(London) Five Canadians –– three women and two men – are part of the draw for the singles competition at Wimbledon, which was announced Friday.
Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime, 17th seed in singles, will open the men’s draw against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, while Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., will face 19th seed Nicolas Jarry of Chile.
Laval’s Leylah Fernandez, seeded 30th in the women’s draw, will open against Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti. Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., will face Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian in her first match, while 19-year-old Marina Stakusic, also of Mississauga, will make her Grand Slam debut against No. 27 Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.
Singles matches begin Monday at the All England Club.
In doubles, Ontarian Gabriela Dabrowski and her partner, New Zealander Erin Routliffe, will battle Mirra Andreeva and Anastasia Potapova in the first round. Fernandez and her partner, the Japanese Ena Shibahara, will play against the Chinese Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Guo.
Dabrowski notably reached the women’s doubles final at Wimbledon in 2019. Earlier this year, she and Routliffe lost in the semi-finals at the Australian Open.
In men’s doubles, Shapovalov will team up with Kokkinakis to face Tunisian Skander Mansouri and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.
