Maya Joint won the final warm-up tournament before Wimbledon as she beat fellow rising star Alex Eala in the final of the Eastbourne Open, but how many points and prize money did the two finalists earn?

The 19-year-old Joint saved four match points to beat Eala, who came through qualifying, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (12-10) in two hours and 28 minutes.

“I’m very happy right now,” the Australian said. “It was a very difficult match. That third set, I’m proud of myself for coming back and staying in the match.”

The teenager has now won two WTA singles titles following her success at the Moroccan Open in May.

Her incredible run at Eastbourne saw her beat three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur in the first round and she followed it up with a win over 2021 US Open winner Emma Raducanu while she also overcame 2021 French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the semi-final.

Eala, meanwhile, reached her maiden WTA final following her breakthrough at the Miami Open in March.

Both, of course, earned a healthy amount of ranking points and prize money for the efforts at the WTA 250 event.

WTA Points Earned At Eastbourne

WTA 250 tournament winners earn 250 points while the runners-up receive 163, but of course players have to defend points from corresponding events 12 months ago so they don’t always go home with the full haul.

Title winner Joint, for instance, collected 230 points as she was dropped 20 points from a tournament in 2024, and she increased her overall points tally in the WTA Rankings to 1,319, which will result in a 10-place jump to a new career high of No 43.

Eala is also set to reach a new high as she went home with 166 points and will rise 18 places to No 56.

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Semi-finalists earn 98 points and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova nearly went home with the full total as she picked up 97 points while Varvara Gracheva earned 86 points.

Second seed Barbora Krejcikova withdrew from her quarter-final match against Gracheva and she earned 53 points.

Third seed Jelena Opstaneko and seventh seed Emma Raducanu exited in the second round (30 points) and the former dropped 30 points as she lost at the same stage last year while Raducanu was -78 as she was a quarter-finalist in 2024.

The 2024 Eastbourne Open was a WTA 500 tournament and the defending champion Daria Kasatkina was the biggest loser as she dropped 440 points after losing in the first round.

WTA Prize Money Earned At Eastbourne

Winner Joint collected £29,323 (about $39,00) for her efforts at Devonshire Park the past week and she took her career prize-money earnings to $769,092 while the 20-year-old Eala earned £17,355 ($23,000).

Filipina Eala won $332,160 for reaching the semi-final at the Miami Open earlier this year and her career tally has been boosted to $1,050,013.

Pavlyuchenkova and Gracheva reached £9,669 (($13,00) while the quarter-finalists earned £5,505 ($7,500).

Raducanu, meanwhile, who has earned more than $5m in career prize money, picked up £3,360 ($4,600).

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Coco Gauff conceded she felt a “temptation” to fire back at Aryna Sabalenka after the Belarusian dismissed Gauff’s achievement following the French Open final.

The American won two sets to one in Paris earlier this month but rather than focus on the second Grand Slam win of her career, the story afterwards was instead on what Sabalenka had said.

While Sabalenka agreed that Gauff was a deserving champion, she went on to suggest the primary reason for the American winning was her poor performance. 

The world No 1 later apologised but speaking ahead of the next slam in Wimbledon, Gauff admitted that the initial delay did tempt her to reply.

“It was very weird,” Gauff admitted. “I’m transparent. At first it was a little tempting just because the apology did come a little bit later. I thought it was going to come pretty quick.

“There’s obviously temptation. I wouldn’t be lying, but I don’t know, I just want us to be kumbaya, live happily, hakuna matata, and be happy here.

“I didn’t want to fuel more hate. I’m not the person that will fuel hate in the world. I think people were taking it too far. It wasn’t even more holding someone accountable. It was just really like targeting and saying a lot of things that I felt like were not nice. I
didn’t want to fuel that more.

“In general and immediately after in my press conference, I didn’t know what was exactly said. I was going based off what someone was saying in the press conference. I didn’t want to say anything unless I saw exactly what was said, too.”

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Any possibility of bad blood still being there between the two was put to bed this week when the pair were spotted filming social media videos together on Centre Court.

