Lleyton Hewitt is tipping Roger Federer as the man to beat at Wimbledon, but still counts himself among the elite few in with a chance at taking the title.

Fresh from his first-round win at the ATP grasscourt event at Queen's Club on Monday, Australia's former world No.1 said Federer's historic French Open win made him the favourite to win at The All England Club.

"I think coming to Wimbledon is probably his favourite tournament of the year, so he's going to be feeling pretty confident, I'd say," Hewitt told reporters.

"He may be a bit drunk and confident," the Australian added with a laugh.

"He's going to be the one to beat.

"He hasn't done too much wrong. Even though he lost last year (to Rafael Nadal in the final), he only just lost."

Federer was hailed as the greatest player of all time after notching up his career grand slam at Roland Garros on Sunday, a victory which put him level with Pete Sampras on a record 14 major titles.

But Hewitt, now ranked No.49 in the world, still believes he and top four players Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have a chance against the five-time Wimbledon champion when the grasscourt grand slam begins on June 22.

Asked if he believed he could take the title for the second time since he seized victory in 2002, Hewitt said he believed "with a bit of luck" and the draw opening up he could make it through to the tournament's second week.

"This is one grand slam probably where there's probably only a few guys who really believe they can win it," he said.

"You throw those top four guys in there, they're obviously the main four at the moment."

Hewitt made a strong start to his grasscourt season and bid to claim a record fifth title at Queen's Club with a straight sets victory over Eduardo Schwank.

The 15th seed made quick work of the match, defeating the Argentine 6-1 6-0 in just 44 minutes to book a place in the second round against Portugal's Frederico Gil.

Hewitt looked fresh at Queen's, the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event, after his straight sets loss to world No.1 Nadal on clay in the third round of the French Open 10 days earlier.

He has won the Queen's title four times - 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2006 - and is hoping to add a record fifth to his collection.

After his singles win, Hewitt teamed up with Andy Murray, the tournament's No.1 seed, for a first-round doubles victory over Andy Roddick and Rajeev Ram.

The Australian and Scot came from behind and endured a tense tiebreak to win 3-6 6-3 12-10.

Hewitt hooked up with Murray after arriving in London from Paris looking for someone to practice with and found Britain's No.1 available.

The Australian was reluctant to make much out of his new doubles partnership, but said the Scot was a strong title contender at Queen's and Wimbledon.

"I was looking for someone to play to obviously get a few more matches," Hewitt said.

"Andy was free to play doubles. That's how that happened. It's not a real big deal either way.

"He's got a good chance, no doubt about that, here and Wimbledon. He's No.3 in the world at the moment and plays extremely well on this surface.

"As I said, Roger's probably just the favourite and then you throw Andy in that next mix for sure."

AAP