The opening day of the world's greatest tennis tournament reported for you direct from the All England Club by BBC outside broadcast cameras.
David Coleman introduces Wimbledon 1969 which features the best of the matches on the Centre Court and No.1 Court in The First Round of The Men's Singles
Rod Laver begins the defence of his Open title in today's first match on the Centre Court, and so poses the questions
-can he win yet again at the age of thirty?
-will the strengthened circuit professionals, led by Tony Roche, John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, and Tom Okker, again dominate the men's event?
-will the tournament produce the same sensational upset results as last year?
The regular Wimbledon commentary team of Dan Maskell, Jack Kramer, Peter West and Bill Knight will provide some of the answers in what promises to be a fascinating Championship
Also on BBC-2 in colour