World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka leads the women’s draw as Wimbledon gets underway, with reigning champion Iga Swiatek seeded third and in line to potentially face dangerous wildcard and seven-time champion Serena Williams as early as the third round.
On the men’s side, reigning champion Jannik Sinner returns as the top seed – with Carlos Alcaraz absent due to injury – and will face Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic as he begins his title defence.
Seventh seed Novak Djokovic is a possible semi-final opponent for the Italian and faces China’s Yibing Wu in an ideal start to his campaign – but the unseeded Jack Draper, now with Andy Murray in his corner, has been handed a nightmare opening round against sixth seed Taylor Fritz, who reached the semi-finals last year.
Of the British players Cameron Norrie is the only one to be seeded, after Emma Raducanu withdrew from Wimbledon on the eve of the tournament, confirming the injury “niggle” she had been managing since Queen’s had “developed into a stress fracture”.
Follow the top players’ progress with our seed tracker here:
Men’s seeds
- Jannik Sinner (ITA)
- Alexander Zverev (GER)
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
- Ben Shelton (USA)
- Alex de Minaur (AUS)
- Taylor Fritz (USA)
- Novak Djokovic (SRB)
- Daniil Medvedev
- Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
- Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
- Casper Ruud (NOR) ❌ – knocked out first round by Hubert Hurkacz 4-6 2-6 6-7(7)
- Andrey Rublev ❌ – knocked out first round by Roman Safiullin 4-6 7-6(6) 6-3 3-6 6-7(12)
- Jiri Lehecka (CZE)
- Luciano Darderi (ITA)
- Jakub Mensik (CZE)
- Learner Tien (USA)
- Frances Tiafoe (USA)
- Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
- Karen Khachanov
- Arthur Fils (FRA)
- Tommy Paul (USA)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
- Rafael Jodar (ESP)
- Joao Fonseca (BRA)
- Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)
- Cam Norrie (GBR) ❌ knocked out first round by Michael Zheng (Q) 6-7 6-2 6-7 6-3 7-6
- Ugo Humbert (FRA)
- Brandon Nakashima (USA)
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)
- Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
- Ignacio Buse (PER)
- Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
Women’s seeds
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
- Iga Swiatek (POL)
- Jessica Pegula (USA)
- Mirra Andreeva
- Amanda Anisimova (USA)
- Coco Gauff (USA)
- Elina Svitolina (UKR)
- Linda Noskova (CZE)
- Karolina Muchova (CZE)
- Belinda Bencic (SUI)
- Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
- Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
- Naomi Osaka (JPN)
- Diana Shnaider
- Iva Jovic (USA)
- Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Maja Chwalinska (POL) ❌ – knocked out first round by Mananchaya Sawangkaew 2-6 7-5 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
- Leylah Fernandez (CAN)
- Emma Navarro (USA)
- Clara Tauson (DEN)
- Elise Mertens (BEL)
- Madison Keys (USA)
- Anastasia Potapova
- Ann Li (USA) ❌ – knocked out first round by Zeynep Sonmez 5-7 6-1 4-6
- Alexandra Eala (PHI)
- Emma Raducanu (GBR) ❌ – withdrew due to injury
- Donna Vekic (CRO)
- Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