The 21-year-old Gauff said that while she cannot promise to always get it right in the future, she aims to be someone her brothers can be proud of.

“In general, I’m someone I preach love, I preach light. I feel like I just practice what I preach. If someone were to say something, I feel like most of the time I’m always going to try my best to take the high road.

“I can’t promise in the future I won’t, but I try to just because that’s what I would want someone to look up to. If I’m thinking about my brothers watching me, that’s what I would want them to do.”

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Novak Djokovic has conceded this summer’s Wimbledon could be his “last dance” in tennis and that it may well be his final shot at a 25th grand slam title.

The Serb arrives in SW19 as a seven-time Wimbledon champion but has been unsuccessful in his last six slams as age finally catches up with him.

With Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner the favourites, Djokovic is an outside bet for the title this year and asked whether the British tournament could be his “last dance”, the 38-year-old was hesitant to say so but admitted it was his best chance at number 25.

“Whether it could be my last dance, I’m not sure, as I’m not sure about Roland Garros or any other slam that I play next,” he told media at Wimbledon.

“My wish is to play for several more years. I would love to be healthy physically and also mentally motivated to keep on playing at the highest level. That’s the goal, but you never know at this stage.

“And yes, I would probably agree that Wimbledon could be the best chance because of the results I had, because of how I feel, how I play in Wimbledon, just getting that extra push mentally and motivation to, yeah, perform the best tennis at the highest level.”

Despite a crowd that was initially cold to him, Wimbledon has become Djokovic’s favourite slam of the year and he said he had a great “emotional and mental relationship” with the tournament.

“It’s great to be back. I love Wimbledon. I’ve always loved it. Always dreamt of playing the Centre Court and winning it,” he recalled.

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“I think in the last six editions, I had six finals. Been for one reason or several reasons playing very well in Wimbledon, maybe most consistently successful Grand Slam for me in the last 10 years.

“It’s definitely connected to that emotional and mental relationship that I have with Wimbledon since the earliest stages of my tennis career where, as I said, I always dreamed of winning it.

“When I come here, I feel extra inspired to deliver the best tennis. We all know the tradition and the heritage and the culture of this wonderful tournament that has sustained that for so many years.

“It’s so impressive every single time you walk into this premises. You feel that beautiful tradition.”

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Stefanos Tsitsipas has discussed the value of the vast coaching experience that Goran Ivanisevic brings to his team as he addressed the Croatian’s hugely successful partnership with Novak Djokovic.

The Greek star prepared for Wimbledon by playing two grass-court exhibition matches at the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic at the Hurlingham Club this week.

After beating world No 12 Frances Tiafoe 7-6(9), 6-7(4), 10-7 on Tuesday, Tsitsipas lost 4-6, 6-2, 5-10 to 53rd-ranked Tomas Martin Etcheverry on Tuesday.

Tsitsipas was originally due to play Lorenzo Musetti in his second match at Hurlingham, but Etcheverry took his place after the 23-year-old Italian pulled out.

Musetti, the world No 7, has not played since a thigh injury forced him to retire in the fourth set of his French Open semi-final clash with Carlos Alcaraz at the start of the month.

Tsitsipas, whose struggles have seen him fall to 26th in the rankings, hired Ivanisevic as his coach at the start of the grass season. The former world No 3 lost to Alex Michelsen in the second round of the ATP 500 in Halle in his first event with Ivanisevic in his box.

Ivanisevic, a Wimbledon champion in 2001 and former world No 2, has built the reputation of being one of the leading coaches in the sport.

The Croatian helped tennis legend Djokovic win nine Grand Slam titles between 2019 and 2024, while he coached compatriot Marin Cilic to his only major victory at the 2014 US Open. He has also worked with Tomas Berdych, Milos Raonic and Elena Rybakina.

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Following his match with Etcheverry at Hurlingham, Tennis365 asked Tsitsipas if Ivanisevic has passed on any lessons from his time working with Djokovic.

“Absolutely, yes. We have daily discussions. I wouldn’t say he just has experience with Novak, like it would be unfair to just say with Novak,” said the 26-year-old.

