Wimbledon 2018 Seeds Announced
Wimbledon 2018 Seeds Announced
Seeds announced for the grass-court major
The All England Lawn Tennis Club committee has announced the 32 singles seeds and 16 doubles seeds for The Championships at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday, 2 July.
Eight-time champion Roger Federer, 2008 and 2010 titlist Rafael Nadal and last year’s runner-up Marin Cilic are among the top singles seeds. Novak Djokovic, the 2011, 2014-15 winner, who is currently No. 17 in the ATP Rankings will be the 12th seed.
Since 2002, The Championships has employed a unique seeding system, where they take into account previous results over a two-year period on grass courts.
• Take the ATP Ranking points on 25 June 2018
• Add 100 per cent of the points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
• Add 75 per cent of the points earned for the best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that
The singles main draw ceremony takes place on Friday.
Singles Seeds [ATP Ranking]
1. Roger Federer (SUI) [2]
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1]
3. Marin Cilic (CRO) [5]
4. Alexander Zverev (GER) [3]
5. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) [4]
6. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [6]
7. Dominic Thiem (AUT) [7]
8. Kevin Anderson (RSA) [8]
9. John Isner (USA) [10]
10. David Goffin (BEL) [9]
11. Sam Querrey (USA) [13]
12. Novak Djokovic (SRB) [17]
13. Milos Raonic (CAN) [32]
14. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [14]
15. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) [11]
16. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [19]
17. Borna Coric (CRO) [21]
18. Lucas Pouille (FRA) [20]
19. Jack Sock (USA) [15]
20. Fabio Fognini (ITA) [16]
21. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) [12]
22. Kyle Edmund (GBR) [18]
23. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) [24]
24. Richard Gasquet (FRA) [29]
25. Kei Nishikori (JPN) [27]
26. Hyeon Chung (KOR) [22]
27. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [25]
28. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) [26]
29. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) [30]
30. Filip Krajinovic (SRB) [28]
31. Marco Cecchinato (ITA) [31]
32. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [33]
Doubles Seeds
1. Oliver Marach (AUT) & Mate Pavic (CRO)
2. Lukasz Kubot (POL) & Marcelo Melo (BRA)
3. Henri Kontinen (FIN) & John Peers (AUS)
4. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) & Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
5. Jamie Murray (GBR) & Bruno Soares (BRA)
6. Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) & Robert Farah (COL)
7. Mike Bryan (USA) & Jack Sock (USA)
8. Nikola Mektic (CRO) & Alexander Peya (AUT)
9. Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) & Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
10. Ivan Dodig (CRO) & Rajeev Ram (USA)
11. Pablo Cuevas (URU) & Marcel Granollers (ESP)
12. Rohan Bopanna (IND) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
13. Raven Klaasen (RSA) & Michael Venus (NZL)
14. Ben Mclachlan (JPN) & Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
15. Dominic Inglot (GBR) & Franko Skugor (CRO)
16. Max Mirnyi (BLR) & Philipp Oswald (AUT)