Wimbledon seedings released

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams head the seedings lists for the men’s and women’s singles at this year’s Wimbledon championships.

The defending champions top lists that depart little from the international rankings, save for a few alterations to the men’s seeds.

Using a special formula rewarding strong grasscourt results in the past two years, the All England Club has seeded players including Richard Gasquet, Marin Cilic, Nick Kyrgios, Gilles Simon, Kevin Anderson and Ivo Karlovic higher than their world ranking.

The full seedings lists for the men’s and women’s events are as follows:

MEN
1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
2 Andy Murray (Britain)
3 Roger Federer (Switzerland)
4 Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
5 Kei Nishikori (Japan)
6 Milos Raonic (Canada)
7 Richard Gasquet (France)
8 Dominic Thiem (Austria)
9 Marin Cilic (Croatia)
10 Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
11 David Goffin (Belgium)
12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)
13 David Ferrer (Spain)
14 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain)
15 Nick Kyrgios (Australia)
16 Gilles Simon (France)
17 Gael Monfils (France)
18 John Isner (U.S.)
19 Bernard Tomic (Australia)
20 Kevin Anderson (South Africa)
21 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany)
22 Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
23 Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)
24 Alexander Zverev (Germany)
25 Viktor Troicki (Serbia)
26 Benoit Paire (France)
27 Jack Sock (U.S.)
28 Sam Querrey (U.S.)
29 Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay)
30 Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine)
31 Joao Sousa (Portugal)
32 Lucas Pouille (France)

WOMEN
1 Serena Williams (U.S.)
2 Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
3 Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
4 Angelique Kerber (Germany)
5 Simona Halep (Romania)
6 Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
7 Roberta Vinci (Italy)
8 Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
9 Venus Williams (U.S.)
10 Madison Keys (U.S.)
11 Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
12 Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland)
13 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain)
14 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
15 Samantha Stosur (Australia)
16 Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)
17 Johanna Konta (Britain)
18 Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
19 Sloane Stephens (U.S.)
20 Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)
21 Sara Errani (Italy)
22 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia)
23 Jankovic Jelena (Serbia)
24 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
25 Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic)
26 Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania)
27 Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)
28 Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.)
29 Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)
30 Daria Kasatkina (Russia)
31 Caroline Garcia (France)
32 Kristina Mladenovic (France)