Federer and Azarenka Top Olympic Singles Seeds
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the seeds for the London 2012 Olympic Tennis Event, being staged at the All England Club, Wimbledon from July 28-Aug. 5. Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA world rankings as of Monday, July 23.
Wimbledon champion Roger Federer (SUI) is top seed for men’s singles, with Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Novak Djokovic (SRB) seeded second. Federer, who teamed up with Stanislas Wawrinka to win doubles gold for Switzerland in Beijing, is still looking for his first Olympic medal in singles. Home favorite Andy Murray (GBR) is seeded third, followed by David Ferrer (ESP) at fourth. Ferrer will be leading the Spanish challenge in the absence of defending champion Rafael Nadal through injury.
Americans earned the top seeds in both men’s and women’s doubles. 2008 bronze medal winners Bob & Mike Bryan will be the number one seeds for the third straight Olympics while Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond, the world’s top-ranked women’s doubles team, top the women’s seeds.
The criteria used also means that two-time gold medal winners and reigning Wimbledon champions Venus & Serena Williams will be unseeded in women’s doubles. The sisters are undefeated together in Olympic doubles, having won the 2008 gold medal in Beijing as the number two seeds and as an unseeded team in Sydney in 2000.
Men’s Singles
1. Roger Federer (SUI)
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
3. Andy Murray (GBR)
4. David Ferrer (ESP)
5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
6. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
7. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
8. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
9. Juan Monaco (ARG)
10. John Isner (USA)
11. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
12. Gilles Simon (FRA)
13. Marin Cilic (CRO)
14. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
15. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
16. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Women’s Singles
1. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
2. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
3. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
4. Serena Williams (USA)
5. Samantha Stosur (AUS)
6. Petra Kvitova (CZE)
7. Angelique Kerber (GER)
8. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
9. Sara Errani (ITA)
10. Li Na (CHN)
11. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
12. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
13. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
14. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
15. Sabine Lisicki (GER)
16. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
Men’s Doubles
1. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA)
2. Michael Llodra/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
3. Janko Tipsarevic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
4. Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL)
5. Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE)
6. Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
7. Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna (IND)
8. Novak Djokovic/Victor Troicki (SRB)
Women’s Doubles
1. Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond (USA)
2. Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA)
3. Maria Kirilenko/Nadia Petrova (RUS)
4. Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
5. Angelique Kerber/Sabine Lisicki (GER)
6. Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS)
7. Flavia Pennetta/Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
8. Nuria Llagostera Vives/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)
