Wimbledon Seedings: Roddick Gets Seeded As Monfils Withdraws; Djokovic, Sharapova Named No. 1s
Andy Roddick avoided going unseeded for the first time at a Grand Slam in over a decade. Roddick, ranked No. 33 this week, earned a Wimbledon seeding reserved for the Top 32 ranked players when World No. 15 Gael Monfils withdrew from the tournament due to a right knee injury.
Roddick, a 3-time Wimbledon finalist, will be seeded No. 30. Yesterday, the 29-year-old ended a 6-match losing streak when Sam Querrey retired with a back injury at Eastbourne. Roddick plays Jeremy Chardy later today.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic is the top seed for the men. Former champion Maria Sharapova was named to the similar spot for the women.
Among the movements from the ATP Rankings, Roddick (+3), Fish (+2), Cilic (+2), Berdych (+1), Lopez (+3), Tomic (+7), Seppi (+3), Youzhny (+6), Anderson (-2), Mayer (-3), Stepanek (-3).
Roddick and the other players seeded from 25-32 will be slotted to meet a Top 8 player in the third round.
The women’s seedings went according to the current rankings. Former champion Venus Williams and past No. 1 Kim Clijsters are unseeded.
Wimbledon uses the following formula to seed the men:
The seeds are the top 32 players on the ATP Entry System Position (ESP), BUT then rearranged on a surface-based system. Since 2002 a seeding committee has not been required for the Gentlemen’s Singles following an agreement made with the ATP. The seeding order is determined using an objective and transparent system to reflect more accurately an individual player’s grass court achievements: The formula is:
· Take ESP points at 18 June 2012
· Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
· Add 75% points earned for the best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.
The draw will be released on Friday. Djokovic debuts on Monday, Nadal on Tuesday.
MEN’S SEEDS: [current rank]
1. Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [1]
2. Rafael NADAL (ESP) [2]
3. Roger FEDERER (SUI) [3]
4. Andy MURRAY (GBR) [4]
5. Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) [5]
6. Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [7]
7. David FERRER (ESP) [6]
8. Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) [8]
9. Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [9]
10. Mardy FISH (USA) [12]
11. John ISNER (USA) [10]
12. Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) [12]
13. Gilles SIMON (FRA) [13]
14. Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) [17]
15. Juan MONACO (ARG) [14]
16. Marin CILIC (CRO) [18]
17. Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [16]
18. Richard GASQUET (FRA) [19]
19. Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [20]
20. Bernard TOMIC (AUS) [27]
21. Milos RAONIC (CAN) [22]
22. Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV (UKR) [21]
23. Andreas SEPPI (ITA) [26]
24. Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) [23]
25. Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) [24]
26. Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) [32]
27. Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) [29]
28. Radek STEPANEK (CZE) [25]
29. Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) [31]
30. Andy RODDICK (USA) [33]
31. Florian MAYER (GER) [28]
32. Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [30]
WOMEN’S SEEDS:
1. Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) [1]
2. Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) [2]
3. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) [3]
4. Petra KVITOVA (CZE) [4]
5. Samantha STOSUR (AUS) [5]
6. Serena WILLIAMS (USA) [6]
7. Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [7]
8. Angelique KERBER (GER) [8]
9. Marion BARTOLI (FRA) [9]
10. Sara ERRANI (ITA) [10]
11. Na LI (CHN) [11]
12. Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS) [12]
13. Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK) [13]
14. Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) [14]
15. Sabine LISICKI (GER) [15]
16. Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) [16]
17. Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) [17]
18. Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) [18]
19. Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE) [19]
20. Nadia PETROVA (RUS) [20]
21. Roberta VINCI (ITA) [21]
22. Julia GOERGES (GER) [22]
23. Petra CETKOVSKA (CZE) [23]
24. Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) [24]
25. Jie ZHENG (CHN) [25]
26. Anabel MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP) [26]
27. Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) [27]
28. Christina MCHALE (USA) [28]
29. Monica NICULESCU (ROU) [29]
30. Shuai PENG (CHN) [30]
31. Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) [31]
32. Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [32]
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