Hot News: Wimbledon 2014: Order of play for day 1 of this year's tournament

Andy Murray's quest for a second successive title begins at 1pm against Belgium's David Goffin

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Andy Murray is the first on Centre Court today as he begins the defence of the Wimbledon crown he won last year.

The Scotsman became the first British player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 77 years in last year's competition and his quest for a second title begins at 1pm.

Murray will take on David Goffin of Belgium, as he looks to secure a comfortable place in the second round.

2011 champion and world no.1 Novak Djokovic will begin his quest for a seventh career Grand Slam in the final match of the day on Centre Court.

He takes on unseeded Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan.

Women's world no.2 Li Na will follow Murray on the main stage.

Elsehwere, Victoria Azarenka opens up the action on the No.1 Court at 1pm. Men's competition outsiders Grigor Dimitrov and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will also take to the court later in the day.

2010 finalist Tomas Berdych opens No.2 Court, while David Ferrer headlines No.3's schedule.

Here is a full list of the day's crucial matches. Each court begins play at 1pm. Monday's notable order of play Centre Court

Andy Murray (GB, 3) v David Goffin (Bel) You can follow the match in our live blog right here.

Paula Kania (Pol) v Li Na (Chn, 2)

Novak Djokovic (Ser, 1) v Andrey Golubev (Kaz)



PA Great Britain's Andy Murray during practice of day one of Wimbledon 2014 No.1 Court

Victoria Azarenka (Blr, 8) v Mirijana Lucic-Baroni (Cro)

Grigor Dimitrov (Bul, 11) v Ryan Harrison (USA)

Jurgen Melzer (Aut) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra, 8) No.2 Court

Victor Hanescu (Rom) v Tomas Berdych (Cz, 6)

Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (Sp) v Venus Williams (US, 30)

Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) v Daniel Evans (GB)

Andreea Mitu (Rom) v Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol, 4) No.3 Court

Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) v Samantha Stosur (Aus, 17)

Mikhail Youzhny (Rus, 17) v James Ward (GB)

Pablo Carreno Busta (Sp) v David Ferrer (Sp, 7)

Petra Kvitova (Cz, 6) v Andrea Hlavackova (Cz)



Reuters Petra Kvitova will be one of the favourites for the women's competition Other notables

Court 12: Caroline Wozniacki (Den, 16) v Shahar Peer (Isr)

Court 18: Sloane Stephens (USA, 18) v Maria Kirilenko

Court 18: Alex Kuznetsov (USA) v Fabio Fognini (Ita, 16)

Court 4: Jana Cepelova (Svk) v Flavia Pennetta (Ita, 12)

Court 8: Marinko Matosevic (Aus) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa, 18)

Court 16: Sara Errani (It, 14) v Caroline Garcia (Fr)

Court 19: Ernests Gulbis (Lat, 12) v Jurgen Zopp (Est)



The defending champion wasted little time in dispatching the world number 104 on Centre Court in a little over two hours to start the tournament in the best possible fashion



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