Wimbledon Seedings: Federer Gets No Bump, Williams Sisters Rise
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The All England Club released their Wimbledon seedings this morning for the men and women’s tournaments. For the most part, there’s little controversy.
In the men’s seedings the Top 5 ranked players stayed the same. Despite a Wimbledon title two years ago (of which 75% of the points count toward 2011 seedings), Roger Federer was unable to make up the ground needed to pass Novak Djokovic for the No. 2 seed.
Nadal is 1, Djokovic 2, Federer 3, Murray 4 and Soderling is No. 5. Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra improved their positions to No. 12 and 19, respectively.
Nadal and Federer, who just played in Paris, could now meet in the Wimbledon semifinals.
For the women, the return of the Williams sisters slightly shifted the seedings. After the withdrawal of No. 2 seed Kim Clijsters, Serena was placed at No. 7 and Venus at No. 23 (each moved up one after Clijsters w/d). The seedings ensures Serena will avoid a top seed until the quarterfinals while Venus won’t meet a Top 8 player until the fourth round.
Clijsters withdrawal also moved 2010 Wimbledon semifinalist Tsvetana Pironkova into the No. 32 seeded position.
Caroline Wozniacki is seeded No. 1 following by Vera Zvonareva, Li Na, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova.
The Wimbledon Committee uses a formula to determine the men’s seedings. The women’s are subject to their opinions.
The 2011 Wimbledon men’s and women’s draw will be released on Friday. The tournament begins Monday with defending champion Rafael Nadal playing at 1pm local time.
Gentlemen’s Singles
1 Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1]
2 Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [2]
3 Roger FEDERER (SUI) [3]
4 Andy MURRAY (GBR) [4]
5 Robin SODERLING (SWE) [5]
6 Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [6]
7 David FERRER (ESP) [7]
8 Andy RODDICK (USA) [8]
9 Gael MONFILS (FRA) [9]
10 Mardy FISH (USA) [10]
11 Jurgen MELZER (AUT) [11]
12 Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) [12]
13 Viktor TROICKI (SRB) [13]
14 Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) [14]
15 Gilles SIMON (FRA) [15]
16 Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) [16]
17 Richard GASQUET (FRA) [17]
18 Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) [18]
19 Michael LLODRA (FRA) [19]
20 Florian MAYER (GER) [20]
21 Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [21]
22 Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV (UKR) [22]
23 Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) [23]
24 Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [24]
25 Juan Ignacio CHELA (ARG) [25]
26 Guillermo GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP) [26]
27 Marin CILIC (CRO) [27]
28 David NALBANDIAN (ARG) [28]
29 Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) [29]
30 Thomaz BELLUCCI (BRA) [30]
31 Milos RAONIC (CAN) [31]
32 Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP) [32]
Ladies’ Singles
1 Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1]
2. Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) [2]
3. Na LI (CHN) [3]
4. Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) [4]
5. Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [5]
6. Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) [6]
7. Serena WILLIAMS (USA) [7]
8. Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [8]
9. Marion BARTOLI (FRA) [9]
10. Samantha STOSUR (AUS) [10]
11. Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) [11]
12. Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [12]
13. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [13]
14. Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [14]
15. Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) [15]
16. Julia GOERGES (GER) [16]
17. Kaia KANEPI (EST) [17]
18. Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [18]
19. Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) [19]
20. Shuai PENG (CHN) [20]
21. Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) [21]
22. Shahar PEER (ISR) [22]
23. Venus WILLIAMS (USA) [23]
24. Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [24]
25. Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) [25]
26. Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) [26]
27. Jarmila GAJDOSOVA (AUS) [27]
28. Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) [28]
29. Roberta VINCI (ITA) [29]
30. Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) [30]
31. Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [31]
32. Tsvetana PIRONKOVA (BUL) [32]
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