The seedings for 2015 Wimbledon are out and there are no major surprises in both men’s and women’s sections of the draw.
2014 champion Novak Djokovic is the top seed followed by last year’s runner-up Roger Federer. 2-time Grand champion and local favorite Andy Murray is seeded third ahead of newly crowned French Open champion Stan Wawrinka.
Nadal could face one of the top four as early as the fourth round depending on the draw which is out on Friday. Murray will have either Federer or Djokovic in his half of the draw.
Here are the Top 16 seeds on the men’s side:
Player | Seeding |
Novak Djokovic | 1 |
Roger Federer | 2 |
Andy Murray | 3 |
Stan Wawrinka | 4 |
Kei Nishikori | 5 |
Tomas Berdych | 6 |
Milos Raonic | 7 |
David Ferrer | 8 |
Marin Cilic | 9 |
Rafael Nadal | 10 |
Grigor Dimitrov | 11 |
Gilles Simon | 12 |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 13 |
Kevin Anderson | 14 |
Feliciano Lopez | 15 |
David Goffin | 16 |
Serena Williams, who is looking for her 21st Grand Slam win and her fourth on the bounce is seeded first. 2014 champion Petra Kvitova is seeded second ahead of Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki.
Interestingly,the top four seeds haven’t played any preparatory tournament prior to Wimbledon.
Here are the Top 16 seeds on the women’s side:
Player | Seeding |
Serena Williams | 1 |
Petra Kvitova | 2 |
Simona Halep | 3 |
Maria Sharapova | 4 |
Caroline Wozniacki | 5 |
Lucie Safarova | 6 |
Ana Ivanovic | 7 |
Ekaterina Makarova | 8 |
Carla Suarez Navarro | 9 |
Angelique Kerber | 10 |
Karolina Pliskova | 11 |
Eugenie Bouchard | 12 |
Agnieszka Radwanska | 13 |
Andrea Petkovic | 14 |
Timea Bacsinzky | 15 |
Venus Williams | 16 |
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