Wimbledon 2024: Coco Gauff, Tommy Paul lead Americans in singles draws
The Wimbledon women's and men's singles draws were revealed Friday in London, setting the stage for the year's third Grand Slam. A grand total of 29 Americans are among the singles fields—18 women and 11 men—with five U.S. players seeded in each draw.
Coco Gauff enters at a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 and leads the American women as the tournament's second seed. Tommy Paul is seeded 12th, heading the list of American men, though 13th seed Taylor Fritz will be the No. 1 American when the tournament starts after his deep run this week in Eastbourne.
Also seeded on the women's side: No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins, No. 12 Madison Keys and No. 19 Emma Navarro. The men's seeds are rounded out by No. 14 Ben Shelton, No. 20 Sebastian Korda and No. 29 Frances Tiafoe. (View the full women's draw and men's draw on the official Wimbledon website.)
Can Gauff continue Slam success?
Gauff has backed up her maiden major title at the 2023 US Open with a pair of semifinal runs this year at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. Now seeking a trip to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time, the 20-year-old will open her campaign with an all-American matchup against Caroline Dolehide.
Gauff is joined by Navarro, Keys and Peyton Stearns in the bottom quarter, along with Sloane Stephens, who will meet Victoria Azarenka in the first round. The third quarter of the women's draw includes Taylor Townsend, qualifier McCartney Kessler and Emina Bektas, with Bektas set to take on third seed Aryna Sabalenka in the opening round.
Pegula, who won her first grass-court title in Berlin this month, will meet countrywoman Ashlyn Krueger in the first round. Qualifiers Alycia Parks and Robin Montgomery are also in the third quarter.
Katie Volynets, placed in the top quarter, also successfully qualified for the main draw. With Kessler, Parks, Montgomery and Volynets all advancing through the play-in event, it marks the second time in three years (2022) that four U.S. women have qualified for Wimbledon. The four in 2022 was the most since five in 1986.
Also in the top quarter: Collins, Lauren Davis, Bernarda Pera and Sofia Kenin. Kenin will meet top seed Iga Swiatek in a first-round battle of Grand Slam champions.
Queen's champ Paul seeks second London crown
Like Pegula, Paul also claimed his first grass title in the buildup to Wimbledon. The 27-year-old won the Queen's Club crown to become the No. 1 American man for the first time and will carry a five-match winning streak into the major.
Placed in the second quarter of the draw, Paul will open against Spain's Pedro Martinez. He could meet another Spaniard—Carlos Alcaraz—in the quarterfinals, though Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima will hope to knock off the defending champion before that stage.
In the top quarter, the 21-year-old Shelton and 19-year-old Alex Michelsen could meet in the second round. Both open against qualifiers, while Aleksandar Kovacevic meets fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in the same section.
Four Americans are in the third quarter: Fritz, Korda, Mackenzie McDonald and Marcos Giron. Fritz, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2022, opens against Aussie Christopher O'Connell and could face Kei Nishikori in the second round. Korda and McDonald are potential third-round opponents.
Returning quarterfinalist Chris Eubanks is the lone American in the bottom quarter, where he will start against French qualifier Quentin Halys. His path to another quarterfinal could go through Karen Khachanov, Holger Rune and Novak Djokovic, with seven-time champ Djokovic anchoring the men's draw as the second seed.
Singles play at Wimbledon begins on Monday, July 1, with the women's final scheduled for Saturday, July 13, and the men's championship to be held on Sunday, July 14.
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