Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios will face court next month over an alleged assault in December last year.

Kyrgios, 27, is named on the ACT Magistrates Court list for August 2.

In a statement, ACT police said a 27-year-old man from the Canberra suburb of Watson was scheduled to face the ACT Magistrates Court on that date in relation to one charge of common assault over an incident in December 2021.

The offence carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail.

Kyrgios made no comment on the charge when he was approached by a media scrum as he left practice at Wimbledon, a day ahead of his quarter-final with Chile's Cristian Garin.

An All England Club spokesperson said Kyrgios's match would go ahead as scheduled.

"We have been made aware of legal proceedings involving Nick Kyrgios in Australia, and as they are ongoing, we are not in a position to offer a comment," the spokesperson said.

"We are in touch with Nick's team and he remains scheduled to play his quarter-final match tomorrow." 

Kyrgios, the world number 40, is enjoying his best singles performance at a grand slam tournament since 2015, when he made the quarter-finals of the men's singles at the Australian Open.

His quarter-final match slated for Wednesday against Garin is the second time he has made the final eight at Wimbledon, and comes in a week that has already been controversial on the court.

Amid multiple barbs between Kyrgios and the media, he has been reprimanded twice for his on-court behaviour and fined a total of more than $20,000 at the grass-court grand slam.

Kyrgios was fined for spitting in the direction of a spectator during his round-one victory over local hope Paul Jubb and fined again for an audible obscenity in his spiteful third-round victory over Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Tsitsipas was fined for unsportsmanlike conduct after hitting a ball into the crowd.

The governing body of men's tennis, the ATP,  told Reuters it was aware of the charge Kyrgios was facing.