Dan Evans and Jay Clarke will meet on Tuesday for a prize worth more than the £99,000 for reaching the second round - a date with Novak Djokovic. "I know who the winner will play - about 9,000 people have messaged me," said British No.5 Evans.

"Do you think we don't have phones? It's a bit like when a boxer's got a big fight in front of them and he can't overlook it. Jay Clarke will be looking at it and I'll be looking at it. There's a nice match in the second round on a very big court. I want to win that match not just to play Novak but to get a crack at him. It's a great incentive.

"I'm really looking forward first to Tuesday but to get a chance to walk out probably on Centre Court against a guy who's hardly lost here. I've done it against Roger Federer (in 2016), I think it would be a good little prize at the end of a good grass-court season - doesn't mean it's the end of the grass-court season."

Before the all-male Battle of Britain, British No.6 Clarke said: "I think a few years ago Jack Draper was outside the top 100 and maybe got a wild card and ew drew Novak and I got the chance to play Federer a few years ago, along with Marcus Willis playing Federer.

"There's a lot of amazing things that wild cards give British players besides money, but of course, we need the money to be able to keep going."

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All players are guaranteed to bank £66,000 even if they lose in the first round.

Draper himself could meet Djokovic, Evans or Clarke in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. But he already admitted that he is not looking too far ahead in the future.

"I look at my first round, who I have," said Draper. "I haven't looked at that at all. I respect every person in the draw. I've got (Sebastian) Baez on Tuesday, and I'm not looking further than that. We'll start with that one.

"I feel like personally I've grown a lot again since last year. I think I have a lot more belief in myself physically, also as a tennis player, mentally. I feel like I'm very different in all areas.

"Obviously I still feel I can improve so, so much. I'm nowhere near hopefully where I want to get to as a player. But I'm happy to come here one year later with the amount of progress that I've made. I'm very proud of that."