In a neat twist of fate, Cori “Coco” Gauff – who on Friday became the youngest player to qualify for Wimbledon in the Open era – will play Venus Williams, the oldest woman in the draw at 39, in a fascinating first-round match on Monday.

Gauff, who turned 15 in March, was born at a time when Williams – herself a prodigy who played her first pro tournament at 14 – had already been on the circuit for ten years and won four majors. Gauff sees both Williams sisters as role models and was devastated to lose to Daria Kasatkina in Miami this year when she knew that she would have played Venus in the next round. This time, nothing but a last-minute injury can get in her way.

Meanwhile Andy Murray and his doubles partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert landed unseeded opponents in the first round of their event. They will play Marius Copil and Ugo Humbert in the first round, possibly on Wednesday, although this will depend on whether Herbert wins his opening singles match against last year’s runner-up Kevin Anderson on Monday.

Alarmingly for Murray’s mother Judy, he will find himself facing elder brother Jamie – whose partner is Liverpool’s Ken Skupski – if both teams reach the third round. “I’ll go to the pub,” Judy told Lorraine Kelly this week, when asked how she would react to that eventuality.