Wimbledon draw LIVE: Latest updates as Emma Raducanu, Andy Murray and Serena Williams learn fate
There was potential for heavyweight first-round matches but Andy Murray and Serena Williams avoided seeded players in the draw
Follow live reaction from the Wimbledon draw, where Emma Raducanu will face Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round and Andy Murray was paired with James Duckworth after avoiding a seeded opponent.
Raducanu, who was seeded 10th for the draw on what will be her first appearance at Wimbledon since winning the US Open, has been handed a tough first assignment against the Belgian Van Uytvanck. Raducanu won their only previous meeting in Chicago last year but Van Uytvanck is an established top-50 player, currently ranked at 46 in the world.
Murray received a kinder draw. Australian Duckworth, who is ranked 77 in the world, has yet to win a match on the ATP Tour this season. Two-time Wimbledon champion Murray has won both previous meetings with Duckworth and could face American John Isner in the second round.
Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic will open the tournament against Soonwoo Kwon on Monday while Rafael Nadal, on the other half of the draw, will begin against Francisco Cerundolo. The top seed in the women’s draw Iga Swiatek will open against qualifier Jana Fett.
Follow live updates from the All England Club as the tournament draws are made.
Wimbledon 2022 seedings: Men’s singles
1 Novak Djokovic (SRB)
2 Rafael Nadal (ESP)
3 Casper Ruud (NOR)
4 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
5 Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
6 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
7 Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
8 Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
9 Cameron Norrie (GBR)
10 Jannik Sinner (ITA)
11 Taylor Fritz (USA)
12 Diego Schwartzman (ARG)
13 Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
14 Marin Cilic (CRO)
15 Reilly Opelka (USA)
16 Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
17 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
18 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
19 Gael Monfils (FRA)
20 Alex De Minaur (AUS)
21 John Isner (USA)
22 Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED)
23 Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)
24 Frances Tiafoe (USA)
25 Holger Rune (DEN)
26 Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)
27 Filip Krajinovic (SRB)
28 Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)
29 Daniel Evans GBR)
30 Jenson Brooksby (USA)
31 Tommy Paul (USA)
32 Sebastian Baez (ARG)
Jack Draper keeps British hopes alive at Eastbourne after reaching semi-finals
Jack Draper became the last British player standing in the singles draws at Eastbourne after battling past compatriot Ryan Peniston to reach the semi-finals.
The 20-year-old tournament debutant won the final five games in a row, including breaking his opponent three times in succession, to wrap up a 6-3, 6-3 win at the Rothesay International.
Draper will now face French-born American Maxime Cressy in what will be his first ATP Tour semi-final.
Peniston, who was also a quarter-finalist at Queen’s, Nottingham and Surbiton this summer, joined fellow Britons Cameron Norrie and Harriet Dart in exiting the competition at the quarter-final stage on Thursday.
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