Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with the trophy after winning against Australia’s Alex de Minaur at the end of their men’s singles final match at the Cinch ATP tennis Championships at Queen’s Club in west London on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
Wimbledon has announced the 32 seeds for the men’s and women’s singles ahead of the main tournament draw later this week.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with the trophy after winning against Australia’s Alex de Minaur at the end of their men’s singles final match at the Cinch ATP tennis Championships at Queen’s Club in west London on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
Wimbledon has announced the 32 seeds for the men’s and women’s singles ahead of the main tournament draw later this week.
Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed on the men’s side after he regained the world No 1 ranking earlier this week.
Meanwhile the top women’s seed is Iga Swiatek thanks to her long reign as WTA World No 1.
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Since 1927 only two unseeded players have won singles titles at Wimbledon – Boris Becker in 1985 and Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
No unseeded player has won the Ladies’ Singles although four players have reached the final whilst not being seeded only to lose the championship match.
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Between 2002 and 2019, seeding for the Men’s Singles was determined by a surface-based formula, which reflected more accurately an individual player’s grass court achievements in the two years immediately before the date used for seeding.
After The Championships 2019, it was decided that the seeding formula had served its time and Wimbledon moved into step with the other Grand Slams.