Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal was seeded sixth in the men’s competition as four Canadians will compete in the main singles draws at Wimbledon.
The grass-court Grand Slam draws were released on Friday, with Auger-Aliassime entering as the top-ranked Canadian.
Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., is seeded 13th in the men’s competition, while Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., and Rebecca Marino of Vancouver will play in the women’s competition.
The draw did not include top-ranked Canadian Leylah Fernandez, who was dropped from the Wimbledon entry list earlier this month. The world No. 16 from Laval, Que., suffered a stress fracture in a quarter-final loss to Italy’s Martina Trevisan at Roland Garros.
Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 9, is 30-15 this season and won his first ATP title in Rotterdam in February.
Shapovalov will open against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech. The world No. 16 reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year before losing to then-world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
Shapovalov will be looking to end a bad streak entering the Grand Slam which has seen him lose the opener of his last five tournaments.
Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, will open against US qualifier Emina Bektas.
Andreescu, ranked 64th, has never made it past the All England Club first round but has impressed on grass this season. She faces Caroline Garcia in the final of the Bad Homburg Open on Saturday.
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Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., beat seeded Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-4, 6-1 to reach the semifinals of the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.
Marino, world No. 107, will make her first appearance in the Wimbledon main draw since 2011, when she reached the second round.
She will start the tournament against the Polish Katarzyna Kawa (n°132).
Dabrowski and Olmos are seeking a second title this season after winning in Madrid last month.
Serena’s Return
Serena Williams will begin her return to Wimbledon by taking on Harmony Tan, a 24-year-old Frenchwoman who is ranked 113th and holds a career record of 2-6 in Grand Slam matches.
Due to his lack of activity over the past 12 months, Williams – who was No. 1 in the rankings for a total of 319 weeks – is outside the WTA top 1,200 and could have ended up anywhere. where on the field and against any opponent in the first round. She only returned to the tour this week playing two doubles matches at a tune-up event in England.
While the 40-year-old American’s record deserves a seed, the All England Club sticks strictly to the seeding charts.
Williams has won seven Wimbledon championships, part of her total of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, a record for the professional era. Tan, meanwhile, will make her tournament debut on grass.
If Williams gets past Tan, the next game could be against Sara Sorribes Tormo, seeded 32nd but who has never made it past the third round in 19 major appearances.
The third round would potentially put Williams against a tougher test: No. 6 seeded Karolina Pliskova, who was Ash Barty’s runner-up last year at Wimbledon and also reached the 2016 US Open final – beating Williams in the semi-finals there. .
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