2009 Wimbledon Tennis TV Schedule

I’m pretty disappointed that there’s no Wimbledon subscription available for the US. It’s treated me very well in the past, and I’m not looking forward to doing a link-jumping dance such as the FO required. It looks like ESPN2 will have some pretty extensive coverage, though, so that’s a plus. Eff NBC.

June 21st, 2009 at 11:28 am

And I’m guessing that ESPN2 will “treat” us to another substandard image so they can include their bottom (of the barrel) sports bar. That’s what they did to us during the French. Here was their email reply:

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“Thank you for writing.

We compress the video during our French Open telecasts to prevent our news and information service, the BottomLine, from obscuring the court. The BottomLine is a 24/7 service that fans expect and do tune in for”.

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It’s so disappointing that there isn’t a quality US video network willing to cover the non-weekend hours of grand slam tennis. I did notice that ESPN sh*t-canned their sportsbar during golf coverage, so I think their email reply that “fans expect and do tune in…” to drool over the latest sports gossip is network-droid-nonsense.

June 21st, 2009 at 6:55 pm

Verizon Fios espn360.com will be covering Wimby tennis, and it’s free, but only for Verizon customers.

June 21st, 2009 at 7:40 pm

What about the DirecTV expanded coverage? I love the mix channel because I can surf between courts. For the French Open, they had six different courts available.

I agree about the bottom line crap on ESPN2. Yuck.

June 21st, 2009 at 11:37 pm

For fellow Canadians out there, as usual TSN will be airing coverage of Wimbledon. Generally, live coverage (actual live coverage, not “live” coverage as per NBC) starts daily at 7am EST and is repeated again on TSN2 (if you have digital cable) at 10am EST.

If you enjoy the comprehensive coverage and like watching live tennis on TV, please consider sending them an e-mail complimenting them. I did!

June 22nd, 2009 at 12:16 am

Thanks for posting this. One question: On Wednesday, July 1, is NBC the only outlet covering Wimbledon? I think perhaps two of those “NBC” slots are supposed to be ESPN2.

I’m glad ESPN2’s has second week coverage. They are SO much better than NBC!

June 22nd, 2009 at 7:56 pm

I don’t know about the rest of you but I have Direct TV and the coverage I’ve watched on the seven channels provided on

June 27th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

I don’t know about the rest of you,but,I have Direct TV and the coverage,I’ve watched,on seven channels provided,for free,on ESPN Activated has been nothing less than spectacular.Maybe you all need to invest alittle on a disk instead of trashing the best sports coverage we have available. 10hours aday on 7channels pretty good in my book..THANK YOU E.S.P.N.

June 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Love tennis but hate to watch when Mary C announces.
Mary please shut up so we can enjoy!

June 27th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

whooo hooo roddick did very well to win yesterday

June 28th, 2009 at 7:41 am

i have no complains that i have tennis channel and nbc and espn 2 I desire to thank you for broacasting tennis performances

June 28th, 2009 at 7:46 am

1st week Directv coverage used BBC coverage, it was awesome. 2nd week coverage CRAP! We will be limited to the matches NBC chooses for us to watch as usual. Come on NBC get with the times, have a look at Directv’s 1st week of coverage!

June 29th, 2009 at 9:57 am

NBC’s coverage is a disgrace as always. Everything is on tape delay. Do they not realize that this ruins the entire experience? Why are they so set against showing matches live?

Their coverage of the Olympics was equally poor.

June 30th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

I dunno why nbc show tennis. Am watching right now what espn showed 2 hours earlier, and the best is, the commentators saying its “live” What a Joke. Totally missing the Ferrero / Murray game too!

July 1st, 2009 at 12:39 pm

thought it was discusting that TSN broke off right in the middle of the Ferrero/Murray game.

July 1st, 2009 at 5:15 pm

Barbara – indeed – utterly pathetic!!!!

July 1st, 2009 at 5:20 pm

I’m in the US with DirecTV which is supposed to have great coverage, but between ESPN2 and NBC still miss great matches (no Roddick or Murray today. I miss DISH, they used to give us Tennis Channel during slams.

