Wimbledon Men's draw breakdown - Which of the big four will win?

While Rafael Nadal was the clear favorite to win the French Open, the men’s draw at Wimbledon is wide open with the each of the Big Four having a good chance to triumph at SW19. Here’s our draw breakdown for the men at Wimbledon this year.

First Quarter

With Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal all in the bottom half of the draw, world no. 1 Novak Djokovic seems to have been handed an easier section of the draw. The Serb opens up against German Florian Mayer, the highest ranked unseeded player in the draw, in a repeat of their quarter-final here 12 months ago. German Tommy Haas, on the brink of returning to the top 10 at the age of 35, could provide some resistance in the fourth round.

Djokovic’s scheduled quarter final opponent is the Czech Tomas Berdych, who reached the finals here in 2010 but also lost in the first round last year. Berdych’s path is strewn with potential obstacles this time as well – Slovak Martin Klizan awaits in the first round, South African Kevin Anderson looms in the third round and Richard Gasquet or Sam Querrey are likely fourth round opponents.

There are some interesting first round matches to watch out for – 28th seed Jeremy Chardy takes on American Ryan Harrison (upset alert); 19th seeded Gilles Simon takes on Spain’s Feliciano Lopez in a repeat of their Eastbourne final on Saturday which Lopez won; 13th seeded Tommy Haas meets former world no. 20 Dmitry Tursunov; and 21st seed Querrey takes on struggling Australian Bernard Tomic.

Predicted Quarter Final line-up – Novak Djokovic vs. Sam Querrey