BRITISH HOPE Johanna Konta is on a collision course with history-chasing Serena Williams in the Australian Open.
And Venus Williams faces the terrifying prospect of playing Coco Gauff in the first round in Melbourne in a repeat of that famous Wimbledon upset.
Konta, 28, will take on Tunisian Ons Jabeur in her opening match in Australia next week.
The British No.1, who is ranked 12th in the draw, could face Serena in the Last 16 if it goes to plan with the seeding.
The pair have only played twice before but Konta will be able to recall her 6-1 6-0 victory at the 2018 Silicon Valley Classic.
American Williams, 38, is aiming to win a 24th singles Slam victory, which would draw her level with Margaret Court. First up for the No.8 seed is Anastasia Potapova.
Her elder sister Venus, who turns 40 in June, is probably going to have some sleepless nights given the horror draw against the 15-year-old prodigy Gauff.
The pair met at SW19 last summer and Gauff sent shockwaves across the sport when she won 6-4 6-4 before losing to eventual champion Simona Halep in the fourth round.
It made the teenager an international star overnight and she will fancy her chances of causing another shock, this time in the first Slam if the year.
Elsewhere in the womens draw, Heather Watson plays Czech Kristyna Pliskova, Katie Boulter takes on sixth seed Elina Svitolina from Ukraine and wildcard Maria Sharapova plays Donna Vekic.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic opens his defence and quest for eighth singles title against German Jan-Lennard Struff.
Intriguingly he could face Brit Daniel Evans in the third round. Evans, 29, was the most improved player of 2019 and the 30th seed will play American Mackenzie McDonald in his opening match.
Jo Konta could face Serena Williams in Melbourne
No.3 seed Roger Federer, who is in the same half of the draw as Djokovic, is up against American Steve Johnson.
World No.1 Rafa Nadal, the 2019 runner-up, takes on Bolivian Hugo Dellien but could face arch-nemesis Nick Kyrgios in the fourth round.
From the British perspective, Cameron Norrie takes on Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert, while out-of-form Kyle Edmund is drawn against Serbian No.24 Dusan Lajovic.
