SEEDING FOR 2014 WIMBLEDON HAS A FEW SWITCHES & SUPRISES , DJOKOVIC , NADAL , MURRAY , FEDERER WAWRINKA

Written by: Staff on 18th June 2014

SEEDING FOR 2014 WIMBLEDON HAS A FEW SWITCHES & SUPRISES , DJOKOVIC , NADAL , MURRAY , FEDERER WAWRINKA

epa04258711 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer in action during the final match against Colombia's Alejandro Falla at the ATP tournament in Halle (Westphalia), Germany, 15 June 2014. Federer won the final in straight sets. EPA/OLIVER KRATO |

The seedings for the Wimbledon Championships have been announced and the All England Club’s unique seeding formula has dictated defending champion Andy Murray has been promoted from fifth place on the ATP World Tour rankings to the Championships’ no.3 seed.

Therefore home favorite Murray cannot meet Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer before the semi-finals. Last year’s runner up Djokovic overtakes world no.1 Nadal as top seed, with seven times winner Federer fourth.

Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka suffers because of Murray’s promotion, dropping to the no.5 spot despite his third ranking. He commented: “Wimbledon, they do what they want. For me it’s fine.

“I knew that with my past two years on grass I didn’t have any results, so for sure my ranking will drop a little bit for the seedings.

“At the end of the day, it doesn’t change much. You have to play well. You have to start the tournament well if you want to go far, and that’s simple.”

The biggest beneficiary of Wimbledon’s seedings formula is Feliciano Lopez who on Sunday was runner-up at the Aegon Championships at London’s Queen’s Club. The Spaniard moves from 25th on the ATP list to 19th seed at Wimbledon. Queen’s champion Dimitrov is seeded 11th.

Wimbledon is the only tournament in the world that chooses to differ from the world rankings when it comes to the order of men’s seeds. The formula takes a player’s ATP World Tour ranking, adds all points earned on grass in the previous 12 months and includes 75% of points earned from his best grass-court event in the preceding year. It does not apply for the women’s singles.

Men’s Singles

1. Novak Djokovic

2. Rafael Nadal

3. Andy Murray

4. Roger Federer

5. Stan Wawrinka

6. Tomas Berdych

7. David Ferrer

8. Milos Raonic

9. John Isner

10.Kei Nishikori

11.Grigor Dimitrov

12.Ernests Gulbis

13.Richard Gasquet

14.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

15.Jerzy Janowicz

16.Fabio Fognini

17.Mikhail Youzhny

18.Fernando Verdasco

19.Feliciano Lopez

20.Kevin Anderson

21. Alexandr Dolgopolov

22.Philipp Kohlschreiber

23.Tommy Robredo

24.Gael Monfils

25.Nicolas Almagro

26.Andreas Seppi

27.Marin Cilic

28.Roberto Bautista Agut

29.Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

30.Ivo Karlovic

31.Marcel Granollers

32.Dmitry Tursunov

Ladies’ Singles  

1. Serena Williams

2. Li Na

3. Simona Halep

4. Agnieszka Radwanska

5. Maria Sharapova

6. Petra Kvitova

7. Jelena Jankovic

8. Victoria Azarenka

9. Angelique Kerber

10.Dominika Cibulkova

11.Ana Ivanovic

12.Flavia Pennetta

13.Eugenie Bouchard

14.Sara Errani

15.Carla Suarez Navarro

16.Caroline Wozniacki

17.Samantha Stosur

18.Sloane Stephens

19.Sabine Lisicki

20.Andrea Petkovic

21.Roberta Vinci

22.Ekaterina Makarova

23.Lucie Safarova

24.Kirsten Flipkens

25.Alize Cornet

26.Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

27.Garbine Mugaruza

28.Svetlana Kuznetsova

29.Sorana Cirstea

30.Venus Williams

31.Klara Koukalova

32.Elena Vesnina

Topics: Andy Murray, Atp World Tour, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka, Tennis, Tennis News, Wimbledon, Wta

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June 18, 2014 at 8:27 am

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