Ronnie O’Sullivan will begin the defence of his World Championship title against Scotland’s Marcus Campbell.
O’Sullivan was initially slated to miss the competition at the Crucible in Sheffield, pulling out of the rest of the 2012-13 season last November due to “personal issues”, but he ended his sabbatical in February.
He will be chasing a fifth world title and, despite a significant time away from the game, the 37-year-old will be confident of defeating Campbell, whose best result came when he defeated Stephen Hendry 9-0 in the 1998 UK Championship.
Matthew Selt, who say off Ken Doherty in the final round of the qualifiers, earns a meeting with Mark Selby.
Full draw
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
Mark Williams v Michael White
John Higgins v Mark Davis
Barry Hawkins v Jack Lisowski
Stuart Bingham v Sam Baird
Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu
Ali Carter v Ben Woollaston
Neil Robertson v Robert Milkins
Mark Selby v Matthew Selt
Ricky Walden v Michael Holt
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Marcus Campbell
Shaun Murphy v Martin Gould
Ding Junhui v Alan McManus
Steven Maguire v Dechawat Poomjaeng
Graeme Dott v Peter Ebdon
Mark Allen v Mark King
