The Draw for the 2007 Wimbledon Championships was held at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at 10:00am on Friday 22 June in the main press interview room, located in the Millennium Building.

The Draw for the Mixed Doubles will be made during The Championships.

In the men's draw, no.1 seed and reigning men's champion, Roger Federer, will open the defence of his title on Centre Court on Monday against Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia.

The second seed and last year's runner-up, Rafael Nadal, opens his Wimbledon campaign against Mardy Fish of the USA, while the third seeded Andy Roddick will play Justin Gimelstob in an all-American first round match.

Elsewhere, eighth seeded Andy Murray of Britain faces Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador in the first round while fellow Briton, Tim Henman plays the 25th seed Carlos Moya of Spain. If Murray and Henman negotiate their first two matches, then they could meet each other in the third round.

Meanwhile, Nicolas Mahut - who came through qualifying after reaching the final at the Artois Championship last week - will once again play fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement; the man he beat in the semi-final at Queen's.

In the ladies' singles, defending champion Amelie Mauresmo of France will play American Jamea Jackson in the first round; top seed Justine Henin of Belgium will face qualifier Jorgelina Cravero of Argentina in her first round match and the 2004 winner, Maria Sharapova plays Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei.

Elsewhere, two-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams of the USA plays Lourdes Dominguez-Lino of Spain in the first round, while her sister Venus faces Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia

British wild cards Anne Keothavong, Naomi Cavaday and Elena Baltacha have tough first round matches against third seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic, former champion Martina Hingis of Switzerland and 19th seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia respectively.

Written by AELTC

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