Wimbledon 2026 draw LIVE: Serena Williams to discover first-round opponent for tennis comeback

Max Basing will go from losing in pre-qualifying to making his Wimbledon debut on Monday after the world No 331 sealed his place in a grand slam main draw for the first time.

Basing was joined in the Wimbledon draw by Oliver Tarvet and Billy Harris, who also won their final-round qualifying matches in Roehampton on Thursday.

• Max Basing (GBR)
• Billy Harris (GBR)
• Oliver Tarvet (GBR)
• Tristan Boyer
• Jaime Faria
• Hugo Gaston
• Vilius Gaubas
• Kyrian Jacquet
• Kwon Soon-woo
• Mackenzie McDonald
• Nicolas Mejía
• Shintaro Mochizuki
• Roman Safiullin
• Dane Sweeny
• Otto Virtanen
• Michael Zheng

So often the last Brit standing at grand slams, Cameron Norrie retired from his first-round match at the French Open, for just the second time in his professional career, while suffering with a rib injury, but returned to Queen’s and is set to be fit for Wimbledon. A former semi-finalist at SW19, Norrie, 30, returns as a seed after almost falling outside of the top-100 last year, finding form late in the season as he beat No 1 Carlos Alcaraz.

Jack Draper, meanwhile, Was seeded fourth at Wimbledon 12 months ago after winning the biggest title of his career at Indian Wells but returns after a year of injury hell ranked outside the top 100. Struggles with an arm injury were followed by a knee injury, meaning the 24-year-old has barely played since last year’s second-round exit to Marin Cilic. But Draper is back with a legend in his corner: new coach Andy Murray.

As well as German-born Jan Choinski, an additional six British men have received wildcards into the men’s draw. They are: Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Felix Gill, Jack Pinnington Jones, Toby Samuel, Harry Wendelken.

Novak Djokovic’s last three Wimbledon defeats have come to either Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner, which makes Alcaraz’s absence due to a wrist injury all the more important for the 39-year-old. Djokovic lost in the third round of the French Open to rising star Joao Fonseca, so he is rested ahead of Wimbledon. And he also knows how to play on grass better than anyone, even if defending champion Sinner remains the player to beat.

As always, much depends on the draw. As seventh seed, Djokovic will be handed a collision course with one of the top four ahead of the quarter-finals. And whether that play is Sinner or French Open, rather than Felix Auger-Aliassime or Ben Shelton, could be decisive. Djokovic would also be wary of being drawn with a young gun early on, whether that’s Fonseca again or someone like Jakub Mensik.

As always, where Novak Djokovic lands in the draw will be fascinating. As seventh seed, he could be drawn to face defending champion Jannik Sinner as early as the quarter-finals. After excellent performances at the French Open, all eyes will be on rising stars Rafael Jodar and Joao Fonseca as they enter seeded 23rd and 24th respectively. Former world No 4 Jack Draper could be a dangerous floater as the popular Briton returns alongside new coach Andy Murray, while former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini is also unseeded.

Everyone will be desperate to see who Serena Williams plays in her first singles match in four years. She could play anyone, from world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka down to a fellow wildcard like Britain’s Katie Swan.

Defending champion Iga Swiatek will hope for a good draw when she opens play on Centre Court on Tuesday – perhaps she will land in the same quarter as last year’s runner-up Amanda Anisimova, who Swiatek defeated 6-0 6-0.

Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, was one of the 16 players to battle into the Wimbledon draw via qualifying on Thursday.

• Bianca Andreescu
• Mariam Bolkvadze
• Kayla Day
• Anastasia Gasanova
• Lina Gjorcheska
• Tyra Caterina Grant
• Léolia Jeanjean
• Alina Korneeva
• Teodora Kostović
• Ashlyn Krueger
• Polina Kudermetova
• Claire Liu
• Robin Montgomery
• Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Iryna Shymanovich
• Maria Timofeeva

Despite a difficult season, Emma Raducanu found some form after returning to grass and reached just her third career final at Queen’s Club. While the British No 1 lost in straight sets to Donna Vekic, Raducanu’s run was enough to enter the draw as the 30th seed. That means she won’t play another seed until the third round, but could play one of the world’s top eight if they both get through their first two matches. Last year, Raducanu lost to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a thriller on Centre Court.

Emma Raducanu’s participation at Wimbledon has been thrown into doubt after the British No 1 was reportedly spotted at the All England Club wearing an orthopaedic boot.

Clay reported that the British No 1 left Aorangi Park, the Wimbledon practice complex, on Wednesday evening wearing a boot on her right leg, while she did not train there when she had been scheduled to at midday on Thursday.

Thomas Houchin, one of her representatives, told Clay: “Emma is absolutely fine. She will play tomorrow”, but her use of the boot just five days before her home grand slam begins has sparked concern.

Among the six British women to receive wildcards includes the 2024 US Open girls’ champion Mika Stojsavljevic and the highly-rated Hannah Klugman, who became the first British woman to win the prestigious Orange Bowl title as a 14-year-old a few years ago. Both return to Wimbledon at the age of 17 ahead of their second appearance in the main draw.

• Harriet Dart (GBR)
• Alicia Dudeney (GBR)
• Hannah Klugman (GBR)
• Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)
• Katie Swan (GBR)
• Mimi Xu (GBR)

The French Open runner-up Maja Chwalinska is in the very rare position of being both a wildcard and seed in the Wimbledon draw.

The Polish player reached the Roland Garros final as a qualifier, despite being ranked outside of the world’s top 100.

That meant she did not make the cut-off to enter Wimbledon directly when the lists were confirmed a few weeks ago.

However, the All England Club opted to reward Chwalinska with a wildcard spot, but she’s the 20th seed as well.