Swiss top seed Roger Federer will begin his quest for a record-equalling fifth consecutive Wimbledon men's singles title against Russia's Teimuraz Gabashvili. The draw for the grasscourt grand slam, which starts on Monday, also paired Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal against American Mardy Fish.
Third seed Andy Roddick, who landed in the same half of the draw as Federer, faces an all-American encounter against Justin Gimelstob. France's Amelie Mauresmo begins the defence of her title on Tuesday against American Jamea Jackson while Belgian top seed Justine Henin starts against Argentine qualifier Jorgelina Cravero. Mauresmo and Henin could meet in the final again, as they did last year.
Russia's Maria Sharapova, the second seed and 2004 champion, plays Chinese Taipei's Chan Yung-jan while twice champion Serena Williams of the United States was drawn against Lourdes Dominguez-Lino of Spain.
In-form Serb Jelena Jankovic, seeded three, is up against British wildcard Anne Keothavong in the first round and a possible semi-final against Henin is on the horizon.
Federer, who can emulate Bjorn Borg's five in a row at Wimbledon, should not be unduly troubled against Gabashvili although things could get tougher in the third round where he could meet another Russian, former world number one Marat Safin.
Nadal, who captured a hat-trick of French titles earlier this month, looks to have a slightly easier path to the latter stages, although 36th ranked Fish is a tricky opener. With Serbian Novak Djokovic in his half of the draw, the duo could face a repeat of their Roland Garros semi-final.
MEN'S SINGLES DRAW FOR THE JUNE 25-JULY:
-- 8 Wimbledon championships, made on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding).
-- 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia)
-- Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) v Davide Sanguinetti (Italy)
-- Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) v Lee Childs (Britain)
-- Rik De Voest (South Africa) v 26-Marat Safin (Russia)
-- 21-Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) v Nicolas Almagro (Spain)
-- Michael Berrer (Germany) v Albert Montanes (Spain)
-- Tomas Zib (Czech Republic) v Diego Hartfield (Argentina)
-- Zack Fleishman (US) v 13-Tommy Haas (Germany)
-- 9-James Blake (US) v Igor Andreev (Russia)
-- Juan-Pablo Guzman (Argentina) v Andrei Pavel (Romania)
-- Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) v Oscar Hernandez (Spain)
-- Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) v 20-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain)
-- 27-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) v Florent Serra (France)
-- Alexander Peya (Austria) v Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia)
-- Alejandro Falla (Colombia) v Sam Querrey (US)
-- Robby Ginepri (US) v 5-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
-- 3-Andy Roddick (US) v Justin Gimelstob (US)
-- Danai Udomchoke (Thailand) v Carlos Berlocq (Argentina)
-- Fernando Verdasco (Spain) v Bobby Reynolds (US)
-- Andreas Seppi (Italy) v 31-Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia)
-- 17-David Ferrer (Spain) v Sergio Roitman (Argentina)
-- Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) v Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
-- Marc Gicquel (France) v Jan Hernych (Czech Republic)
-- Vincent Spadea (United States) v 15-Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia)
-- 12-Richard Gasquet (France) v Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Republic)
-- Arnaud Clement (France) v Nicolas Mahut (France)
-- Jamie Baker (Britain) v Edouard Roger-vasselin (France)
-- Benjamin Becker (Germany) v 24-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina)
-- 25-Carlos Moya (Spain) v Tim Henman (Britain)
-- Joshua Goodall (Britain) v Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
-- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) v Julien Benneteau (France)
-- Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) v 8-Andy Murray (Britain)
-- 6-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) v Evgeny Korolev (Russia)
-- Alex Bogdanovic (Britain) v Chris Guccione (Australia)
-- Gael Monfils (France) v Thomas Johansson (Sweden)
-- Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) v 32-Juan Monaco (Argentina)
-- 23-David Nalbandian (Argentina) v Mischa Zverev (Germany)
-- Frank Dancevic (Canada) v Stefan Koubek (Austria)
-- Nicolas Devilder (France) v Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina)
-- Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) v 10-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
-- 16-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) v Richard Bloomfield (Britain)
-- Guillermo Garcia-lopez (Spain) v Simone Bolelli (Italy)
-- Max Mirnyi (Belarus) v Lu Yen-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
-- Ivan Navarro pastor (Spain) v 22-Guillermo Canas (Argentina)
-- 30-Filippo Volandri (Italy) v Nicolas Kiefer (Germany)
-- Fabrice Santoro (France) v Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)
-- Amer Delic (US) v Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic)
-- Potito Starace (Italy) v 4-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
-- 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) v Nicolas Massu (Chile)
-- Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Michael Llodra (France)
-- Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) v Martin Vassallo arguello (Argentina)
-- Luis Horna (Peru) v 29-Agustin Calleri (Argentina)
-- 19-Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) v Fernando Vicente (Spain)
-- Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) v Wang Yeu-tzuoo (Chinese Taipei)
-- Wayne Arthurs (Australia) v Thiemo De bakker (Netherlands)
-- Robert Kendrick (US) v 11-Tommy Robredo (Spain)
-- 14-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) v Kristian Pless (Denmark)
-- Marin Cilic (Croatia) v Gilles Simon (France)
-- Florian Mayer (Germany) v Sam Warburg (US)
-- Michael Russell (US) v 18-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland)
-- 28-Robin Soderling (Sweden) v Olivier Rochus (Belgium)
-- Jonathan Marray (Britain) v Sebastien Grosjean (France)
-- Werner Eschauer (Austria) v Ruben Ramirez hidalgo (Spain)
-- Mardy Fish (US) v 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain).
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