With Wimbledon’s main draw kicking off today, British tennis players are making a strong showing at this year’s tournament. A mix of established names and newcomers have been awarded entry to the main draw of The Championships this year.
The Wimbledon Championships will be played over 14 days from Monday, June 30 to Sunday, July 13. The men’s singles final is scheduled for the final day of play, with the women’s singles final being held a day earlier on Saturday, July 12.
Alongside the likes of Jack Draper, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter, another beloved British player is set to grace the court in the main daw. Francesca Jones is due to play in the women’s singles main draw over the course of the tournament. The athlete has forged an ultra-successful tennis career but it’s not been without challenges.
Diagnosed with Ectrodactyly Ectodermal Dysplasia (EEC) – a rare genetic condition affecting her hands and feet – Jones was born with six fingers and seven toes as well as a cleft palate.
Talking to Telegraph Sport, Jones said: “Ultimately we just feel that I have to be physically stronger than most people to endure the mechanical stress that my body is put through, which is higher than the vast majority. Albeit that doesn’t mean it’s any harder for me than it is for others, it’s just a different challenge that we face and we deal with, and we plan for it.”
Following her recent matches at Eastbourne, Jones said: “Every match I get through is positive for me, that’s all I care about. Everything feels good, I have just got to look after myself with the right recovery.”
The tennis star is certainly one to watch over the course of Wimbledon, alongside her fellow Brits. A full list of British players taking part in this year’s tournament can be viewed below.
British players competing at Wimbledon 2025
Men’s singles main draw:
- Jack Draper (Elite)
- Jacob Fearnley (PSP)
- Cam Norrie (Elite)
- Billy Harris (NTC Pro Access)
- Dan Evans (Elite)
- Henry Searle (PSP)
- Jay Clarke (NTC Pro Access)
- Jack Pinnington Jones (PTP)
- Johannus Monday (PTP)
- George Loffhagen (PSP)
- Oliver Crawford (NTC Pro Access)
- Arthur Fery (PSP)
Women’s singles main draw:
- Emma Raducanu (Elite)
- Katie Boulter (Elite)
- Sonay Kartal (PSP)
- Francesca Jones (NTC Pro Access)
- Harriet Dart (NTC Pro Access)
- Jodie Burrage (NTC Pro Access)
- Heather Watson (NTC Pro Access)
- Mimi Xu (PSP)
- Mika Stojsavljevic (LUNTA)
- Hannah Klugman (PSP)
Men’s singles qualifying:
- Oliver Tarvet (NCAA)
- Ryan Peniston (NTC Pro Access)
- Paul Jubb (NTC Pro Access)
- Oliver Bonding (PTP)
Women’s singles qualifying:
- Amarni Banks (PSP)
- Lily Miyazaki (NTC Pro Access)
- Ella McDonald (PSP)
- Amelia Rajecki (Top 25)
- Ranah Stoiber (PTP)
Men’s doubles (wild card entries confirmed as pairs):
- Henry Patten (Elite)
- Neal Skupski (Elite)
- Lloyd Glasspool (Elite)
- Julian Cash (NTC Pro Access)
- Joe Salisbury (Elite)
- Luke Johnson (NTC Pro Access)
- Jamie Murray (Elite)
- Marcus Willis & Billy Harris
- David Stevenson & Johannus Monday
- Joshua Paris & Charles Broom
- Henry Searle & Dan Evans
- Lui Maxted & Connor Thomson
Women’s doubles (wild card entries):
- Olivia Nicholls (NTC Pro Access)
- Sonay Kartal & Jodie Burrage
- Maia Lumsden & Harriet Dart
- Heather Watson & Emily Appleton
- Hannah Klugman & Mika Stojsavljevic
- Ella McDonald & Mingge Xu
- Alicia Barnett & Eden Silva
Men’s Wheelchair singles:
- Alfie Hewett (WCPP Elite)
- Gordon Reid (WCPP Elite)
- Ben Bartram (WCPP PSP)
- Dahnon Ward (WC Pro Access)
Women’s Wheelchair singles:
- Lucy Shuker (WC Pro Access)
- Cornelia Oosthuizen (WC Pro Access)
Quad Wheelchair singles:
- Andy Lapthorne (WCPP Elite)
- Greg Slade (WCPP PSP)
Wimbledon draw and schedule
A full Order of Play for the Wimbledon schedule will be available the night before the next day’s play, so Monday’s schedule will be announced on Sunday (June 29). Jack Draper has his work cut out to make a deep run at Wimbledon after a tough draw for the British players. The 23-year-old goes into the tournament as a genuine title contender for the first time after climbing to fourth in the world rankings and will take on Argentinian Sebastian Baez in the opening round.
But from there things are set to get significantly tougher with former finalist Marin Cilic a likely second-round opponent and Alexander Bublik, the player he lost to in the fourth round of the French Open and who won the big grass-court warm-up event in Halle last weekend, his first scheduled seeded rival in the third round.
Eight-time champion Novak Djokovic, who has made the final in every edition since 2017, could be waiting in the quarter-finals, with world number one Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals. Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz is in the bottom half of the draw and will open the tournament on Centre Court on Monday against veteran Italian Fabio Fognini.
Emma Raducanu will take on 17-year-old wild card Mimi Xu, one of three home teenage debutants, in an eye-catching opening round. The former US Open champion reached the fourth round last year but faces an uphill battle to do so again, with top seed Aryna Sabalenka and former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova both in her section.
It was a nightmare draw for the leading British women, with Katie Boulter – unseeded this year – taking on top-10 star Paula Badosa, while British number three Sonay Kartal faces 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko. Sixteen-year-olds Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic also drew seeds, with the former facing former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez and Stojsavljevic meeting Ashlyn Krueger.
The bottom quarter of the women’s event could throw up some big-hitting contests in the second week with Iga Swiatek potentially facing a fourth-round clash against former champion Elena Rybakina and a quarter-final with second seed Coco Gauff, having dropped to eighth in the rankings.
Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, meanwhile, will take on exciting Filipino teenager Alexandra Eala in the opening round, provided the Czech recovers from a leg injury in time. There is also an all-British contest in the first round of the men’s draw, with veteran Dan Evans facing fellow wild card Jay Clarke.
The winner of that is likely to get a shot at Djokovic while 21-year-old Oliver Tarvet, who came through qualifying to make it 23 British players in the main singles draws, has the carrot of a second-round meeting with Alcaraz if he can beat Leandro Riedi. British number two Jacob Fearnley will try to get a first win against hot Brazilian prospect Joao Fonseca while Cameron Norrie takes on veteran Roberto Bautista Agut, who performed strongly at Queen’s Club.
Hull’s Johannus Monday was given the toughest draw of the British debutants on the men’s side against 13th seed Tommy Paul, while Jack Pinnington Jones will take on Argentina’s Tomas Etcheverry and Oliver Crawford faces Mattia Bellucci of Italy.
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