Wimbledon 2012 Men's Singles Draw: Djokovic, Federer in same Half

World no. 1 Novak Djokovic will try to bounce back after losing a disappointing final at the French Open by defending his Wimbledon title. He is drawn to meet a former world no. 1 in Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in the first round. Seeded opponents he can meet before the quarterfinals are no. 28-seed Radek Stepanek and no. 15-seed Juan Monaco. He is slated to meet world no. 6 Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. Berdych reached the semi-finals last year upsetting Roger Federer. Berdych will be challenged by no. 18-seed Richard Gasquet and no. 12-seed Nicolas Almagro in his section of the draw.

Like in the French Open, six-time Wimbledon champion and world no. 3 Roger Federer is in the same half of the draw as Djokovic. Interestingly, Federer has a chance to rise to the world no. 1 ranking if he wins the title and Serb fails to reach the final. That scenario can certainly happen with a Federer victory over Djokovic in the semi-finals, although it has been almost two years since that has happened. The Swiss has an impressive 59-7 record at The Championships. He is drawn to meet Janko Tipsaveric, the no. 8-seed, in the quarterfinals. That is, if Tipsaveric can beat no. 11-seed American John Isner in the fourth round. Isner's game on grass is especially dangerous as he possesses one of the fastest serves in the men's game.

Seven-time French Open champion and a two-time Wimbledon winner, world no. 2 Rafael Nadal heads the bottom half of the draw. He won Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010 and lost to Djokovic in last year's final surrendering his top ranking to the Serb as well. Nadal may have a potential match-up with no. 27-seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, the German who knocked him off the Halle tournament in grass last week. His potential quarterfinal opponent is world no. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga has an interesting first round opponent in former Wimbledon champion and former no. 1 player Lleyton Hewitt, a wildcard this year.

Andy Murray leads the other section of the draw in the bottom half. He is scheduled to face no. 7-seed David Ferrer in the quarterfinals, the same pairing that happened in Roland Garros with Ferrer coming out the victor and preventing a top-four semi-final. Murray will be the favorite to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon though being a much better player on grass that the Spaniard. He has three semi-final showings in the past three years, and if all elements fall into place, Murray should be able to upset Nadal and reach the finals for the first time. He'll be shooting for history, no British male has succeeded at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray has a potential 4th round match against no. 16-seed Marin Cilic while Ferrer will most likely battle no. 9-seed Juan Martin del Potro.

Check below for the Wimbledon 2012 Men's Singles Draw.

Top Half, 1st Section: DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1] vs BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [6]

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1]
FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP

HARRISON, Ryan USA
LU, Yen-Hsun TPE

BECKER, Benjamin GER
BLAKE, James USA

STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR
STEPANEK, Radek CZE [28]

GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP [24]
TROICKI, Viktor SRB

KLIZAN, Martin SVK
CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG

CHARDY, Jeremy FRA
VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA

MAYER, Leonardo ARG
MONACO, Juan ARG [15]

ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [12]
ROCHUS, Olivier BEL

RUFIN, Guillaume FRA (Q)
DARCIS, Steve BEL

BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG
BEMELMANS, Ruben BEL (Q)

KAMKE, Tobias GER
GASQUET, Richard FRA [18]

MAYER, Florian GER [31]
TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS

PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER
KAVCIC, Blaz SLO

BOLELLI, Simone ITA (Q)
JANOWICZ, Jerzy POL (Q)

GULBIS, Ernests LAT
BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [6]

Top Half, 2nd Section: FEDERER, Roger SUI [3] vs TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB [8]

FEDERER, Roger SUI [3]
RAMOS, Albert ESP

FOGNINI, Fabio ITA
LLODRA, Michael FRA

MENENDEZ-MACEIRAS, Adrian ESP (Q)
RUSSELL, Michael USA (Q)

MULLER, Gilles LUX
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA [29]

VERDASCO, Fernando ESP [17]
WANG, Jimmy TPE (Q)

ZEMLJA, Grega SLO (W)
GOODALL, Josh GBR (W)

MALISSE, Xavier BEL
MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS

MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA
SIMON, Gilles FRA [13]

ISNER, John USA [11]
FALLA, Alejandro COL

LORENZI, Paolo ITA
MAHUT, Nicolas FRA

ANDREEV, Igor RUS
GOLDING, Oliver GBR (W)

ISTOMIN, Denis UZB
SEPPI, Andreas ITA [23]

YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS [26]
YOUNG, Donald USA

CERVANTES, Inigo ESP (Q)
CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA

SWEETING, Ryan USA (Q)
STARACE, Potito ITA

NALBANDIAN, David ARG
TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB [8]

Bottom Half, 1st Section: FERRER, David ESP [7] vs MURRAY, Andy GBR [4]

FERRER, David ESP [7]
BROWN, Dustin GER (Q)

DE SCHEPPER, Kenny FRA (Q)
BACHINGER, Matthias GER

ODESNIK, Wayne USA (L)
PHAU, Bjorn GER

BAKER, Jamie GBR (W)
RODDICK, Andy USA [30]

NISHIKORI, Kei JPN [19]
KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ

KUZNETSOV, Andrey RUS (Q)
SERRA, Florent FRA (Q)

SOEDA, Go JPN
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS

HAASE, Robin NED
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [9]

CILIC, Marin CRO [16]
STEBE, Cedrik-Marcel GER

ITO, Tatsuma JPN
KUBOT, Lukasz POL

POSPISIL, Vasek CAN
QUERREY, Sam USA

GIRALDO, Santiago COL
RAONIC, Milos CAN [21]

ANDERSON, Kevin RSA [32]
DIMITROV, Grigor BUL

MONTANES, Albert ESP
BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP

KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO
SELA, Dudi ISR

DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS
MURRAY, Andy GBR [4]

Bottom Half, 2nd Section: TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA [5] vs NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]

TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA [5]
HEWITT, Lleyton AUS (W)

ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard FRA
GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP

LACKO, Lukas SVK
UNGUR, Adrian ROU

MELZER, Jurgen AUT
WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [25]

TOMIC, Bernard AUS [20]
GOFFIN, David BEL (W)

LEVINE, Jesse USA (Q)
BECK, Karol SVK

WARD, James GBR (W)
ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP

RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben ESP
FISH, Mardy USA [10]

LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP [14]
NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN

BAKER, Brian USA (Q)
MACHADO, Rui POR

EBDEN, Matthew AUS
PAIRE, Benoit FRA

BOGOMOLOV JR., Alex RUS
DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr UKR [22]

KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [27]
HAAS, Tommy GER (W)

ZOPP, Jurgen EST (Q)
JAZIRI, Malek TUN

ROSOL, Lukas CZE
DODIG, Ivan CRO

BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA
NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]

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