Seven Brits have already clinched wins on day one with Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Cam Norrie, Billy Harris, Arthur Fery and Oliver Tarvet fighting into the second round at SW19.
This is the most British singles victories in a single day at Wimbledon in the Open Era.
Meanwhile, losses came in for British No.3 Jacob Fearnley, Harriet Dart, Oliver Crawford, Henry Searle, Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic.
Boulter takes out ninth seed Badosa
British No.2 Boulter claimed the biggest scalp of the day – beating world No.9 Paula Badosa 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in just under two hours on Centre Court.
The two-time Nottingham champion and Billie Jean King Cup star had to come back from a break down in the third set to claim her fourth career top 10 win.
Serving to stay in the match at 5-4 down, Badosa seemed to completely tighten up while Boulter stayed solid to set up three match points and eventually seal the win off a mistake from the Spaniard.
Boulter is now set to face Argentinian lucky loser Solana Sierra in the next round. This year she’ll be hoping to improve on her career-best third round at The Championships in 2022 and 2023.
Raducanu & Kartal get off to winning starts
Raducanu came through a battle of the Brits out on No.1 Court, defeating 17-year-old wild card Mimi Xu 6-3, 6-3
That followed Kartal, who clinched the first British win of this year’s Championships over Jelena Ostapenko, winning 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 on Court 3.
British No.1 Raducanu made a winning start in what proved to be a testing first round. After a slow start, Xu lifted her game and broke the former US Open champion twice to keep on serve in the second set.
Raducanu – who has made the fourth round last year – showed her quality on the return and after a third break for a 4-2 lead managed to serve out the match in just under an hour and a half.
Kartal fought back from 3-0 down to take the first set but couldn’t replicate the same comeback in the second as the Latvian levelled the scoreboard to a set apiece. The British No.3 quickly re-set in the decider to reel off six of the last eight games and seal a spot in the second round.
Next up Raducanu will play former champion Marketa Vondrousova, while Kartal faces Viktoriya Tomova.
First Wimbledon wins for Tarvet, Harris & Fery
Qualifier Tarvet made a dream start to his Grand Slam debut after he eased past Leandro Riedi 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
The 21-year-old – who had fought through three rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw at SW19 – needed just one break in each set to seal a milestone victory on his maiden Grand Slam appearance.
Next up, he will face a blockbuster meeting against two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Harris put in a clinical performance against lucky loser Dusan Lajovic, with the 30-year-old breaking the Serbian five times on his way to clocking an impressive 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
It was a memorable day for Fery who simultaneously clocked his first Grand Slam singles victory and the biggest win of his career as he upset 20th seed Alexei Popyrin, 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
The British wild card converted five of his 16 break point opportunties to secure his spot in the second round in two hours and 51 minutes.
Harris plays Nuo Borges next and Fery will face Luciano Darderi.
Former semi-finalist Norrie up and running
Norrie earned a hard-fought 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) win over HSBC Championships semi-finalist Roberto Bautista Agut in front of a packed crowd on Court 18.
Holding a two sets to one advantage, it was Norrie who made the faster start in the fourth set tie-break as he quickly opened up a 6-3 lead.
With a first match point in sight, Norrie looked to increase the pressure on Bautista Agut, dominating the rallied from the baseline to draw out the unforced error and clinch the win to lift the home crowd on their feet.
Fearnley suffered a first round exit to Brazilian breakthrough star Joao Fonseca – losing out 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(5) in just over two hours.
Former junior Wimbledon champion Searle lost to Ethan Quinn 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(11), 6-2, while Dart narrowly missed out on a spot in the second round to Dalma Galfi.
Crawford took the opening set against Matteo Bellucci but couldn’t quite get over the line as he bowed out in a 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 defeat.
16-year-old Klugman put up a strong fight against 24th seed Leylah Fernandez but lost out in a 6-1, 6-3 defeat.
Stojsavljevic looked to be on the comeback as she caught an early break against Ashlyn Krueger in the second set but eventually lost out to 6-3, 6-2.