledon, which begins in seven days’ time, Andy Murray could not have wished for better. The world No 3 won the Aegon Championships here for the fourth time yesterday by playing the best grass-court tennis we have seen from him since he ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men’s singles champion two summers ago... Murray has experienced as many downs as he has ups since enjoying his finest hour at the All England Club 23 months ago, but finally appears to be back where he was before he underwent back surgery at the end of 2013."

Barry Flatman, The Times: "The nation invariably demands that Andy Murray reserves his best for Wimbledon and this year anything other than a second title would come as a disappointment. The manner in which the Scot won a fourth Aegon Championships title at Queen’s Club suggested that, with a week to go before the action starts in SW19, he could not be in a better position to grant their wishes."

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