Seventeen Australians will contest the Wimbledon predominant draw, marking the nation’s highest illustration for on the grasscourt Grand Slam since 1995.
Wimbledon, UK, 28 June 2025 | Rhys de Deugd
With the draw now set and opening day quick approaching, 17 Australians put together to take their place within the Wimbledon singles predominant draw.
Australian males’s No.3 Jordan Thompson is about to make his ninth main-draw look on the All England Membership.
Regardless of battling a again damage, which pressured him withdraw from final week’s prestigious Queen’s Membership match, the 31-year-old is decided to offer it his all in his first-round match.
“I’ll be doing every part I can to get out on the hallowed turf,” he mentioned along with his eyes sweeping throughout the long-lasting grass courts and the distant London skyline.
“I name it the house of tennis, and I actually wish to play right here.”
Thompson has drawn Czech participant Vit Kopriva within the opening spherical, who at present sits at a career-high rating of No.82.
“I’ve by no means really seen him play… They’re not handing out spots within the prime 100, so he’s clearly a very good participant,” Thompson mentioned.
“I’ll have to look at him play as a result of I’m unsure how he does play. However I’ll be making an attempt to go about my standard grasscourt enterprise.”
Main the cost for the Aussie males is No.11 seed Alex de Minaur, who will face world No.71 Roberto Carballes Baena.
In his path, De Minaur might probably face Novak Djokovic within the spherical of 16. The duo have been scheduled to satisfy within the quarterfinals final yr earlier than De Minaur suffered a hip damage which pressured him to withdraw.
Alexei Popyrin is seeded at SW19 for the primary time in his profession, as he takes on British wildcard Arthur Fery.
| Wimbledon 2025 Males’s singles, first spherical | ||||
| Participant | Rank | Participant | Rank | |
| [11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) | No.11 | v | Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) | No.71 |
| [22] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) | No.22 | v | [WC} Arthur Fery (GBR) | No.465 |
| Jordan Thompson (AUS) | No.45 | v | Vit Kopriva (CZE) | No.82 |
| Chris O’Connell (AUS) | No.79 | v | Adrian Mannarino (FRA) | No.125 |
| Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) | No.80 | v | Tseng Chun-Hsin (TPE) | No.96 |
| Adam Walton (AUS) | No.86 | v | [Q] Arthur Cazaux (FRA) | No.116 |
| Rinky Hijikata (AUS) | No.88 | v | David Goffin (BEL) | No.63 |
| James Duckworth (AUS) | No.106 | v | [25] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) | No.27 |
| [Q] James McCabe (AUS) | No.177 | v | Fabian Marozsan (HUN) | No.58 |
| [Q] Alex Bolt (AUS) | No.181 | v | [10] Ben Shelton (USA) | No.10 |
Within the girls’s singles draw, a number of Aussies additionally face high-profile challenges, with three gamers drawing seeded opponents.
Amongst them is Kimberly Birrell, who will make her main-draw debut at Wimbledon and faces world No.22 Donna Vekic.
“I do know she’s an unimaginable participant; she’s been ranked very excessive for lots of her profession,” Birrell mentioned.
“In saying that, you possibly can’t go into any match not believing you can win. So, I’m positively going to be backing myself and proceed to play the model of tennis that I do know can trouble these extremely ranked gamers.”
No.16 seed Daria Kasatkina will likely be hoping to hold her constant 2025 kind into The Championships, as she faces Colombia’s Emiliana Arango within the opening spherical.
| Wimbledon 2025 Girls’s singles, first spherical | ||||
| Participant | Rank | Participant | Rank | |
| [16] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) | No.16 | v | Emilia Arango (COL) | No.76 |
| Maya Joint (AUS) | No.51 | v | [19] Liudmila Samsonova | No.19 |
| Kimberly Birrell (AUS) | No.77 | v | [22] Donna Vekic (CRO) | No.22 |
| Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) | No.80 | v | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | No.53 |
| Olivia Gadecki (AUS) | No.102 | v | Greet Minnen (BEL) | No.70 |
| [Q] Talia Gibson (AUS) | No.129 | v | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | No.56 |
| [Q] Priscilla Hon (AUS) | No.137 | v | [18] Ekaterina Alexandrova | No.18 |
Important-draw motion begins on Monday 30 June. The match is broadcast stay in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport.
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