Djokovic, Swiatek named top seeds for Wimbledon; Serena, Murray, Kyrgios among unseeded players

With the All England Club sticking to the world rankings for the seedings, there will be plenty of excitement at Friday’s draw with Serena. Murray and Kyrgios being the most dangerous floaters

Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon 2021 and Iga Swiatek at Roland Garros 2022 Image Credit: Antoine Couvercelle / Panoramic; Federico Pestellini / Panoramic

Haresh Ramchandani

June 21, 2022

Men’s world No 3 Novak Djokovic and women’s world No 1 Iga Swiatek were named the top seeds for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships which begin in London next week as organizers went by the world rankings for the seedings.

With world No 1 Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, being banned and world No 2 Alexander Zverev out of action after a recent surgery, Djokovic moves into the top seed position, followed by Rafael Nadal, who will be gunning for the third leg of the calendar Grand Slam after winning the Australian Open and Roland-Garros.

Norway’s Casper Ruud is seeded third, followed by Stefanos Tsitsipas at No 4 and Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz at No 5. Queen’s Club champion Hubert Hurkacz is seeded seventh, followed by Matteo Berrettini, winner of back-to-back grass court titles in Stuttgart and Halle, at No 8.

Cameron Norrie is the highest seeded British player in the men’s draw at No 9, followed by Dan Evans at No 29. Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray missed out on a seeding and will be among the most dangerous floaters in the men’s draw along with Australia’s Nick Kyrgios.

Men’s seeds for Wimbledon 2022

Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal
Casper Ruud
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Carlos Alcaraz
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Hubert Hurkacz
Matteo Berrettini
Cameron Norrie
Jannik Sinner
Taylor Fritz
Diego Schwartzman
Denis Shapovalov
Marin Cilic
Reilly Opelka
Pablo Carreno Busta
Roberto Basutista Agut
Grigor Dimitrov
Gael Monfils
Alex De Minaur
John Isner
Botic Van de Zandschulp
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Frances Tiafoe
Holger Rune
Miomir Kecmanovic
Filip Krajinovic
Lorenzo Sonego
Dan Evans
Jenson Brooksby
Tommy Paul
Sebastian Baez

Swiatek top seed but no one wants to face Serena in Wimbledon first round

On the women’s side, top-ranked Iga Swiatek, who has won her last 35 matches in a row, is the top seed, followed by Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit at No 2, Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur at No 3 and Spain’s Paula Badosa at No 4.

5 of the top 32 ranked players on the women’s side are unable to play at WImbledon this year on account of the ban on Russian and Belarusian players, the most prominent of them include world No 6 Aryna Sabalenka and two-time Major champion Victoria Azarenka.

2021 Wimbledon runner-up Karolina Pliskova comes in at No 6 while local favourite and US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who reached the fourthr ound here last year, is seeded 10th.

Former Wimbledon champions Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep are seeded 16th and 17th respectively while two-time former winner Petra Kvitova is at No 26. Seven-time champion Serena Williams, who took a wild card to enter the tournament, is unseeded and will be the player that most of the seeds will be hoping to avoid in the early rounds.

Williams makes her return to the tour at Eastbourne today, playing doubles only with Jabeur, in what will be her first match since Wimbledon in 2021.

Women’s seeds at Wimbledon 2022