Defending champion Andy Murray has been drawn in the same half of the Wimbledon draw as Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka, who, depending on their performances at The Championships, could usurp Murray at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Novak Djokovic, who is also in contention for a return to the top spot, is in the bottom half of the 128-man draw with Roger Federer and Milos Raonic.

Murray could meet Wawrinka, a 2014 and 2015 quarter-finalist, in the last eight, whilst Nadal – seeking a third Roland Garros-Wimbledon title double – may face Marin Cilic, the runner-up at the recent Aegon Championships. Last year’s finalist Raonic could potentially challenge Federer in the quarter-finals, whilst Dominic Thiem is projected to meet Djokovic.

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Top seed and two-time champion Murray, who has a 53-9 record at the All England Club, will meet a qualifier or lucky loser in the first round. The Scot could potentially face No. 20 seed Nick Kyrgios or No. 14 seed Lucas Pouille, a quarter-finalist in 2016, in the fourth round, prior to a potential quarter-final against fifth seed Wawrinka or No. 12 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Wawrinka, who has brought on board Paul Annacone for the grass-court swing, has been drawn to meet #NextGenATP Russian Daniil Medvedev in the first round.

Fourth seed Nadal will compete at The Championships (40-9 record) for the first time since 2015 against John Millman in the first round. Gilles Muller and Ivo Karlovic, who contested the recent Ricoh Open final, are potential fourth-round opponents for Nadal, who previously reached the Last 16 in 2014. Seventh seed Cilic, who has reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the past three years, opens against Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Second seed Djokovic, who is attempting to capture his fourth crown at the All England Club (54-9 record), faces Martin Klizan in the first round. The Serbian is seeking to capture his first Grand Slam championship since completing the career Grand Slam with his first Roland Garros title in 2016 (d. Murray). Djokovic, who is competing at this week’s Aegon International, could potentially meet No. 29 seed Juan Martin del Potro in the third round. Del Porto won their London 2012 Olympics bronze medal match at Wimbledon, but Djokovic got the better of the Argentine in the 2013 Wimbledon semi-finals. Feliciano Lopez, the No. 19 seed and Aegon Championships winner, may meet Djokovic in the fourth round.

Third seed Federer, vying to clinch his 19th Grand Slam championship title to add to the Australian Open trophy he won in January, has been drawn to meet Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round. Federer, who won his ninth Gerry Weber Open title last week, may meet No. 27 seed Mischa Zverev or Bernard Tomic in the third round. The Swiss star has been drawn in the same quarter or the draw as No. 13 seed Grigor Dimitrov (a potential fourth-round opponent), No. 10 seed Alexander Zverev, who opens against Evgeny Donskoy, or last year’s finalist Milos Raonic, the No. 6 seed, who will play Jan-Lennard Struff.

Eighth seed Thiem, who advanced to the Roland Garros semi-finals for the second year running, has been placed in Djokovic’s bottom quarter of the draw. Thiem will face Vasek Pospisil in the first round, with a potential fourth-round match against No. 11 seed and 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych or 2007 and 2015 semi-finalist Richard Gasquet, the No. 22 seed. Berdych must first get past Jeremy Chardy, while Gasquet meets David Ferrer.

#NextGenATP player Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to his first main draw at Wimbledon after surviving a marathon final-round qualifying match on Thursday against Joris De Loore of Belgium 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Three other #NextGenATP players also qualified, including American Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev of Russia and Christian Garin of Chile.

“I’ve never felt so happy before in my life. I’m really tired right now, but this happiness is something I can’t describe,” said Tsitsipas. “It’s been my dream since childhood to compete at Wimbledon. I had my family here supporting me the whole match, so it felt like I was playing at home.”

The 18 year old, currently No. 190 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw last month at Roland Garros. He also successfully came through qualifying at an ATP World Tour event for the first time this April in Istanbul.

Fritz, seeded 21^st, stormed past Vincent Millot of France 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. The 19 year old didn’t face a break point in the contest and won 86 per cent of his first-serve points to prevail in one hour and 33 minutes.

“I feel great. It’s one of the best matches I’ve played in a long time and I’m really happy to get through it,” said Fritz. “I get another chance to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam. I’ve had a lot of chances and I truly want to win one.”

Fritz has enjoyed success in 2017, scoring his first win over a player inside the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings by defeating Marin Cilic at the BNP Paribas Open.

Rublev, seeded fifth, came through a lengthy tussle against former Top 15 player and 20^th seed Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(11), 6-4. The 19 year old saved three set points in the third-set tie-break. Rublev has been in top form on grass this season, reaching his first ATP World Tour quarter-final last week in Halle. He also came through qualifying and reached the second round at the Australian Open before losing to World No. 1 Andy Murray.

Garin won the longest match on Thursday, outlasting Aussie John-Patrick Smith 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4, 4-6, 12-10 in three hours 39 minutes. The win puts the 21 year old into his first Grand Slam main draw.

Two notorious Wimbledon upset stories, 11^th seed Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine and Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, also qualified. Stakhovsky, who defeated Roger Federer in 2013, defeated Tatsuma Ito of Japan 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-7(6), 6-4, 8-6. Rosol, who stunned Rafael Nadal in 2012, moved past eighth seed Darian King of Barbados 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Other players who also reached their first Grand Slam main draw on Thursday include Sebastian Ofner of Austria and Stefano Travaglia of Italy.

