Djokovic gets easiest Draw ever as Murray, Federer and Nadal are In Bottom Half of Wimbledon Draw!

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will begin his quest for a second title at The Championships against Florian Mayer, following the draw ceremony at the All England Club today. Fourth seed David Ferrer, who takes on Martin Alund, is in the same half of the draw.

Third seed Roger Federer, the defending champion, starts his campaign for a record eighth crown against Victor Hanescu. He could potentially meet fifth seed Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals. Last year, Federer equaled the Wimbledon titles record of Pete Sampras and William Renshaw when he lifted his seventh trophy at the All England Club.

Nadal, who captured the Wimbledon title in 2008 (d. Federer) and 2010 (d. Berdych), has been drawn to meet Steve Darcis in the first round. He could face Igor Andreev or Lukasz Kubot in the second round. Since returning from a seven-month injury lay-off in February, Nadal has won seven titles from nine finals. He arrives at SW19, where he lost to Lukas Rosol in the 2012 second round, on a 22-match winning streak. Nadal recently won his eighth Roland Garros crown.

Last year’s finalist Andy Murray, the first British runner-up since Bunny Austin in 1938, is in the same half of the draw as Federer and Nadal. The World No. 2 first plays Benjamin Becker and could challenge sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the last eight, Murray, looking to become the first British male Wimbledon champion in 77 years, beat both last week en route to his third Aegon Championships crown.

There are three stellar first round match-ups, including former World No. 1 and 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt versus No. 11 seed Stanislas Wawrinka, who is competing this week at the Topshelf Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Marin Cilic, the No. 10 seed and runner-up at The Queen’s Club, takes on Marcos Baghdatis while No. 14 seed Janko Tipsarevic takes on fellow Serbian Victor Troicki.

Djokovic captured the Wimbledon title two years ago and became No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time on 4 July 2011. He is guaranteed to remain at No. 1 after Wimbledon.

Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Nadal are competing together at a Grand Slam championship for the first time in 12 months. The last time a player seeds outside of the Top 4 won the Wimbledon title was No. 125th-ranked Goran Ivanisevic in 2001 (d. Rafter).