Fortnight. There it is; here it comes. Wimbledon begins on June 27, bringing two weeks of grass court tennis competition.
American players hope to be in action the full fortnight. Most likely, only one will. Serena Williams, defending champion and top women's seed, is the best U.S. hope for a championship in the year's third Grand Slam event.
MORE: Winners since 2000 | American champs of the Open Era
Friday's draw announcement established first-round matches. Williams gets a qualifier in her opening match. Not everyone is as lucky. Taylor Fritz, 18 and fresh of face in the men's competition, seeks a major upset when he tests No. 4 seed Stan Wawrinka.
Three Canadian players are in the field: Milos Raonic and Vaclav Pospisil, in addition to Eugenie Bouchard. Like Popsicle, Our Genie is not seeded.
Puerto Rico's Monica Puig also is in singles competition.
Sloane Stephens (Getty Images)
Here is a look at the first-round matches involving U.S. and Canadian players at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, a posh private facility in the London suburbs.
Men
Sam Querrey, 28, vs. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic
Dennis Kudla vs. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jack Sock, 27, vs. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia
Steve Johnson vs. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia
Bjorn Fratangelo vs. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria
Brian Baker vs. Miran Cilic, 9, Croatia
Dennis Novikov vs. Luke Saville, Australia
Donald Young vs. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina
Taylor Fritz vs. Stan Wawrinka, 4, Switzerland
John Isner, 18, vs. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus
Rajeev Ram vs. Feliciano Lopez, 22, Spain
Canada
Milos Raonic, 6, vs. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain
Vaclav Pospisil vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain
Women
Serena Williams, 1, vs. Amra Sadikovic, Switzerland
Christian McHale vs. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia
Sloane Stephens, 18, vs. Shuai Peng, China
Anna Tatishvili vs. Mandy Minelli, Luxembourg
Coco Vandeweghe, 26, vs. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine
Alison Riske vs. Roberta Vinci, 6, Italy
Julia Boserup vs. Tatjana Maria, Germany
Nicole Gibbs vs. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium
Madison Keys, 9, vs. Laura Siegemund, Germany
Louisa Chirico vs. Misaki Doi, Japan
Madison Brengle vs. Kurumi Nara, Japan
Varvara Lepchenko vs. Teliana Pereira, Brazil
Venus Williams, 8, vs. Donna Vekic, Croatia
Victoria Duval vs. Daria Kasatkina, 29, Russia
Irina Falconi vs. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand
Shelby Rogers vs. Sabine Lisicki, Germany
Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs. Lucie Safarova, 28, Czech Republic
Samantha Crawford vs. Paula Kania, Poland
Canada
Eugenie Bouchard vs. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia
Puerto Rico
Monica Puig vs. Johanna Konta, Britain