Tough Draw For Federer as he seeks Eighth Wimbledon Crown

Federer lifted his seventh Wimbledon title in 2012

Seven-time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer could potentially have to beat all three of his main rivals in order to retain his Wimbledon crown.

Federer has been placed on the same side of the draw as both Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Nadal, seeded number 5, after missing seven months of the last year through injury, could meet Federer in a blockbuster quarter-finals.

The two-men have meet three times at Wimbledon, all finals, but have not met at Wimbledon since the epic final of 2008. 

After a disappointing exit at Roland Garros last month Federer will be hoping to produce his Wimbledon magic and and win the event for a staggering 8th time. 

Federer begins against  Romania's Victor Hanescu in round one on Monday. 

Elsewhere, Nadal on the back of his historic eighth Roland Garros, begins his campaign against Belgian Steve Darcis. If results go in line with seedings, the two-time champion would have to beat Federer, Murray and Djokovic to win his third Wimbledon title.

Britain's Andy Murray will face Germany's world number 95 Benjamin Becker in the first round of Wimbledon. The beaten 2012 finalist is in line to meet Frenchman and sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter final, before meeting the winner of Nadal vs Federer. 

World number one Novak Djokovic will be happy to have avoided Murray, Federer and Nadal until the final. If the tournament goes to the seeding then Djokovic will face sixth-seed Tomas Berdych and fourth seed David Ferrer in the quarter-final and semi-fianl respectably. 

Top seed Djokovic, the 2011 champion, will play Germany's Florian Mayer in his opening match on Tuesday.