When is the Wimbledon draw as Alcaraz and Draper wait to discover opponents
The draw for the men's and women's Wimbledon will take place later this week as defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova, as well as home favourites Jack Draper, find out their opponents
Wimbledon gets underway on Monday with Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova aiming to defend their titles at the All England Club. Their path will become clearer this week when the draw is made.
Last year Alcaraz retained his title after seeing off Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev en route. Winning three in a row would put him in a very exclusive group as he looks to back up his French Open success.
There he saw off Jannik Sinner and the Spaniard and the Italian will again be expected to meet in the final, which is made possible by their seeding. Talk of which, Jack Draper, the main British hope, will have his chances enhanced after landing the fourth seed.
It means at Wimbledon he can't play the likes of Alcaraz or Sinner until the semi-finals. Draper will hope to go deep in the tournament, where he'll be roared on by his home crowd.
Krejcikova meanwhile claimed her second Grand Slam at Wimbledon last year but returns ranked well outside the world's top ten. The tournament at SW19 is the only Grand Slam that hasn't been dominated by the big three - Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff.
None of them have even made the final but will expected to go deep into the tournament. Krejcikova was the 31st seed when she claimed the Wimbledon title last year. The women's draw ended up with only one of the top four seeds in the quarter-finals - that being former champion Elena Rybakina.
When is the Wimbledon draw made?
This year's Wimbledon draw will take place on Friday June 27. Players are randomly selected and assigned a place in the tournament by a special computer, but without the top 32 seeds. They are added in later to ensure that they cannot meet until later in Wimbledon.
The men's and women's singles draw is live from 10am with the doubles draws taking place two hours later. All eyes will of course be on who the home favourites are playing - and who they could face later in the tournament.
Katie Boulter and Jodie Burrage will be hoping to make a statement but Emma Raducanu is again the British No 1 as she seeks to regain the form that took her to the US Open title four years ago.
Despite some back issues Raducanu maintains she will play at SW19 despite her early exit from the Eastbourne Open. She said: "I think I will step on the court regardless.'
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