Wimbledon draw: Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz in top half, Rafa Nadal, Matteo Berrettini in bottom half

Six-time champion Novak Djokovic will kick off his Wimbledon title defence against Kwon Soon-woo while he could meet the impressive Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-final.
Djokovic, who is gunning for a fourth title in a row at SW19, could face Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round while big-serving American Reilly Opelka is likely to be his fourth-round rival.
Fifth seed Alcaraz headlines Section 2 of the draw and the Spanish teenager takes on Jan-Lennard Struff first up with his projected fourth-round opponent likely to be 10th Sinner.
However, Italian Sinner has been handed a tough draw as three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka is his first-round opponent while he could face two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in the third round.
Murray faces world No 77 James Duckworth from Australia in his first round and if he gets through that then he will likely face American John Isner.
Should the form book hold then Alcaraz and Sinner will battle each other for a place in the quarter-final with the reward likely to be a clash against Djokovic.
Djokovic got real unlucky at Roland-Garros by drawing Nadal in the quarters
He then gets to catch what resembles a lucky break at Wimbledon – fair play pic.twitter.com/79bB8x1EzV
— Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) June 24, 2022
French Open runner-up Casper Ruud, who takes on Albert Ramos Vinolas in the first round, is scheduled to be the semi-final opponent, but the Norwegian is likely to face last year’s semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-final.
British No 1 and ninth seed Cameron Norrie is also in Hurkacz’s section and he opens his campaign against Pablo Andújar.
The bottom half is lead by 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and the two-time Wimbledon winner faces Francisco Cerúndolo first up with Marin Cilic his projected fourth-round opponent and Felix Auger-Aliassime a likely quarter-final rival.
The in-form Matteo Berrettini, who many believe is the third favourite behind Djokovic and Nadal to win Wimbledon this year, headlines Section 5 and the Italian faces Cristian Garin in the first round with 12th Diego Schwartzman the projected fourth-round opponent.
The winner of that clash will likely face fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-final with Nadal/Auger-Aliassime the projected semi-final opponent.
Nadal’s potential path to #Wimbledon title (and the 3rd leg of the Grand Slam):
R1 Cerundolo
R2 Querrey/Berankis
R3 Van de Zandschulp
R4 Cilic
QF Auger-Aliassime
SF Tsitsipas/Berrettini
F Djokovic— Andy Schooler (@SchoolerSport) June 24, 2022
Tsitsipas, though, could face Nick Kyrgios in the third round with the Australian facing British wildcard Phil Jubb in his opening.
British No 2 Dan Evans faces qualifier Jason Kubler from Australia in the first round rising British youngster Jack Draper is up against qualifier Zizou Bergs.
Latest
-
News
Man City scandal, politics and Mason Greenwood – the tennis player driving a spicy Twitter account
Twitter can be a place where opinions can divide and reactions can be brutal, yet British tennis player Liam Broady doesn’t hold back.
-
Grand Slam
Jimmy Connors delivers trademark tribute to Novak Djokovic
Jimmy Connors delivers a glowing tribute to Novak Djokovic.
-
ATP Tour
Novak Djokovic on course to break rankings record in February
Novak Djokovic moves one step closer to immortality.
-
WTA Tour
WTA Rankings: Alycia Parks on the brink of top 50, Lin Zhu achieves season goal
It was a landmark week for Alycia Parks and Lin Zhu.
-
Tennis News
The Davis Cup Finals group stage set after qualifiers
The Davis Cup finals are taking shape.
-
WTA Tour
Alycia Parks instantly fell in love with tennis as a seven year old
Alycia Parks took up tennis by complete chance.
-
Tennis News
Stefanos Tsitsipas sees opportunity to improve in Netflix series
Stefanos Tsitsipas likes to do things differently.
-
Tennis News
Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas reignite feud after ‘clown’ comment
Tsitsipas made comments about Aussie maverick Kyrgios as he spoke to the media while playing for Greece in the Davis Cup.
-
WTA Tour
Alycia Parks pulls off biggest career win in stunning Lyon final upset
Alycia Parks wrapped up her breakthrough week on the WTA Tour with her first top five victory.
-
Tennis News
Who is Cameron Norrie’s girlfriend, Louise Jacobi?
Louise Jacobi has been involved with Cameron Norrie since 2019.