Despite defeat in the recent French Open final at Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic is the number one seed for Wimbledon, which begins on Monday. Rafael Nadal, who defeated the Serbian player on the Parisian clay, is placed as second favourite for the tournament.
Defending champion Andy Murray is given the third seed place by the Wimbledon committee, who use a weighted system for their ranking based on performance on grass as well as world ranking points.
The 27-year-old Scot returns to the All England Club having become a first British winner since 1936 when he beat Novak Djokovic.
Roger Federer, who will be out to claim an eighth singles title at SW19, is seeded fourth.
The women’s seedings directly follow world rankings and so American Serena Williams, the five-time Wimbledon champion, is number one. China’s Li Na is second, with new comer Simona Halep of Romainia third and Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska fourth.
Thre 2014 French Open winner Maria Sharapova, champion at Wimbledon 10 years ago as a teenager, is seeded five.
Murray continued his return from back surgery with a run to the semi-finals of the French Open, where he was comprehensively beaten by Nadal.
The Spaniard will again be in the same half of the Wimbledon draw, which takes place on Friday, as the British number one should they both progress to the latter stages.
Murray, now working with former women’s number one Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach, was unable to defend his title at Queen’s last week, losing to Radek Stepanek in the third round.
Former Wimbledon runner-up Mark Philippoussis, meanwhile, feels the man who beat him in the 2003 final on Centre Court should not underestimated as Federer aims to eclipse Pete Sampras’ post-open-era record of singles’ titles.
“I am feeling Federer for Wimbledon this year,” said Philippoussis
“I believe he has one more Grand Slam in him, and his best chance is at Wimbledon. “Working with (new coach) Stefan Edberg leading up to this, Roger has been more attacking and if plays again like (when making the semi-finals) at the Australian Open, then I am calling him to win this one.”
Seeding: Men
DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) [1]
NADAL, Rafael (ESP) [2]
MURRAY, Andy (GBR) [3]
FEDERER, Roger (SUI) [4]
WAWRINKA, Stan (SUI) [5]
BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE) [6]
FERRER, David (ESP) [7]
RAONIC, Milos (CAN) [8]
ISNER, John (USA) [9]
NISHIKORI, Kei (JPN) [10]
DIMITROV, Grigor (BUL) [11]
GULBIS, Ernests (LAT) [12]
GASQUET, Richard (FRA) [13]
TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) [14]
JANOWICZ, Jerzy (POL) [15]
FOGNINI, Fabio (ITA) [16]
YOUZHNY, Mikhail (RUS) [17]
VERDASCO, Fernando (ESP) [18]
LOPEZ, Feliciano (ESP) [19]
ANDERSON, Kevin (RSA) [20]
DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr (UKR) [21]
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp (GER) [22]
ROBREDO, Tommy (ESP) [23]
MONFILS, Gael (FRA) [24]
ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP) [25]
SEPPI, Andreas (ITA) [26]
CILIC, Marin (CRO) [27]
BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto (ESP) [28]
GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo (ESP) [29]
KARLOVIC, Ivo (CRO) [30]
GRANOLLERS, Marcel (ESP) [31]
TURSUNOV, Dmitry (RUS) [32]
Seeding: Women
WILLIAMS, Serena (USA) [1]
LI, Na (CHN) [2]
HALEP, Simona (ROU) [3]
RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL) [4]
SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS) [5]
KVITOVA, Petra (CZE) [6]
JANKOVIC, Jelena (SRB) [7]
AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) [8]
KERBER, Angelique (GER) [9]
CIBULKOVA, Dominika (SVK) [10]
IVANOVIC, Ana (SRB) [11]
PENNETTA, Flavia (ITA) [12]
BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) [13]
ERRANI, Sara (ITA) [14]
SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla (ESP) [15]
WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) [16]
STOSUR, Samantha (AUS) [17]
STEPHENS, Sloane (USA) [18]
LISICKI, Sabine (GER) [19]
PETKOVIC, Andrea (GER) [20]
VINCI, Roberta (ITA) [21]
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina (RUS) [22]
SAFAROVA, Lucie (CZE) [23]
FLIPKENS, Kirsten (BEL) [24]
CORNET, Alize (FRA) [25]
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia (RUS) [26]
MUGURUZA, Garbine (ESP) [27]
KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana (RUS) [28]
CIRSTEA, Sorana (ROU) [29]
WILLIAMS, Venus (USA) [30]
KOUKALOVA, Klara (CZE) [31]
VESNINA, Elena (RUS) [32]
