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Wimbledon 2025: 35 Americans to compete in singles draws, most since 1999

Arthur Kapetanakis | June 27, 2025


American singles players can party like it's 1999 at Wimbledon—and with so many contenders at the top of the women's and men's games, the festivities could last all the way through championship weekend. 

 

Thirty-five U.S. players—19 women and 16 men—are set to compete in the Wimbledon singles main draws beginning Monday, the most since the exact same tallies in 1999 (35 total; 19 women, 16 men).

The 19 American women, eight of whom are seeded, will bid to continue the U.S. dominance at this year's Grand Slams after Madison Keys won the Australian Open and Coco Gauff triumphed at Roland Garros. Dating back to Jessica Pegula's final run at the 2024 US Open, an American has reached the title round at each of the past three women's singles majors.

 

Emma Navarro posted the best American result in the women's singles draw last year at Wimbledon by reaching the quarterfinals. Last year's US Open semifinalist is seeded 10th this year in London, behind No. 2 Gauff, No. 3 Pegula and No. 6 Keys. Also seeded: No. 13 Amanda Anisimova, No. 28 Sofia Kenin, No. 31 Ashlyn Krueger and No. 32 McCartney Kessler.

 

Anisimova enters Wimbledon two weeks after reaching the final at The Queen's Club in London, while Kessler is hot on the heels of her third WTA title in Nottingham.

 

Read More: Kessler wins Nottingham title, earns Wimbledon seed

Madison Keys and Coco Gauff enjoy some down time before Wimbledon. Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images.

Notable first-round matchups include Navarro taking on two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who recently announced plans to retire at the end of the summer, as well as an all-American matchup between Kenin and qualifier Taylor Townsend.

 

On the men's side, six of the 16 singles players are seeded: No. 5 Taylor Fritz, No. 10 Ben Shelton, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe, No. 13 Tommy Paul, No. 29 Brandon Nakashima and No. 30 Alex Michelsen.

 

Both Fritz and Paul reached the quarterfinals last year in London, with Fritz advancing to that stage for the second time in three years. It was the first of what is now four consecutive majors in which two American men reached at least the quarters. Fritz faces a tough opening test this fortnight against big-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, while Paul faces British wild card Johannus Monday.

 

The lone all-American men's singles first-round matchup will see former college stars Learner Tien (USC) play Nishesh Basavareddy (Stanford), with a potential second-round matchup with Holger Rune awaiting the winner. Tien made his major breakthrough this year at the Australian Open, where he beat Daniil Medvedev on the way to the fourth round. Basavareddy also made a splash in Melbourne by taking the opening set off Novak Djokovic in his Grand Slam debut.

 

For more from London, including complete draws and schedules, visit Wimbledon's official website.

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