Fourteen Argentine tennis players will take to the courts at Wimbledon as the third Grand Slam of the season gets underway on July 1. With the draw out on Friday, the Argentine Legion finally knows who they’ll have to face in the hopes of becoming the first to lift it.

In the men’s singles draw, Sebastián Báez (18th ATP singles) will lead the charge. The San Martín native has won two tournaments so far this season but couldn’t make it past the first round in his preparatory tournament at Eastbourne. He’ll have one of the easiest openers, facing U.S. player Brandon Nakashima (64).

Francisco Cerúndolo (27) — who was also ousted in the first round at Eastbourne — wasn’t as lucky. He’ll debut against Russian Roman Safiullin (43), who reached the quarterfinals last year. If the Argentine rises to the challenge, he could set up a second-round clash with former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.

A similar short stick befell Argentina Open 2024 winner Facundo Díaz Acosta (67), who’ll face local Cameron Norrie (44), while Francisco Comesaña (121) has the biggest challenge as he will go up against world number six Andrey Rublev. 

Tomás Etcheverry (31) v. Luca Nardi (73), Federico Coria (71) v Adam Walton (107), and Mariano Navone (32) v. Lorenzo Sonego (57) complete Argentine participation in the men’s singles draw.

In the women’s singles, Nadia Podoroska (65th WTA singles) leads the effort, debuting against Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska (28), while María Lourdes Carlé (86) goes up against U.S. player Katie Volynets (71) and Julia Riera (104) will clash with Czech Marie Bouzkova (37).

Argentina’s biggest hopes for a title are probably in the doubles draw, where world number two Horacio Zeballos will look for a first Wimbledon crown after reaching the finals in 2021 and 2023 alongside Spain’s Marcel Granollers. Argentine duo Máximo González and Andrés Molteni are also in the running, as is Guido Andreozzi.

Officially known as the Championships, Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world — first played in 1877 — and the only major no Argentine has ever won. David Nalbandian remains the only one to reach the men’s singles finals, losing to Australian Lleyton Hewitt in 2002. In 1974, Argentine tennis legend Guillermo Vilas famously raged that  “grass is for cows” after falling in the third round.