Scheduled play on Wimbledon's Middle Sunday became permanent in 2022.
For most of Wimbledon’s history, the Sunday between the tournament’s two weeks was a traditional rest day. The break gave players recovery time, allowed the grass courts to rest, and helped preserve a distinctive rhythm that produced the famously crowded “Manic Monday” of fourth-round singles matches.
Rain occasionally broke the tradition: matches were played on Middle Sunday in 1991, 1997, 2004 and 2016 to clear accumulated delays. Those emergency Sundays should not be confused with the permanent scheduling change.
Beginning in 2022, Wimbledon became a 14-day tournament with regular play on every day. The change also marked the centenary of Centre Court at its current Church Road site. It spread fourth-round matches across Sunday and Monday, reducing the old concentration of last-16 matches on one day.