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Who is commentating on Wimbledon 2023? Full line-up of BBC pundits, presenters and commentators

Wimbledon is back once again for 2023 but it's all change at the BBC.

The broadcaster will, as normal, be broadcasting every single court at SW19 throughout the Championship, but its coverage has a different feel to it this year after the presenting line-up was revamped.

Sue Barker fronted the BBC's coverage for a remarkable 30 years but bid an emotional farewell to her role in July 2022 after turning down a three-year contract extension. She has been replaced as lead presenter by Clare Balding, while Isa Guha and Qasa Alom have also been brought in as new hosts.

However, they are just three members of the huge team involved in the coverage, with former Grand Slam champions offering expert analysis in the studio or taking their seats behind the mic alongside some of the most recognisable voices in sport.

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Here's the full list of the BBC presenters, pundits and commentators at Wimbledon 2023:

Who are the BBC presenters and pundits at Wimbledon 2023?

Clare Balding

Balding has taken over the main hosting duties from Sue Barker, who retired last year after fronting the BBC's Wimbledon programming for three decades. Balding, 52, previously hosted the daily highlights show Today At Wimbledon but is now the face of the broadcaster's coverage over the fortnight at SW19.

Isa Guha

The other of the BBC's new Wimbledon hosts is former England cricket star Guha, who formed part of the World Cup-winning squad in 2009 before moving into broadcasting. She also fronts the BBC's Test Match Special alongside Phil Tufnell.

Qasa Alom

A presenter, investigative journalist and director, Alom has been with the BBC for 13 years and worked as a regular newsreader on Midlands Today's breakfast and lunchtime shows. A self-confessed tennis geek, he even has a dog called Rafa.

John McEnroe

Famed for his rivalries with Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors, as well as his confrontational on-court behaviour including his infamous meltdown at Wimbledon in 1981, McEnroe has worked for the BBC for nearly 20 years.

Martina Navratilova

The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion will again be on hand to provide expert analysis in the studio. She had feared she "would not see Christmas" after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancer earlier this year, but has now confirmed she is cancer-free.

Billie Jean King

The 79-year-old former world No. 1 famously won the Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs in 1973 and has long been a pioneer for gender equality and social justice.

Pat Cash

The Australian star won Wimbledon in 1987 and started the tradition of players climbing into the stands to celebrate with their loved ones. He has worked for CNN and BBC in retirement and appeared on last year's series of The Masked Singer dressed as bagpipes.

Tim Henman

He became the first British man to reach the singles semi-finals of Wimbledon in nearly 30 years and was British No. 1 for six years running before being overtaken by Andy Murray. After a career which saw him win 15 ATP Tour titles and bank more than £9million in prize money, he moved into punditry while he also set up his own foundation to help disadvantaged children.

Tracy Austin

The American former world No. 1 won three Grand Slam titles in her career, including the mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1980. She also became US Open champion aged just 16 before a serious car accident cut her career short.

Annabel Croft

She retired from tennis at just 21 and moved into presenting, fronting shows such as Treasure Hunt and Interceptor while also working for Eurosport, Sky Sports and the BBC. She suffered heartbreak earlier this year when her beloved husband Mel Coleman died just months after being diagnosed with cancer.

Johanna Konta

The former British No. 1 reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the French Open before injury forced her to retire 18 months ago at the age of 30. She married her long-term partner two weeks after retiring and gave birth to her first child in 2022.

Anne Keothavong

Another former British No. 1 who won 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, she became the first British player to make the WTA top 50 in more than 15 years. Keothavong captained Great Britain at the Fed Cup from 2017 to 2019 while she has also worked on BT Sport's tennis coverage.

Sania Mirza

The highest-ranked Indian female player ever and a former doubles world No. 1, Mirza won six major titles in her career before retiring from tennis earlier this year.

John Lloyd

A two-time Wimbledon champion in the mixed doubles with Wendy Turnbull in 1983 and 1984 and a former UK No. 1, Lloyd has worked as a commentator and pundit for the BBC since the 1990s and is known for his food and drink analogies when describing tennis shots.

Louise Pleming

The Australian former tennis player now coaches and works as a pundit and commentator for Australian TV and the BBC.

Colin Fleming

A former doubles star who won Commonwealth gold and reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2011, Fleming played alongside Jamie and Andy Murray during his career before retiring and becoming the national coach for Tennis Scotland.

Jo Durie

The former world No. 5 won two Grand Slam titles in the mixed doubles with Jeremy Bates and is one of the very few players to have a winning record against Steffi Graf, leading her 4-3 in head-to-heads.

