Wimbledon 2025 : Emma Raducanu to face British counterpart Mimi Xu as Jack Draper meets Sebastian Baez in first round
Emma Raducanu has been drawn against fellow Briton and world No 302 Mimi Xu in the first round of Wimbledon, while Jack Draper will face Argentina’s Sebastian Baez.
Former US Open champion Raducanu would face 2023 Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova or 32nd seed McCartney Kessler in the second round if she beats 17-year-old wild card Xu.
In the men’s draw, British No 1 Draper could take on 2014 US Open winner Marin Cilic in the second round and Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in the third round, the player who knocked him out of the French Open earlier this month.
Eight-time champion Novak Djokovic, who has made the final in every Wimbledon since 2017, could be Draper’s quarter-final opponent, with world No 1 Jannik Sinner possibly awaiting in the semi-finals.
Top seed Sinner battles fellow Italian Luca Nardi, with reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz up against Italy’s Fabio Fognini and 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic meets France’s Alexandre Muller.
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Women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka comes up against qualifier Carson Branstine and Coco Gauff, who recently won the French Open, faces Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska.
Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, meanwhile, will take on exciting Filipino teenager Alexandra Eala in the opening round, provided the Czech recovers from a leg injury in time.
Who will the British women face?
Britain’s Katie Boulter has been matched up with ninth seed Paula Badosa, while Harriet Dart faces Dalma Galfi and Sonay Kartal will play 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko.
Sixteen-year-olds Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic have also drawn seeds, with the former facing former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez and Stojsavljevic meeting Ashlyn Krueger.
Heather Watson has been pitted against 23rd seed Clara Tauson, while Fran Jones plays Yulia Starodubtseva and Jodie Burrage meets Caty McNally.
