Jack Draper has it all to do, it is too soon for Emma Raducanu but I'm backing Cam Norrie to do well: DAN EVANS' Wimbledon preview

The 2025 Wimbledon Championships get underway on Monday and DAN EVANS will be among the British players taking part.

Evans — who will face fellow Brit Jay Clarke in round one of the men's singles — previews the action for Mail Sport below.

His pre-tournament assessment of the British hopefuls starts with world No 4 Jack Draper...

JACK DRAPER (4) v Sebastian Baez (Arg)

Jack's first couple of rounds look OK but once you look further ahead he has a very tough draw — about as tough as it could be.

He'll have to play very well, he'll feel very good if he's sitting there in the quarters, where he could potentially meet Novak Djokovic.

JACOB FEARNLEY v Joao Fonseca (Bra)

Tough first-round draw and he'll be in good form if he comes through that.

I'm not sure what happened last week in Eastbourne against Marcos Giron when he lost 6-3, 6-1. I think that might have been a very windy day and he didn't play his best tennis.

But the way he has taken to the tour straight out of college… he is a very impressive guy.

The most impressive thing for me is how well he plays on every surface — his first seasons on clay and grass he adapted so well.

CAM NORRIE v Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)

Even when he was struggling last year, I never worried about Cam. You always know he's doing the right things off the court, his game will be in good shape.

He puts in the work on and off the court. He's reliable and I knew at some point he would come back and the French Open was evidence of that when he reached the fourth round.

With Cam, you know the work's been done and he's always ready.

HENRY SEARLE v Ethan Quinn (USA)

Quinn is a talented player but he hasn't played much on the grass and I think Henry has a chance — I'll go for a four or five set win.

Henry is from the Midlands like me so I pay attention to what he's doing and we share the same fitness coach.

He works hard, he has some things to improve but he's a former junior champion here and at 19 he's still a very young talent.

EMMA RADUCANU v MIMI XU

Emma is a very good player but I think we just need to make sure she's happy, rather than looking at her results here.

Hopefully she puts on a good performance but I think it's a year too soon for her to be looking at a run at the Championship.

There has been a lot going on, with the stuff we've read about in the press. It'll be a tough task for her to go deep here but I hope she does.

SONAY KARTAL v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat, 20)

Sonay goes under the radar. She and her coach, who has been with her since she was a kid, they just go about their work.

She doesn't get much press but she's made third round of Grand Slams and we shouldn't turn a blind eye to that, that's difficult to do.

She's been going along nicely and a big run might not be far away.

KATIE BOULTER v Paula Badosa (Spa, 9th seed)

Katie is coming in unseeded this year and she said that will give her some freedom to swing — it's a different view!

You always want to be seeded but she is a top player and a top, top grass court player. This is her best surface and I think she'll beat Badosa.

HANNAH KLUGMAN v Leylah Fernandez (Can, 29); MIKA STOJSAVLJEVIC v Ashlyn Krueger (USA, 31)

Of the other wildcards, some of the boys have a shot but this year is all about the three young girls.

Those three are excellent talents and people don't seem to realise: you don't just get given a wildcard, you have to show you deserve it.

Hannah made the final of the junior French Open, Mika won the US Open and Mimi has had some great wins on the seniors.

I play a lot of golf with Hannah's coach, Ben Haran. I know how hard they have been working.

Mika used to be coached by a good friend of mine, Mark Taylor, so I've been on court with her a few times, she's got a big game.

Mimi Xu is the one I know least about but she's had a few huge wins on the grass, two top-100 wins in a matter of weeks and she might never look back.

She could win a couple of matches here, you're in quallies of Grand Slams and before you know it you're there.