July 1st, 2009 at 8:55 pm

ESPN does pretty good coverage for the few matches they cover. Doubles always gets kicked to the curb and if it’s not an American playing or the Men’s top 2 seeds, you don’t get to see it either.

NBC’s coverage may not be great, but since I don’t have cable TV, I’m grateful for something. I listen to Radio Wimbledon so, at least, I get to hear about some of the other better matches.

Who has the best overall coverage? Is it the Tennis channel?

July 2nd, 2009 at 3:27 pm

I think Serena looks like an animated cow playing her match with Elena

July 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm

I also wonder what it is that’s so bulky under Serena’s head band. Maybe something to keep her cool.

July 2nd, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Christine, Mary C is the only one I like. If you don’t want to hear turn off the sound on your tv. At least she doesn’t take herself as seriously as most of them do.

July 3rd, 2009 at 4:08 am

Why are you so nasty sk? this is a very angry message board.

July 3rd, 2009 at 4:14 am

So I sit here watching last year’s final, while the semi-final is live but not on my TV…..ARGH! Who are these ‘suits’ that try to force us to watch repeats when something live is happening?

July 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am

The Washington Post said today:

Earlier this week, NBC Sports issued a statement boasting of its 30-year run in televising “Breakfast at Wimbledon.”

Ignored amid the self-congratulation was this: The network’s coverage of Grand Slam tennis has become one of the most loathed things in sports.

NBC once produced memorable coverage of tennis greats from McEnroe and Borg to Agassi, Sampras and Federer.

These days, the network is thoroughly reviled for its inability and refusal to show matches as they happen.

Time and again over the past two weeks, NBC aired tape-delayed coverage of Wimbledon matches rather than broadcast other matches live. The network did the same at the French Open, clinging to a practice as out-of-date as a wooden racket.

The result is a wave of unhappy fans, who have voiced their disdain on Twitter and other social-networking platforms.

Consider the fan experience Wednesday. The network began its coverage at 10 a.m. with tape of Roger Federer’s already-completed match against Ivo Karlovic – even as, unseen by NBC’s audience, Tommy Haas was pulling a major upset of fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic.

NBC then made a bad situation worse by sticking with taped tennis rather than showing matches involving two popular players, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick, that were getting under way.

Not until ESPN2 took over coverage at 1 p.m. were fans on the East Coast able to see live coverage of the remainder of a very exciting quarterfinal match between Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt.

“I don’t understand why NBC can’t show LIVE tennis. It really annoys me,” one irate fan wrote on Twitter.

July 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 am

Where the hell is the second men’s semifinal coverage?!!!

July 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm

No one is playing second semifinal between Andy M & Andy R anywhere….
This is so disappointing.

July 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Agree with mewow — am really POed that Murray and Roddick are in the third set already and nothing but ESPN2 news/talk shows. Someone really dropped the ball.

July 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm

I think the comments by sk are racist. I’m sure it is heart to swallow two super-talented africian americans ruling and reigning in the tennis business.

July 4th, 2009 at 2:30 am

There are about a hundred places to watch this stuff online for free. I watched the Roddick v. Murray match in good quality online. You just have to know where to go…

July 4th, 2009 at 5:32 am

Tennis shu

I watched Roddick vs Murray on NBC yday…as it happened? Maybe it was delayed a bit but at noon EST it was on…prior to that I was watching Federer vs Haas.

July 4th, 2009 at 8:51 am

Where is the women’s doubles final???!!

July 4th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

Where are the women’s double finals at Wimbleton? We’ve got an aspiring doubles player here and no one to watch!!

July 4th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

Why no coverage of womens doubles final
with both serena and venus?

July 4th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

Yes! Where is the Ladies’ Doubles Final???

July 4th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Does anyone know who is airing it, or if it will be available on replay somewhere?

July 4th, 2009 at 3:40 pm

Why no spoiler alert at beginning of coverage of Friday’s Women’s semis with Serena? They showed highlights of what was called “the best womenn’s semi ever” and then proceeded to show the Venus blowout. What jerks!!!

July 4th, 2009 at 5:32 pm