THE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012
Djokovic Named Wimbledon Top Seed
Wimbledon, England
by ATP Staff
|20.06.2012
© AFP/Getty ImagesNovak Djokovic is the defending champion at Wimbledon. He has a 5-3 record in major finals.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic has been named top seed at The Championships, Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 titlist, six-time former winner Roger Federer and British favourite Andy Murray complete the top four seeds.
Five-time major champion Djokovic won this year's Australian Open (d. Nadal) and finished runner-up to Nadal at Roland Garros. Nadal has won 11 major titles. Federer, who holds a record 16 Grand Slam championship trophies, will be attempting to lift his first major title since the 2010 Australian Open. Murray is bidding to become the first British major champion since Fred Perry in 1936.
Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, the recent Roland Garros champions, have been named top seeds in the doubles competition. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, the 2006 and 2001 titlists are second seeds. Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek, who won their first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open (d. Bryans) in January, are fourth seeds.
SINGLES SEEDS
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
3. Roger Federer (SUI)
4. Andy Murray (GBR)
5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
6. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
7. David Ferrer (ESP)
8. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
9. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
10. Mardy Fish (USA)
11. John Isner (USA)
12. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
13. Gilles Simon (FRA)
14. Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
15. Juan Monaco (ARG)
16. Marin Cilic (CRO)
17. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
18. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
19. Kei Nishikori (JAP)
20. Bernard Tomic (AUS)
21. Milos Raonic (CAN)
22. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
23. Andreas Seppi (ITA)
24. Marcel Granollers (ESP)
25. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
26. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
27. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
28. Radek Stepanek (CZE)
29. Julien Benneteau (FRA)
30. Andy Roddick (USA)
31. Florian Mayer (GER)
32. Kevin Anderson (RSA)
DOUBLES SEEDS
1. Max Mirnyi (BLR) & Daniel Nestor (CAN)
2. Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA)
3. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) & Marcin Matkowski (POL)
4. Leander Paes (IND) & Radek Stepanek (CZE)
5. Robert Lindstedt (SWE) & Horia Tecau (ROU)
6. Alexander Peya (AUT) & Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
7. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) & Rohan Bopanna (IND)
8. Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) & Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
9. Marcel Granollers (ESP) & Marc Lopez (ESP)
10. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) & Philipp Petzschner (GER)
11. Frantisek Cermak (CZE) & Filip POLASEK (SVK)
12. Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) & Christopher Kas (GER)
13. Colin Fleming (GBR) & Ross Hutchins (GBR)
14. Eric Butorac (USA) & Jamie Murray (GBR)
15. Ivan Dodig (CRO) & Marcelo Melo (BRA)
16. Andre Sa (BRA) & Bruno Soares (BRA)
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