“Of course, Novak is one of the greatest that our game has seen, but he has also worked with other players too, and I think there comes experience too.

“Also, I feel like it’s important for him that he has worked with different types of players because he gets to really see what works best for me, knowing how these different profiles of players have adapted and have done certain things.

“I think he can see more of a variation in his coaching skills and in his coaching expertise and apply that selectively to me in ways that… obviously, I can’t play exactly like Novak.

“I have certain characteristics in my game that stand out a little bit more and certain [things] that need to get improved and get better over time.

“But he can definitely give me a clear direction of where I’m lacking and where I should be focusing on when it comes to my strengths.”

Tsitsipas will face world No 112 Valentin Royer in the opening round at Wimbledon.

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The opening day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships is upon us, with the order of play for day one now confirmed, with Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu set to steal a lot of the spotlight.

Carlos Alcaraz will have the honour of opening proceedings on Centre Court, with the defending champion taking on Italian veteran Fabio Fognini in what should be an entertaining match.

The second match on Centre Court will see Britain’s Katie Boulter take on No 9 seed Paula Badosa, yet there are doubts over whether the Spaniard will play amid ongoing injury problems.

The final match on Centre Court for day one will feature No 3 seed Alexander Zverev and the dangerous Arthur Rinderknech, in a match that could see the Germna pushed all the way on a surface he has not excelled on in the past.

The opening day at Wimbledon is loaded with high-quality matches, with Emma Raducanu opening her campaign in an all-British contest against teenager Mimi Xu on Court 1.

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That will be the third match on the second show court the All England Club, with world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka opening up against Carson Branstine, before Britain’s Jacob Fearnley clashes with Brazil’s Joao Fonseca in a thrilling first round match.

The match-ups on display on the outside courts are mouth-watering, with No 9 seed Daniil Medvedev set for an 11am start on Court 2 as he takes on France’s Benjamin Bonzi.

Australian Open champion Madison Keys is next up on that court as hse takes on Elena-Gabriela Ruse before Jasmine Paolini takes on Anastasija Sevastova, with the No 4 seed defending a huge number of points after her run to the final last year.

Holger Rune, Matteo Berrettini, Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas are also in action on the minor show courts at Wimbledon, while British teenager Hannah Klugman will take on 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez on Court 12.

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Tennis365 spoke to 16-year-old Klugman as she played her first senior exhibition event at The Boodles earlier this week and she is eager to sample Grand Slam main draw tennis for the first time.

“I don’t think anyone wants to play a Brit a Wimbledon. The British youngsters have nothing to lose. So no matter what happens out there, just enjoy it.

“And it’s an opportunity that not many people get to experience. So, you know, I’m not going to forget that. Hopefully it’s one of many as well. So kind of trying to take it in my stride and enjoy the moment.”

Klugman has pieced together an impressive junior career, but she admits the challenge of making a step up to the senior ranks will be a big task.

She has played in some LTA grass court tournaments this month and admits the step up in quality is a big challenge.

“The tournaments I played were very strong and it is different for sure,” she continued. “Juniors is obviously this amazing little stepping stone and you’ve got to level up a little bit

“Sometimes I feel like a bit out of place. I still feel a bit like a junior, and the atmosphere if a bit different at the senior events.

“So I think that’s kind of, kind of getting my head around that. You need to feel you belong here and you earned it.

“Sometimes it’s a bit stressed, it’s a women’s event and, it’s a bit different, but I think all these opportunities are amazing.”

Klugman, Stojsavljevic and Xu will get plenty of media attention in Britain as they step on the hallowed turf in the main draw at Wimbledon for the first time and she admits the success of British No 1 Emma Raducanu is a source of inspiration.

Raducanu leapt from the junior ranks in Britain to win the 2021 US Open and Klugman suggests that was a snapshot of what can happen when you step onto the biggest stage of them all in tennis.

“What Emma did was amazing and I think she’s also pushed a lot of the British players as well, like the seniors,” he added.

“I think everyone you know, (Katie) Boulter is doing amazing, Sonay (Kartal) as well. I think when players are doing better, it pushes you to be better.”

