LOS ANGELES, June 25, 2024 – Tennis Channel will again have nightly coverage during the two weeks of Wimbledon, the sport’s oldest major tournament, beginning at 5 p.m. ET most evenings July 1-14. In all, the network plans close to 65 unique hours for the most prestigious grass-court event in tennis, including six-hour and four-hour match segments, analysis, interviews, news and feature reporting – along with Hall of Famers Martina Navratilova (@Martina), Lindsay Davenport (@LDavenport76) and Jim Courier.
With encore replays in addition to first-run programming, Tennis Channel will devote more than 184 hours to Wimbledon in 2024. From Monday, July 1, through Monday, July 8, original coverage will begin at 5 p.m. ET and run for six hours. As the second week is underway, telecasts will begin at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday, July 9, and Wednesday, July 10; 3 p.m. ET Thursday, July 11, and Friday, July 12; and 6 p.m. ET Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14. The network’s Wimbledon schedule can be found at: www.tennischannel.com/schedule.
This year marks Tennis Channel’s 16th year at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club since 2008, as Wimbledon was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Navratilova’s name is synonymous with Wimbledon. She is the only player, woman or man, to win nine singles titles there, and has an additional seven doubles crowns and four mixed-doubles championships at the event on her unparalleled resume as well. Davenport also lifted the singles-champion’s Rosewater Dish in 1999, the same year she won the doubles tournament. No stranger to success, Courier advanced to the Wimbledon singles final in 1993. All three will be back on Tennis Channel this year to offer their unique perspectives on what it takes to succeed at Wimbledon and what they see from this year’s contenders.
They will be joined by announcers Brett Haber (@BrettHaber) and Steve Weissman (@Steve\Weissman); and Jon Wertheim (@jon\wertheim), author, Sports Illustrated editor and CBS’ 60 Minutes correspondent, who will provide special reports throughout the tournament. As host of Tennis Channel’s on-site tournament desk, Weissman will be joined by Navratilova and Wertheim.
Tennis Channel will follow Wimbledon on its Tennis.com and social media platforms, as well as its Tennis Channel Podcast Network (https://www.tennis.com/news/podcasts/). Viewers can also win prizes by playing the channel’s free Match Point Predictor Game and “Racquet Bracket” during the tournament.
Tennis Channel (www.tennischannel.com) and its sibling network T2, which are owned by Sinclair, Inc., are the only television-based multiplatform destinations dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle. The networks have the most concentrated single-sport coverage in television in one of the world’s most voluminous sports, with multiple men’s and women’s tournaments and singles, doubles and mixed competition throughout the year. Tennis Channel and T2 have rights at the four majors – US Open, Wimbledon, Roland Garros (French Open) and Australian Open – and are the exclusive U.S. homes of all men’s ATP World Tour and women’s WTA Tour competitions, Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, and Laver Cup. Direct-to-consumer streaming service Tennis Channel+ is available to everyone in the United States and allows subscribers to select from another 4,500 live and on-demand matches and award-winning content from short-form to films throughout the tennis season. Tennis Channel International brings live competition and network content to markets in Europe and Asia via digital subscription and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Additional platform www.tennis.com is the largest digital outlet dedicated to the sport. Tennis Channel also oversees a network of close to 20 podcasts and is a co-owner of Pickleballtv, a joint-venture with the Professional Pickleball Association.
About Sinclair:
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.
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For further information:
Eric Abner, Tennis Channel, 310-314-9445, eabner@tennischannel.com, @TennisChannelPR