The waiting is over, the world renowned names, qualifiers and young guns are out of the bag after the ladies' singles draw took place at the All England Club on Friday morning.

There's nowhere else to start other than world No.1 Iga Swiatek's blockbuster path to a potential first Wimbledon triumph.

The top seed opens her account against 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, who Swiatek toppled in the Roland-Garros final that same season, as well as a 7-6(2), 6-2 victory in this year's Australian Open first round.

Wimbledon’s 2018 champion Angelique Kerber takes on recent Birmingham winner Yulia Putintseva at the first hurdle and the victor could meet Swiatek in the third round.

In another 'popcorn' opener, two-time quarter-finalist Ajla Tomljanovic and No.13 seed Jelena Ostapenko represent a possible last 16 challenge for the world No.1.

The projected quarter-finals have slotted reigning champion Marketa Vondrousova in the path of Swiatek too. The Czech's title defence starts with Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro across the net.

Key contenders Swiatek or Vondrousova are set to take on 2022 champion Elena Rybakina in the semi-finals, but that top half of the draw also includes 2022 and 2023 runner-up Ons Jabeur.

Should Swiatek lift a sixth Grand Slam title on 14 July, she will have well and truly earned it.

Champion on Centre Court in 2022, Rybakina faces Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse as her first challenge to overcome.

Also within that second quarter, recent Berlin winner Jessica Pegula will be eager to have her say, within close range to Tunisian trailblazer Jabeur, last year's semi-finalist Elina Svitolina and British No.1 Katie Boulter. Former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki will need to be sharp from the start in a battle with qualifier Alycia Parks.

Scanning down to the bottom half of the draw, world No.2 Coco Gauff and 2024 Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka headline the field.

Within that section four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka returns to SW19 for the first time since 2019 and the 26-year-old opens against French youngster Diane Parry.

Also, British wild card Emma Raducanu, who reached the fourth round in 2021, will hope to transfer recent form over from Eastbourne in an encounter with No.22 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.

For Gauff, the American will duel with compatriot Caroline Dolehide, with Grand Slam champions such as Osaka, Victoria Azarenka and Sloane Stephens within close proximity.

Gauff is projected to take on Roland-Garros runner-up Jasmine Paolini in the last eight.

Number three seed Sabalenka will have to navigate past American Emina Bektas, with high calibre opponents such as Donna Vekic, Dayana Yastremska, Mirra Andreeva or No.14 seed Daria Kasatkina all possible first week clashes.

Sabalenka, a semi-finalist in south west London in 2021 and last July, is drawn for a projected quarter-final against No.8 seed Qinwen Zheng.

It promises to be another memorable Fortnight, Always Like Never Before.