Overview

• Krejcikova rebounded from a 3-6 first-set deficit to win 6-2, 6-1 and reach the second round on Centre Court.
• The 29-year-old entered Wimbledon having played only six matches this year because of a back injury and a thigh problem.
• Twenty-year-old Alexandra Eala became the first Filipina in the Open era to compete in Wimbledon's main draw and arrived fresh from her first WTA final at Eastbourne.
• Only Steffi Graf in 1994 and Marketa Vondrousova in 2024 have fallen in the opening round as reigning women’s champions at Wimbledon, and no woman has defended the singles title since 2016.
• Krejcikova’s comeback secures her bid for back-to-back Wimbledon trophies and sets up a second-round test of her grass-court form.