Roger Federer may face Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semi-finals [AFP]

Federer, who will be aiming for his sixth-successive Wimbledon title, has been drawn against Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty in the opening round, while Nadal faces a first-up clash with Germany's Andreas Beck.

If Federer can navigate his way through to the final four, he may set up a tantalising semi-final clash with Australian Open champion Djokovic, who beat Federer at the same stage in Melbourne.

Federer, the defending champion and top seed, will have to extend his 59-match unbeaten run on grass, starting with unseeded Hrbaty, who has won their only two previous meetings.

The Swiss world number one could play Australia's Lleyton Hewitt, the last man before Federer to win Wimbledon back in 2002, if they both make it to the fourth round.

However Hewitt, who starts his campaign against Robin Hasse of the Netherlands, will likely have to get past 15th seed Fernando Gonzalez first.

Federer is scheduled to play David Ferrer, the Spanish fifth seed, in the quarter-finals before the Djokovic match-up.

Nadal's draw

Nadal, French Open champion, fresh from winning his first grass-court title at Queen's, is the second seed and can not meet Federer until the final.

The Spaniard has a probable fourth round clash against Radek Stepanek or Mikhail Youzhny before a quarter-final meeting with France's Richard Gasquet, who reached the semi-finals at the All-England Club last year.

Nadal is scheduled to meet Nikolay Davydenko in the semi-finals, if the Russian fourth seed gets past a likely last eight match-up with Andy Roddick, twice a Wimbledon runner-up.

Djokovic plays Michael Berrer of Germany first and the Serb could face an intriguing second round match against former world number one Marat Safin, with a quarter-final against David Nalbandian, a former Wimbledon finalist, on the horizon.

Britain's Andy Murray, seeded 12th, will open his campaign against France's Fabrice Santoro.

The Scot, who has been struggling with a thumb injury, is Britain's only realistic prospect of ending the long wait for a homegrown champion and he has a relatively smooth passage to a possible fourth round tie against Gasquet.

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