Peter Fleming

He won a staggering 52 titles, including seven Grand Slams, in his doubles partnership with John McEnroe. Since retiring, he has worked for Sky Sports, Eurosport and the BBC.

Liz Smylie

A four-time Grand Slam winner from Australia, in retirement Smylie has worked as a commentator as well as the tournament director of the Australian Women's Hardcourts.

Dominic Inglot

Known as 'Dom the Bomb' due to his powerful serve, the former British No. 1 in doubles won the Davis Cup in 2015 and made the final of 27 ATP World Tour events, winning 14.

Nick Monroe

Another doubles specialist, the American won four ATP Tour titles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 30 in 2017. He briefly coached countryman Jack Sock but was dropped earlier this year.

Arvind Parmar

He represented Great Britain at the Davis Cup during his nine-year career and after retiring coached British juniors Ahmed El Menshawy and James Marsalek.

Todd Woodbridge

The 22-time Grand Slam champion is among the most successful doubles players of all time and is best known for his partnerships with Mark Woodforde and Jonas Bjorkman. He won gold for Australia at the 1996 Olympics and triumphed at Wimbledon on 10 occasions before retiring and working as a broadcaster with the Nine Network.

Leon Smith

Smith captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team from 2010 and led them to glory in 2015. He began coaching at 18 and worked with Andy Murray at the start of his career, later being awarded an OBE in 2016 for services to tennis.

Who is commentating on Wimbledon 2023 for the BBC?

Andrew Castle

A former British No. 1, Castle reached one Grand Slam final in his career in the 1987 Australian Open mixed doubles event with Anne Hobbs. After retiring in 1992, he moved into broadcasting, joining GMTV as a presenter in 2000 before taking part in reality shows including Strictly Come Dancing and 71 Degrees North.

Andrew Cotter

The Scottish broadcaster has one of the most recognisable voices in sport and works across the BBC's coverage of golf, rugby, athletics and tennis, as well as The Boat Race. He went viral after filming videos of him commentating on his beloved dogs during lockdown.

Sam Smith

The former British Ladies No. 1 from 1996 to 1999, Smith now commentates on the game for the likes of the BBC, ITV, BT Sport, Sky Sports and Amazon Prime.

Chris Bradnam

A former player, the 65-year-old runs his own tennis school while working for broadcasters including Eurosport.

Kat Downes

Familiar to viewers of the BBC News Channel and BBC Breakfast, she announced she was leaving the broadcaster's sports news studio in 2021 to focus on commentary.

Nick Mullins

Best known for his work on BT Sport's coverage of Premiership Rugby, as well as the Olympic Games.

Matt Chilton

The voice of skiing on British television for the last 15 years, the journalist, commentator and presenter has worked for Eurosport since 1992 and for BBC Sport since the mid-1990s.

Simon Reed

The veteran broadcaster has lent his voice to a number of different sports as well as ITV's Dancing on Ice. He was previously fired from another gig for calling ice-skating champion Meagan Duhamel "that b**** from Canada", believing his microphone was switched off.

John Inverdale

The 65-year-old has presented coverage of many major sporting events including the Olympic Games, Six Nations, Grand National and the FIFA World Cup and was the main presenter of Today at Wimbledon until 2014.

Ronald McIntosh

An experienced broadcaster, best known for his work for BT Sport as a boxing reporter as well as his coverage of athletics, basketball and tennis.

Alison Mitchell

The English-Australian broadcaster has been commentating on men's and women's international cricket around the world since 2007 and was the first woman to become a regular commentator on the BBC's Test Match Special.

James Burridge

A former Sunday Telegraph reporter, he has also presented a Football League Magazine show and reported on rugby for BBC Radio 5 Live.

Abigail Johnson

The commentator and courtside reporter has worked for the likes of the BBC and ITV while working at a wide range of domestic and international tennis tournaments.

Andy Stevenson

Has worked in sports broadcasting for nearly 20 years and presents a podcast for the International Paralympic committee.

Paul Hand

A former doubles star who reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 1993 paired with Chris Wilkinson, he sparked social media outrage when he was accused of making a homophobic remark during coverage of the 2016 Olympics when he implied "two blokes" would not want to kiss. The BBC said at the time: "The comment was ill-judged and we apologise to any of our viewers who were offended."

Nick Lester

As well as working on tennis coverage for the likes of Prime Video and Eurosport, he also commentates on snooker.

Pete Odgers

A commentator and presenter for BBC Sport, Amazon Prime, Eurosport and others. A former tennis coach, he is also the youngest ever person to commentate on a men’s final at the French Open.

David Law

A long-time commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live and BT Sport, Law has worked at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.

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