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There are 23 British players in singles action at Wimbledon this year, the most since 1984.

From the highest British seed since Andy Murray in 2017 to the 16-year-old debutant who grew up in the shadows of Centre Court, get to know a little more about each player before they are in first-round action on Monday or Tuesday…

Ordered by ATP ranking on 23 June

Jack Draper

The best home hope, Draper won the “fifth slam” earlier this year and has got shredded recently. “Are you getting ready for UFC?” Alexander Bublik joked at the French Open. Draper could meet Bublik, the recent Halle champion, in the third round, and Novak Djokovic in the quarters, meaning he’ll have to do it the hard way. He is yet to progress beyond the second round.

Jacob Fearnley

A Texas Christian University (TCU) graduate, Fearnley beat both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner at junior level. He is enjoying his best season to date, already reaching the third round at the Australian Open and French Open. The same again would make for his best Wimbledon run. His first-round match against 18-year-old rising star Joao Fonseca could be fun.

Cameron Norrie

Born in Johannesburg, Norrie then grew up in New Zealand before attending TCU in the US. He switched allegiance to Great Britain aged 17 – his father is Glaswegian and his mother from Cardiff – and he was won five ATP titles and reached the semi-finals here in 2022.

Billy Harris

Nottingham-born Harris only made his Wimbledon debut aged 29 last year. From a sporting family, with one brother Joe a top GB javelin thrower and another brother Tom a golfer who was on the under-21 England team.

Dan Evans

The veteran of the group at 35, Birmingham-born Evans is playing his 10th Wimbledon. A member of the 2015 Davis Cup-winning team, the Aston Villa fan and keen golfer is hoping to avoid a fourth-straight exit in the first round. He faces fellow Brit wild card Jay Clarke with the victor likely facing a bloke by the name of Djokovic.

Jay Clarke

Back for a fifth Wimbledon after three years away, Clarke has won just once here in the singles (2019) and recently withdrew from a lawsuit where the Djokovic-founded Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) are taking legal action against the sport’s governing bodies over how the game is run. That aside, his first-round meeting with Evans is worth a watch.

Johannus Monday

Born in Hull, 6ft 6ins Monday – or “JoMo” – is making his grand slam singles debut this year. The British No 8 is another player to have gone stateside on the US college circuit, majoring in political science at the University of Tennessee.

Oliver Crawford

Born in South Carolina to two parents from Birmingham (the UK one), Crawford switched allegiance from the US last year. Counts Eddie the Eagle as his favourite athlete and took up tennis aged three after his mother opted to drop him off at the local club instead of leaving him with a babysitter.

Jack Pinnington Jones

Once an Andy Murray protege after signing with the two-time champion’s agency, Pinnington Jones is also TCU alumni like Norrie and Fearnley. After making his Eastbourne debut this month, he makes his grand slam singles bow at Wimbledon.

George Loffhagen

Pulled pints in Putney for a while, while his dad used to be LIV Golf’s top lawyer, Loffhagen gets a second shot at Wimbledon after losing in the first round in 2023. He had broken into the top 300 for the first time earlier in June.

Henry Searle

A handy golfer – playing off a handicap of 5 – a big Wolves fan and from a family of cricketers, Searle is pretty decent at tennis, too, winning the Wimbledon boys’ singles title in 2023. He’s chasing a debut slam win after exiting the first round last year.

Arthur Fery

Born in France, Fery’s mother Olivia was a professional tennis player who once played in the French Open, while his father Loic is the president of football club FC Lorient. This is Fery’s third shot at Wimbledon after two first-round exits.

Oliver Tarvet

The only Brit to come through qualifying, Tarvet is another on the US college trail, but because he’s still studying at the University of San Diego and counts as an amateur, he can only collect a small portion of the £66,000 for reaching the first round. “I can claim up to $10k so I might be flying my coach on a private jet at home!” he said.

Ordered by WTA ranking on 23 June

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Emma Raducanu

In the spotlight since winning the US Open in 2021, Raducanu is a tabloid favourite but let’s just talk tennis: the British No 1 again, she has twice reached the fourth round here (2021, 2024) but faces a tricky draw this time around. Fellow Brit Mimi Xu in her opener and then a player who has won a grass-court title this year in either Marketa Vondrousova (also the 2023 Wimbledon champ) or McCartney Kessler. Oh, and then maybe world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round. Eek.

Katie Boulter

Reaching the second week of a slam for the first time must surely be the aim for Boulter, who has twice reached the third round at SW19 but is up against it straight away facing No 9 seed Paula Badosa. A Leicester City fan, Boulter has won three WTA singles titles and is engaged to world No 11 Alex de Minaur.

Sonay Kartal

Kartal makes it three British female players in the top 50 for the first time since 1986. “I know she’s going to surpass me at some point,” Boulter said after besting her the Nottingham Open. Boasts several “random” tattoos but is particularly fond of one on her wrist, a symbol of bravery, after battles with her health.

Harriet Dart

Admitted to a “tough” few weeks since becoming the centre of a media storm over on-court comments she made about Lois Boisson’s smell. Dart has lost six of her seven matches since defeat to Boisson, and has twice reached the third round of Wimbledon (2019, 2024).

Francesca Jones

A third Wimbledon for Jones, who was told by doctors at the age of eight to give up her tennis dream. She has ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia (EED), was born with three fingers and a thumb on each hand, but has defied the doctors and risen as high as 113 in the world this year.

Heather Watson

A familiar Wimbledon face, Watson came within two points of stunning Serena Williams here 10 years ago. She then reached the fourth round in 2022 and with four WTA titles she is the most experienced female player in the Brit pack.

Jodie Burrage

Missed the last Wimbledon through injury. Burrage reached the second round in 2023 and did likewise at this year’s Australian Open. Often leans on her boyfriend, Scotland scrum-half Ben White, for advice during tournaments – and tries to do the same for him.

Mimi Xu

Quite the Wimbledon welcome for Xu, who faces Raducanu in the opening round. The Swansea-born teenager is the first Welsh player in the Wimbledon singles main draw for 20 years, and was a top-10 junior player.

Hannah Klugman

Klugman has grown up in Wimbledon Village and has put back her GCSEs until November to focus on tennis. Has been tipped as Britain’s “Next Big Thing” for a few years, and will be the third youngest ever Brit to appear in the Wimbledon singles after Laura Robson (15 in 2009) and Annabel Croft (15 in 1982).

Mika Stojsavljevic

Won the US Open girls’ title last year and beat Klugman in April to claim the national junior title. Completed her GCSEs in between competing at the Nottingham Open recently. Competed in swimming at school to a national level.

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