Wimbledon Seeds Announced; Djokovic and Serena Williams Earn Top Spots
The All-England Club released its seeding for the upcoming Wimbledon tournament on Wednesday, laying out the draw for the third major tournament of 2014.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were given the number one seeds on their respective sides. On the men’s side, a lot of seeding varied from the Emirates ATP World Rankings where Rafael Nadal holds the number one ranking.
The Spaniard who won the French open two weeks ago and has taken home the crown at Wimbledon twice, earned the number two seed while Andy Murray, who is the fifth ranked player in the world, was given the third seed. Murray won last year’s Wimbledon title over Djokovic, becoming the first British player to win the tournament since 1936.
Rounding out the top five on the men’s side are fourth-seeded Roger Federer and fifth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka.
Serena Williams earned the top seed in the women’s draw as the women’s seed tend to be based more on the WTA World Rankings. China’s Li Na will be seeded second, while French Open finalist Simona Halep will be the third seed. Agnieszka Radwanska and Maria Sharapova are the fourth and fifth seeds, respectively.
While Serena is the number one seed, her sister Venus, who is a five-time Wimbledon champion, has slipped all the way to the 30th seed.
The grass-court tournament is set to begin on Monday, June 23rd. Here is the complete list of seeds on both the men and women’s sides:
Men
1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
2. Rafael Nadal, Spain
3. Andy Murray, Britain
4. Roger Federer, Switzerland
5. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland
6. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic
7. David Ferrer, Spain
8. Milos Raonic, Canada
9. John Isner, United States
10. Kei Nishikori, Japan
11. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria
12. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia
13. Richard Gasquet, France
14.. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France
15. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland
16. Fabio Fognini, Italy
17. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia
18. Fernando Verdasco, Spain
19. Feliciano Lopez, Spain
20. Kevin Anderson, South Africa
21. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine,
22. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany
23. Tommy Robredo, Spain
24. Gael Monfils, France
25. Nicolas Almagro, Spain
26. Andreas Seppi, Italy
27. Marin Cilic, Croatia
28. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain
29. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain
30. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia
31. Marcel Ganollers, Spain,
32. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia
Women
1. Serena Williams, United States
2. Li Na, China
3. Simona Halep, Romania
4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland
5. Maria Sharapova, Russia
6. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
7. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia
8. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
9. Angeliq ue Kerber, Germany
10. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia
11. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
12. Flavia Pennetta, Italy
13. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada
14. Sara Errani, Italy
15. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain
16. Caroline Wozniaki, Denmark
17. Samantha Stosur, Australia
18. Sloane Stephens, United States
19. Sabine Lisicki, Germany
20. Andrea Petkovic Germany
21. Roberta Vinci, Italy
22. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia
23. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic
24. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium
25. Alize Coronet, France
26. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia
27. Garbine Muguruza, Spain
28. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia
29. Sorana Cirstea, Romania
30. Venus Williams, United States
31. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic
32. Elena Vesnina, Russia