Klugman will also play the junior event at Wimbledon this year, assuming she is not in the fourth round in the main draw and if she gets that far, the hype that is already circling around this teenager will see her world transformed for all the right reasons.

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Tennis legend John McEnroe created a big stir when he suggested Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner could have beaten a prime Rafael Nadal at the French Open, but Stefanos Tsitsipas has suggested that comment was not misplaced.

McEnroe admiration for Alcaraz and Sinner saw him claim the duo may have had a chance to dethrone the 14-time Roland Garros champion on a court he made his own, in comments that sparked a huge debate among tennis fans.

“You would make a serious argument with both guys that they would be favoured to beat Nadal, at his best,” the American said on TNT Sports. “The tennis level right now is higher than I’ve ever seen.”

The notion that the greatest clay court player of all-time would have met his match against Alcaraz and Sinner was given some credence when the two young guns at the top of the men’s game contested an epic Roland Garros final earlier this month.

Yet the idea that Nadal’s Roland Garros levels have already been bettered by the players currently holding the top two positions in men’s tennis is hard to imagine when we are talking about a player who has a statue to mark his greatness at the Paris venue.

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Several leading names have dismissed McEnroe’s comments, but former French Open finalist Tsitsipas has told Tennis365 that they carry plenty of weight.

Having played against Nadal, Alcaraz and Sinner on clay court, the Greek star is in a great position to evaluate McEnroe’s statement and his verdict may be seen as a surprise.

Speaking exclusively to Tennis365 at the launch of Adidas’ The London Originals Collection at a lavish pre-Wimbledon barbecue in London, he joined the debate on the level being produced by Alcaraz and Sinner as he compared them to the most successful clay court player of all-time.

“I have played both of them,” Tsitsipas told Tennis365 as he spoke about Alcaraz and Sinner. “Both of them are great ball strikers, both on clay and hard, but I would favour, as a creative player more, more of a creative player on clay, I would favour Carlos.

“I feel like he has way more options when he plays and it’s quite evident and clear. I mean, it’s not something absurd. And I would favour obviously Sinner on hard courts.

“So I would give Carlos more chances on Nadal on clay. If I have to bet my money somewhere.”

He went on to add: “I feel like Carlos would have chances against prime Nadal on clay. I think so. I’m not saying he would have beaten him, but he would have had chances to create something special against him.”

Tsitsipas went on to suggest the emergence of Alcaraz and Sinner should not be a surprise as he predicts more names will join them at the top of the game in the coming years.

“It’s not annoying that these two guys are playing so well,” he added. “This is what you expect. It’s going to keep happening that we have new champions, new stars. It’s going to keep happening.

“It’s part of the circle of the game and how things work. I’m telling you, in the next five years, we’ll see more superstars enter the game and more players that have a different identity from those that are playing now.”

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Emma Raducanu was at the height of her fame when she shared a court with Welsh teenager Mimi Xu for the first time.

It was the summer of 2022 and a few months after Raducanu’s incredible US Open win, she was looking for a practice partner as she prepared for only her second appearance at Wimbledon.

Raducanu was only 19 herself at the time and her success in New York was a source of huge inspiration to the young British girls emerging through the ranks and hoping to follow in her footsteps.

So when she offered 14-year-old Xu a chance to hit with her on on the grass courts at the NTC, it was a moment to savour for the rising star.

“Emma wanted to play last minute at the NTC on the grass and she bumped into Mimi actually offered to play with her for 45 minutes – that’s something that Mimi is never going to forget,” recalls former British No 1 Katie O’Brien, who is now LTA women’s national coach.

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Three years on and 17-year-old Xu is starting to make her way into the senior ranks, with the wold card she was awarded by the All England Club for the main draw at Wimbledon now serving up a mouth-watering first round clash against Raducanu that may well be on Centre Court.

This is a stunning rise for a young player who has been talked about as a star in the making for some time and she has backed up that status in recent weeks with some fine wins on grass courts.

