Baltacha hopes to break into the top 100 by winning a round at Wimbledon

World number three Andy Murray, who faces American Robert Kendrick, is not the only Scot at Wimbledon this week.

Elena Baltacha hopes to break into the top 100 by beating Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko in the women's singles.

Linlithgow's Colin Fleming and doubles partner Ken Skupski of Liverpool play Sweden's Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Dutch Antilles.

And Jamie Murray will partner Israel's Jonathan Erlich against Pole Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach of Austria.

Baltacha will also feature in the women's doubles, playing with 19-year-old rising star Amanda Elliott against number seven seeds Victoria Azaranka of Belarus and Russia's Elena Vesnina.

Now living in Enfield, Baltacha told BBC Scotland: "I always love it when the grass courts are coming up. I've had a good run-up to the championship and I'm looking forward to my start on Tuesday.

"I've done really well through the year. I've managed to get my ranking to 105 and hopefully I can break into that top 100 now.

"I've been doing a lot of work with my coach Nino Severino - nutrition, injury prevention - and that has really helped me."

The 25-year-old is in a positive frame of mind going into her first-round match against Bondarenko, the number 30 seed.

"It could have been much tougher, but at the same time it could have been nicer," she said of the draw for SW19.

"I know I'll need to play my best tennis to stand a chance. I feel good. If I can perform well, then hopefully I can cause an upset.

I'll need to be consistent, but still hit very heavy, vary it and serve well. Apart from that... Elena Baltacha jokes about how to beat Alona Bondarenko

"I know she prefers the clay but she's still a dangerous player on the grass. Anyone who is ranked 30 will adapt to the different surfaces.

"I'll need to be consistent, but still hit very heavy, vary it and serve well. Apart from that..." said Baltacha, joking at the magnitude of her task.

She added: "If I win a round, I'm going to be top 100. But if not, the rest of the year is there for me to keep progressing."

Meanwhile Fleming and Skupski know that if they can get by Brunstrom and Rojer they would be up against the top seeds, Bob and Mike Bryan.

That, of course, would be another formidable hurdle to overcome, yet the pair beat the Bryan brothers at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club just two weeks ago.

For 23-year-old Jamie Murray, a Wimbledon winner in 2007 with mixed doubles partner Jelena Jankovic, the tournament is a chance to get his career back on track.

The left-hander has had a number of playing partners this year and will be hoping to benefit from the experience offered by 32-year-old Erlich from Tel Aviv.

Despite there being so few Scots at Wimbledon, Baltacha suggests future tournaments may feature a few more.

"Tennis is getting so much better in Scotland now," she said.

"There are loads of talented kids coming through so it's really exciting."

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