Former winner Andy Murray will play Ryan Peniston in an all-British affair in the first round of the men’s singles at Wimbledon after the draw was conducted on Friday morning.
The blockbuster tie of the round sees fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas play former US Open champion Dominic Thiem. The winner of that tie will face the winner of Murray’s game.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic opens up his campaign against Pablo Cachin, and top seed Carlos Alcaraz will face off against Jeremy Chardy from France.
There will be an all-Italian tie in the first round as Matteo Berrettini goes up against Lorenzo Sonego.
Holger Rune is up against George Loffhagen, whilst Daniil Medvedev plays against British player Arthur Fery.
Another Brit, Cam Norrie will play Tomas Machae and Australian star Nick Kyrgios will take on David Goffin.
Should the draw play out as scripted, there will be some blockbuster matches in the quarter-finals.
Dan Evans is seeded at 27 and he will take on Quentin Halys of France in round one.
Two British players avoided seeds in the opening round. Liam Broady will take on Constant Lestienne, while Jan Choinski takes on Dusan Lajovic.
In the women’s category, Iga Swiatek will face Lin Zhu in the first round of Wimbledon, with Aryna Sabalenka due to face Panna Udvardy of Hungary.
However, Swiatek has pulled out of the Grand Slam after suffering illness as a result of food poisoning.
The world No. 1 and No. 2 will be huge favourites to progress deep into the later stages, with their initial draws easy match-ups, at least on paper.
Last year’s winner and world No. 3, Elena Rybakina, has perhaps the toughest draw of the top three as she will come up against America’s Shelby Rogers.
Jessica Pegula faces her American compatriot Lauren Davis, while the remaining top-five player Carolina Garcia takes on Katie Volynets.
Venus Williams will return, with the 43-year-old drawn against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in what is one of the most intriguing ties of round one.
At the other end of the scale, 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva takes on China’s Wang Xiyu.
This year Russian and Belarusian will be permitted to compete after they were excluded from last year’s event due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though the display of Russian flags will remain prohibited at SW19.
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