Her impressive win against world No 52 Alycia Parks in the Birmingham Open this month was the highlight of her career so far and she backed that up with a win against world No 124 Katarzyna Kawa in Birmingham, before recording another fine victory against world No 97 Katie Volynets at this week’s Eastbourne Open.

A powerful player who excelled in the Junior ranks, Xu reached top ten of the ITF rankings which provides an insight into the rising stars of the game.

A multiple winner of LTA Junior Nationals titles, Xu took another stride forward in her career as she lifted the title at W35 Aldershot last year and now she relishes the challenges put in front of her.

“At the moment, my focus is on developing my game rather than results as that is the best area to focus on at this stage,” she told the ITF last year.

“Of course, we all want to win, but there is a great spirit among the British girls at the moment and we are all driving ourselves forward to the next level.”

Xu has been busy off the court too, recently completing her maths A-Level two years early and the teenager has no plans to stop there as she hopes to maintain her love of studying alongside tennis.

“In my free time I just like to study. I don’t know what else to do in my free time,” she adds. “It’s something different to tennis so it keeps my mind working.

“My tutor has been amazing. Whenever I have time I will have a lesson with her and it makes it a lot easier when I am away.”

Her studies are behind her for now as tennis is the focus and while there is always a drive to ensure junior players do not get the ‘Raducanu treatment’ in the hype stakes, Xu will now face a few days in the spotlight that will be an eye-opener for what is to come in her career.

Initially shy when facing the media, Xu has matured into an impressive speaker when presented with a journalist of thrust before a camera and she will have plenty of exposure to that over the next few days.

The presence of British teenagers Xu, Junior French Open finalist Hannah Klugman (drawn against Canadian 29th seed Leylah Fernandez) and reigning Junior Open champion Mika Stojsavljevic (drawn against American 31st seed Ashlyn Krueger) highlights the progress of the LTA’s junior pathway in Britain, with O’Brien excited by what is to come over the next few years.

“Success breeds success in the same professional habits that we see the pros have and the youngsters can see that,” said the coach who oversaw the development of Xu, Klugman and Stojsavljevic.

“I think our senior British pros realise just how influential they are, how much they can inspire the next generation. For our young players to spend time with them at the NTC and maybe even practice with them is an invaluable experience.

“We’ve got a crop of young talent coming through, it’s not just one and the spotlight isn’t just on that one person.

“We have really good depth of talent amongst our junior girls. Our girls all get along so well and it feels like they are driving each other on, while also inspiring the generation just behind them.

“It helps that they are developing as a pack. There is not a single stand-out player as they are all very good, so they will drive each other on and progress together.

“These players are still very much at a developmental stage, but they are progressing quickly as they have played in some high profile and also have Junior Grand Slam experience.”

They have played in the Junior Grand Slams and now the biggest stage of them all awaits Xu, Klugman and Stojsavljevic.

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The Wimbledon men’s singles draw has been revealed, with leading contenders Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, and Jack Draper all in the top half.

World No 1 Sinner is the top seed in the men’s singles draw, and will be looking to put his heartbreaking French Open final defeat behind him.

The Italian has been handed a kind pathway early on, with compatriot Luca Nardi in round one and a potential third round against 27th seed Denis Shapovalov.

Sinner could face 13th seed Tommy Paul in the round of 16 and seventh seed Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter-final, though his first real test could ultimately come in the semi-finals.

Fourth seed Draper is his projected semi-final opponent, though the Brit has been handed an incredibly tricky draw, including a potential quarter-final versus sixth seed Djokovic.

The Brit could face 28th seed and Halle Open champion Alexander Bublik in round three, just weeks after the Kazakh stunned the world No 4 at Roland Garros.

Draper could then have to beat 15th seed Jakub Mensik in round four before a potential last-eight versus Djokovic, a seven-time Wimbledon champion, and then hypothetically face Sinner.

World No 6 Djokovic’s quest for a 25th major starts against Alexandre Muller, with a potential round three versus 30th seed Alex Michelsen.

The Serbian’s first real significant test could come against 11th seed Alex de Minaur in the fourth round, before a potential blockbuster quarter-final versus home favourite Draper.