The qualifiers will find out their fate in the main draw when the singles and doubles draw ceremony is held on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan kept their status as the most dominant brother doubles duo on the ATP World Tour, defeating local favourites Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the semi-finals at the Aegon International in Eastbourne.

The Bryan brothers saved all five break points they faced and won 82 per cent of their first-serve points to advance in 51 minutes. They’re seeking their first ATP World Tour doubles title of the season.

Next up for them are Andre Begemann and Andres Molteni, who defeated Diego Schwartzman and Jiri Vesely 6-3, 7-6(6). Schwartzman/Vesely saved two match points at 4/6 in the tie-break but Begemann/Molteni hung tough for the win.

Rohan Bopanna and Andre Sa moved into the final four by defeating Marcin Matkowski and Max Mirnyi 6-2, 6-7(2), 10-3. Bopanna/Sa also won a first-round match earlier in the day over Thomas Fabbiano and Luke Saville 6-3, 6-4.

Awaiting them in the next round are Robin Haase and Dominic Inglot, who took out Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Matt Reid 7-6(3), 6-1. Haase/Inglot started the day with a first-round victory over Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4.

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Second seed Gael Monfils picked up two emphatic wins on Thursday at the Aegon International on Eastbourne, closing out his day with a 7-6(4), 6-0 victory over Bernard Tomic to reach the semi-finals.

Monfils prevailed earlier in the day over local wild card Cameron Norrie and Tomic upset sixth seed Mischa Zverev. But after Monfils prevailed in a tight first-set, the Australian ran out of gas and the Frenchman found a new gear to storm through the remainder of the match. Monfils has dropped just 11 games in two matches.

Awaiting him in the semi-finals is fellow seventh seed Richard Gasquet, who broke serve four times to cruise past third seed John Isner 6-3, 6-2 in 54 minutes. The Frenchman started the day with a straight-sets win over Kevin Anderson. Gasquet improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Isner to 3-2.

Monfils leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Gasquet 8-7. They’ve already played three times this year, with Gasquet winning last week in Halle and in February on home soil in Marseille. Monfils prevailed over his fellow Frenchman via retirement at Roland Garros.

#NextGenATP Russian Daniil Medvedev overcame a mid-match surge from fourth seed Steve Johnson to score a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 upset. Both men played six sets on Thursday, with Medvedev scoring a three-set win over Robin Haase and Johnson doing the same against Thomas Fabbiano. In a match punctuated by big serving and short rallies, Medvedev lost only two points on his serve in the final set to advance in 76 minutes.

The 21 year old began the year by reaching his first ATP World Tour final in Chennai. Medvedev currently sits at a career-high of No. 52 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. He’s also fifth in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan, which determines who will qualify for the season-ending Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan from 7-11 November.

Next up for Medvedev is top seed Novak Djokovic, a winner earlier in the day over Donald Young. Djokovic won their lone FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting when Medvedev was forced to retire due to injury this February during a World Group first-round Davis Cup tie in Serbia. 

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The singles and doubles draw ceremony for The Championships at Wimbledon will take place on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

World No. 1 Andy Murray will be attempting to retain his title and win a third crown at the All England Club in the past five years. Last year, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the first all-French team to capture the doubles trophy since Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra in 2007.

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Since 2002, The Championships has employed a unique seeding system, where they take into account previous results over a two-year period on grass courts.

• Take the Emirates ATP Ranking points on 20 June 2017
• Add 100 per cent of the points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
• Add 75 per cent of the points earned for the best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that

The singles main draw ceremony takes place on Friday.

Singles Seeds
1 Andy Murray (GBR)
2 Novak Djokovic (SRB)
3 Roger Federer (SUI)
4 Rafael Nadal (ESP)
5 Stan Wawrinka (SUI)
6 Milos Raonic (CAN)
7 Marin Cilic (CRO)
8 Dominic Thiem (AUT)
9 Kei Nishikori (JPN)
10 Alexander Zverev (GER)
11 Tomas Berdych (CZE)
12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
13 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
14 Lucas Pouille (FRA)
15 Gael Monfils (FRA)
16 Gilles Muller (LUX)
17 Jack Sock (USA)
18 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
19 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
20 Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
21 Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
22 Richard Gasquet (FRA)
23 John Isner (USA)
24 Sam Querrey (USA)
25 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
26 Steve Johnson (USA)
27 Mischa Zverev (GER)
28 Fabio Fognini (ITA)
29 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
30 Karen Khachanov (RUS)
31 Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
32 Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)

Pablo Cuevas, originally the No. 27 seed, withdrew due to a right knee injury on 28 June. Fernando Verdasco becomes No. 31 seed.

Doubles Seeds
1 Henri Kontinen (FIN) / John Peers (AUS)
2 Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
3 Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA)
4 Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA)
5 Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA)
6 Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcel Granollers (ESP)
7 Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Rajeev Ram (USA)
8 Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
9 Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Horia Tecau (ROU)
10 Ryan Harrison (USA) / Michael Venus (NZL)
11 Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP)
12 Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL)
13 Fabrice Martin (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN)
14 Florin Mergea (ROU) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)
15 Julio Peralta (CHI) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
16 Oliver Marach (AUT) / Mate Pavic (CRO)