Defending champion Novak Djokovic could have to get past seven-time victor Roger Federer to reach the Wimbledon final.
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ANDY MURRAY will begin his campaign to win his second Wimbledon crown with a first round clash against fellow Brit Liam Broady.
Federer will open against Argentina’s Guido Pella. Murray, the 2013 Wimbledon victor, will face fellow British player Liam Broady in round one.
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, who beat Williams in the Roland Garros final but lost to the American in the Wimbledon championship match in 2015, could face Australian Open victor Angelique Kerber in the last-four.
British number two Aljaz Bedene has a tough start against 7th seed Richard Gasquet.
There were more fiendish propositions for Britain’s other male contenders. There isn ” t an opponent, who seems able to be able to oppose him and he could become the most successful tennis player of all time, by winning all four Slams in the same season.
Alex Ward, meanwhile, plays Belgium’s world number 11 David Goffin, Brydan Klein is tasked with overcoming French grass-court specialist Nicolas Mahut and Dan Evans was drawn against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff.
Konta has surged up to 18th in the rankings following a superb 12 months but she will be wary of Puig, who arrives in good form after reaching the semi-finals in Eastbourne this week.
The 34-year-old Swiss, the holder of a record 17 majors, could face Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the quarter finals.
Two-time champion Petra Kvitova meets Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in her opener.
Venus, 36 and a five-time champion, is seeded to face Muguruza in the last-eight while Serena could come up against Italy’s Roberta Vinci who dumped her out of the US Open semi-finals in 2015.
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Vinci, seeded sixth, caused one of the biggest upsets in tennis history when she knocked Williams out of the US Open semi-finals a year ago.