In contrast to the stacked top half, second seed and two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has been handed a hugely favourable pathway to what would be a third straight Wimbledon title.

The 22-year-old opens his campaign against Fabio Fognini, with 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and 14th seed Andrey Rublev his potential third and fourth round opponents.

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A first test could come in the quarter-final versus eighth seed Holger Rune, the last man to beat Alcaraz before the start of the Spaniard’s 18-match win streak.

However, Danish star Rune faces a tough mini-section including the likes of 12th seed Frances Tiafoe and 23rd seed Jiri Lehecka.

Projected to face Alcaraz in the semi-final is world No 3 and third seed Alexander Zverev, who will be hoping to make it past the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time.

The German starts his campaign against Arthur Rinderknech, but could face a tough third round against 32nd seed and 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini; the Italian beat Zverev at Wimbledon in 2023.

Zverev is projected to face 16th seed Francisco Cerundolo in the fourth round before a potential quarter-final against fifth seed Taylor Fritz.

US ace Fritz beat the German at Wimbledon twelve months ago and has won his last five matches against Zverev, though he has a tough pathway early on.

The world No 5 opens against big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, before a potential third round against 26th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and fourth round versus Daniil Medvedev.

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The Wimbledon women’s singles draw has been revealed, with Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff in line to meet in a blockbuster quarter-final.

Gauff and Swiatek have not met since the Madrid Open semi-finals in May, when the American dropped just two games to reach the final, and win a third straight match against the Pole.

Now, the two could be in line for a first Grand Slam meeting since the 2024 French Open, with second seed Gauff and eighth seed Swiatek in the same quarter at SW19.

World No 8 Swiatek has been handed a particularly tough draw, with 11th seed and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina her potential fourth-round opponent, just weeks after they met at Roland Garros.

The Pole will open against Polina Kudermetova, while second seed Gauff begins her campaign with a tough test against Dayana Yastremska.

World No 2 Gauff could also face 28th seed Sofia Kenin, who beat her in the first round in 2023, in round three, before a projected round of 16 versus 16th seed Daria Kasatkina.

The 21-year-old also finds herself in the same half of the draw as compatriot and third seed Jessica Pegula, with the two projected to meet in the semi-final.

World No 3 Pegula begins her campaign against Elisabetta Cocciaretto, with 15th seed Karolina Muchova a potential stumbling block in the fourth round.

Seventh seed Mirra Andreeva also finds herself in this quarter of the draw, with the 18-year-old projected to face 10th seed Emma Navarro in the round of 16.

However, this mini-section of the draw also contains 17th seed and defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, who faces a blockbuster opener against Alex Eala.

Into the semi-finals of Eastbourne, the Filipina star will make her Wimbledon debut inside Centre Court.

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In the top half of the draw, home favourite Emma Raducanu has been handed a kind first-round draw in the form of 17-year-old wildcard Mimi Xu, a fellow Brit.

However, the world No 39 faces a tough second round against either 32nd seed McCartney Kessler or 2023 Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova, who have both won grass-court titles this season.

All three are in the same mini-section of the draw as world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka, many people’s pick to win the title at the All England Club.

Sabalenka opens against qualifier Carson Branstine in round one, with a projected fourth round versus 14th seed Elina Svitolina.

The Belarusian is drawn into the same quarter of the draw as sixth seed Madison Keys, with a rematch of the Australian Open final a significant possibility.

Keys is projected to face 29th seed Leylah Fernandez in round three and ninth seed Paula Badosa in round four, though the Spaniard has a tough start against British star Katie Boulter.

Also in the top half of the women’s singles draw is 2024 runner-up and fourth seed Jasmine Paolini, who is projected to meet Sabalenka in the semi-final.

Paolini could face 30th seed Linda Noskova in the third round and could also take on big-hitting Amanda Anisimova in round four, the 13th seed having reached the Queen’s final two weeks ago.

Also in this quarter of the draw is fifth seed Zheng Qinwen, who is projected to take on Paolini in the last eight.

World No 5 Zheng Qinwen could face Naomi Osaka in the second round, and potential 12th seed Diana Shnaider in round four.

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