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Wimbledon Women's Draw 2025: Top seed Sabalenka opens against Canadian qualifier, Gauff faces horror draw

Originally posted on TennisUpToDate.com | By Samuel Gill | Last updated Jun 27, 2025 10:43 AM ET

The draw has been confirmed for the 2025 Wimbledon Championships (Monday 30 June - Sunday 13 July) for the WTA side with the fates set for the top names including Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula among others.

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka will face qualifier Carson Branstine who took out Bianca Andreescu. In the same section, Sabalenka has Lulu Sun or Marie Bouzkova lurking.

Emma Raducanu also sits in the same section and faces rising star Mingge Xu. Marketa Vondrousova is the main danger and has dodged some of the big names, she takes on McCartney Kessler.

Elina Svitolina opens up as 14th seed against Anna Bondar, while in her section Paula Badosa will open up likely on a top court against Katie Boulter. Last year's semi-finalist Donna Vekic will face Kimberly Birrell.

Madison Keys will face Elena-Gabriela Ruse. She reached the fourth round last year and has since become Australian Open champion. Jasmine Paolini will open the defence of her final points when she faces Anastasjia Sevastova. She will then face Kamilla Rakhimova fresh from an Eastbourne Quarter-Final potentially.

Yulia Putintseva will face Amanda Anisimova in one of the top ties of the first round. Sonay Kartal after reaching the third round last year faces Jelena Ostapenko. A potential round two for the latter with Ons Jabeur.

Naomi Osaka could be set for a meeting for Qinwen Zheng in the second round if she gets past Katerina Siniakova for the latter. Mirra Andreeva opens up against Mayar Sherif to begin the next portion of the draw. Jil Teichmann or Lucia Bronzetti then could await.

As is tradition, Barbora Krejcikova as defending champion will open and Alexandra Eala will be her opponent. Two-time champion Petra Kvitova opens against Emma Navarro in what will be her final Wimbledon. Karolina Muchova will be on upset watch as she faces Xinyu Wang fresh off her Berlin run.

Jessica Pegula opens up against Elisabetta Cocciaretto then could face Queen's champion Tatjana Maria in the second round. Iga Swiatek opens up against Polina Kudermetova then could face Caty McNally or Jodie Burrage in the second round.

Former champion Elena Rybakina could face Maria Sakkari if she gets past tough opener Elina Avanesyan. Sakkari faces Anna Blinkova so it is certainly not a given. While speaking of tough, Coco Gauff faces Dayana Yastremska to begin then could face Victoria Azarenka. So not the easiest route for the American who lost early on her only appearance post French Open success.