Friday’s Wimbledon ladies singles draw was plunged into chaos after an embarrassing mix-up between organisers.
The draw kicked off with World No.1 Iga Swiatek the top seed whilst Britain’s Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter awaited their first round opponents.
Wimbledon referee Denise Parnell headed up the draw on Friday morning, before the tournament begins on Monday July 1.
Things initially started well and as planned, before taking a rather embarrassing turn.
A mix-up between those in the draw room and the graphics team saw Russian player Mirra Andreeva appear on the screen instead of Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia.
The muddle up resulted in further confusion for the remainder of the draw which saw players being drawn into the wrong lines.
It led to mass confusion in the room between Wimbledon staff and media, with Parnell having to pause the draw to put things straight before they could continue.
Fans watching the draw online were also left baffled over the scenes.
“Wimbledon women’s draw has been a bit of a mess so far,” one account posted on X. “They got a few names mixed up, [Mirra] Andreeva was moved around about three times already.”
Another wrote said on social media: “Thought I’d tune into the Wimbledon draw for the first time ever, and what an absolute shambles, what is going on?”
After the early blunder was fixed, the rest of the draw continued as planned, with unseeded Raducanu drawn against 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round.
Coco Gauff is the second seed at Wimbledon this year and will play fellow American Caroline Dolehide, while wild card Naomi Osaka will face Diane Parry of France.
British No.1 Katie Boulter faces Germany’s Tatjana Maria in the opening round while wildcard entrant Heather Watson will play Belgium’s Greet Minnen.
Arguably the biggest clash of the first round sees Iga Swiatek go up against former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin.
In the men’s draw, reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz kicks off his defence against Mark Lajal of Estonia while last year’s beaten finalist Novak Djokovic will face Vit Kopriva.
Andy Murray will play his first round clash against Czech Tomas Machac on Tuesday if he decides to play singles. The 37-year-old faces a race against time to be fit after undergoing a minor surgical procedure last weekend.
Britain’s Jack Draper was drawn against Elias Ymer with fellow home favourite Cameron Norrie facing off against Facundo Diaz Acastoa.
Should the two Brits come through their first round matches, then they would play each other in round two.
Men’s singles first-round draw in full
Sinner v Hanfmann
Berretini v Fucsovics
Nagal v Kecmanovic
Carreno Busta v Griekspoor
Jary v Shapovalov
Altmaier v Fery
Harris v Michelsen
Bellucci v Shelton
Dimitrov v Lajovic
Garin v Shang
Wawrinka v Broom
Zhang v Janvier
Struff v Marozsan
Muller v Gaston
Kovacevic v Medvedev
Alcaraz v Lajal
Vukic v Ofner
Coric v Meligeni Alves
Arnaldi v Tiafoe
Baez v Nakashima
Kotov v Thompson
Van de Zandschulp v Broady
Shevchenko v Humbert
Paul v Martinez
Virtanen v Purcell
Bergs v Cazaux
Mensik v Bublik
Navone v Sonego
Bautista Agut v Marterer
Koepfer v Fognini
Bolt v Ruud
Rublev v Comesana
Coria v Walton
Darderi v Choinski
Lestienne v Musetti
Korda v Davidovich Fokina
Nishioka v Borges
Ruusuvuori v McDonald
Daniel v Tsitsipas
Fritz v O’Connell
Nishikori v Rinderknech
Cobolli v Hijikata
Evans v Tabilo
Draper v Ymer
Norrie v Diaz Acosta
Searle v Giron
Carballes Baena v Zverev
Hurkacz v Albot
Fils v Stricker
Murray v Machac
Safiullin v Cerundulo
Auger-Aliassime v Kokkinakis
Pouille v Djere
Munar v Harris
Moutet v De Minaur
Rune v Kwon
Jubb v Seyboth Wild
Halys v Eubanks
Karatsev v Khachanov
Etcheverry v Nardi
Popyrin v Monteiro
Fearnley v Moro Canas
Kopriva v Djokovic
Women’s singles first-round draw in full
Swiatek v Kenin
Jones v Martic
Putintseva v Kerber
Stakusic v Siniakova
Garcia v Blinkova
Pera v Potapova
Dodin v Snigur
Tomljanovic v Ostapenko
Collins v Tauson
Sherif v Galfi
Osorio v Davis
Frech v Haddad Maia
Krejcikova v Kudermetova
Carle v Volynets
Bucsa v Bogdan
Bouzas Maneiro v Vondrousova
Rybakina v Ruse
Siegemund v Baindl
Wozniacki v Parks
Bronzetti v Fernandez
Kalinskaya v Udvardy
Bouzkova v Riera
Kalinina v Avanesyan
Masarova v Samsonova
Jabeur v Uchijima
Montgomery v Gadecki
Golubuc v Niemeier
Linette v Svitolina
Boulter v Maria
Dart v Bai
Wang v Tomova
Krueger v Pegula
Zheng v Sun
Van Uytvanck v Starodubtseva
Begu v Zhu
Townsend v Pavlyuchenkova
Alexandrova v Raducanu
Hibino v Mertens
Rus v Yuan
Kessler v Sakkari
Kasatkina v Zhang
Korpatsch v Miyazaki
Badosa v Muchova
Fruhvirtova v Andreeva
Yastremska v Podoroska
Tsurenko v Gracheva
Vekic v X Wang
Bektas v Sabalenka
Paolini v Sorribes Tormo
Minnen v Watson
Andreescu v Cristian
Errani v Noskova
Kostyuk v Sramkova
Saville v Stearns
Schmiedlova v Y Wang
Trevisan v Keys
Azarenka v Stephens
Pliskova v Shnaider
Osaka v Parry