A Wimbledon spokeswoman said there would be no further play before 4.30pm, but said the tournament was ” optimistic” there would be dry periods later in the day.
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Only one minute of action was possible on the outside courts on Friday and just a quarter of an hour on Court One with a resumption not expected before 3:00pm (1400 GMT).
When it rains at Wimbledon, which it has been doing for large parts of the first week at a soggy All England Club, players are driven to distraction.
Scheduling during rain delays will ease in 2019 when a new roof over Court One will be in operation.
With play continuing on Centre Court under the roof, it is possible that the victor of the match between Roger Federer and Dan Evans will have reached the fourth round before others have even managed to get their second round match underway.
The 27th-seeded Sock beat Robin Haase 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Members of the ground staff remove the covers from the courts as rain delays play on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 1, 2016. Four second-round matches remained unfinished on Friday night.
He threatens to end Djokovic’s bid for a true Grand Slam.
In other men’s play, fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori came from behind to beat Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court; and No. 9 Marin Cilic needed four sets to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.
The match already had started late Friday, then been interrupted twice in the first set, because of rain.
Garbine Muguruza’s first major tournament as a reigning Grand Slam champion didn’t last long.
The 28th-seeded Querrey advanced to a third-round matchup against two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic by beating Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. More rain is forecast throughout the day, however.
Play on Centre Court, the only venue at the All England Club with a retractable roof, has been continuous, with Stan Wawrinka facing Juan Martin del Potro.
On Tuesday, rain forced suspension in progress or complete postponement of a total of 30 matches. That leaves Wednesday’s schedule packed with a mix of first- and second-round contests.
Roger Federer has never faced an opponent at Wimbledon quite like this.
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Six-time women’s victor Williams was facing fellow American Christina McHale in a second-round match, with seven-time men’s champion Federer up third against British player Daniel Evans in the third round.
