ONES TO WATCH AT WIMBERS

THE BRITS MEN CAMERON NORRIE

(World Ranking: 12. Wimbledon Record: 3-4. Best: 3rd Round – 2021)

Born in Johannesburg to parents from Scotland and Wales, he grew up in New Zealand but spent the last decade in London. British No.1.

DAN EVANS (WR: 33. Wimb Rec: 6-6. Best: 3rd round – 2021, 2019, 2016)

The Birmingham battler may only be 5ft 9in tall in his tennis socks but his never-say-die attitude has seen off some big names.

JACK DRAPER (WR: 94. Wimb Rec: 0-1. Best: R1 -– 2021)

The 20-year-old holds his best ranking, having just broken into the top 100. He was runner-up in 2018 boys’ singles here.

WOMEN EMMA RADUCANU (WR: 11. Wimb Rec: 3-1 Best: 4th Round – 2021)

Whatever happens here, following US Open success in September she should leave with head held high after limping out last year.

HARRIET DART (WR: 94. Wimb Rec: 2-3 Best: 3rd round – 2019)

Ashleigh Barty and Karolina Pliskova are the only players who have beaten the 25-year-old at Wimbledon, so she will fancy herself against Rebeka Masarova.

KATIE BOULTER (WR: 118. Wimb Rec: 2-3. Best: 2nd round – 2021, 2018)

Has taken some notable scalps on grass this season, including potential second round rival Pliskova. Injury problems have plagued her.

INTERNATIONALS

MEN NOVAK DJOKOVIC (WR: 3. Wimb Rec: 79-10 Best: Champion – 2021, 2020, 2019, 2015, 2014)

It is now five years since he lost a match here and anybody who backs against him must surely be on a different grass. Grand Slam 21 proving elusive, however. RAFA NADAL (WR: 4. Wimb Rec: 53-12. Best: Champion – 2010, 2008)

If not Novak, it has to be Rafa, right? Can his body stand up to the trauma of slipping around SW19’s treacherous lawns, though?

MATTEO BERRETTINI (WR: 11. Wimb Rec: 10-3. Best: Final – 2021)

Fancy of many fans, his fierce serve and powerful play make him more dangerous than his eighth seeding suggests.

WOMEN IGA SWIATEK (WR: 1. Wimb Rec: 3-2. Best: 4th Rd – 2021)

Just one from a modern record of 36 victories in a row – which includes the French Open Final, making the 21-year-old the youngest woman to win the event since Monica Seles.

ONS JABEUR (WR: 3. Wimb Rec: 5-4. Best: Quarter-final – 2021)

Teamed up with Serena Williams in the doubles at Eastbourne. Having won in Berlin the previous week, the Tunisian is certainly in good form on grass.

COCO GAUFF (WR: 11. Wimb Rec: 6-2. Best: 4th Round – 2021, 2019)

Gauff seems ready to grow up from the kid who took Wimbledon by storm three years ago. RANK OUTSIDERS

MEN ANDY MURRAY (WR: 52. Wimb Rec 59-11. Best: Champion – 2013, 2016)

One last hurrah for the Scot, battling against the odds after two hip operations.

NICK KYRGIOS (WR: 40. Wimb Rec: 15-7. Best: Quarter-finals – 2014)

It’s eight years since the brash Aussie blitzed Nadal out of Wimbledon to set the whole tournament buzzing. Could the mentality finally match the talent?

WOMEN: SERENA WILLIAMS (WR: 1204. Wimb Rec: 98-13. Best: Champion – 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2003, 2002)

A frustrating year since she limped out of a first round match and it seems unlikely that two doubles matches at Eastbourne are enough to remove rust. But, then again, it is Serena.

PETRA KVITOVA (WR: 26. Wimb Rec: 33-11. Best: Champion – 2014, 2011)

Powered past number of British hopes at Eastbourne and then stood up to Jelena Ostapenko’s bluster in the showpiece without blinking.