The Hindu : Sport / Tennis : Federer is the top seed

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Jun 16, 2005

Sport

Sport - Tennis

Federer is the top seed

P. Subramanyam

LONDON: : Roger Federer has been seeded top, with Andy Roddick second ahead of Lleyton Hewitt and French Open winner, Rafael Nadal at the Wimbledon Championship which begins on Monday.

Hewitt, the 2002 champion, is world-ranked second but the All England Club has given the second seeding to Roddick, last year's beaten finalist and a three-times champion on grass at Queen's.

As widely expected, Tim Henman has been made sixth seed.

Lindsay Davenport is the top seed in the women's draw, ahead of last year's winner, Maria Sharapova.

The seedings:

Men's singles:

1. Roger Federer (Sui), 2. Andy Roddick (U.S.A.), 3. Lleyton Hewitt (Aus), 4. Rafael Nadal (Esp), 5. Marat Safin (Rus), 6. Tim Henman (G.Br), 7. Guillermo Canas (Arg), 8. Nikolay Davydenko (Rus), 9. Sebastien Grosjean (Fra), 10. Mario Ancic (Cro), 11. Joachim Johansson (Swe), 12. Thomas Johansson (Swe), 13. Tommy Robredo (Esp), 14. Radek Stepanek (Cze), 15. Guillermo Coria (Arg), 16. Mariano Puerta (Arg), 17. David Ferrer (Esp), 18. David Nalbandian (Arg), 19. Tommy Haas (Ger), 20. Ivan Ljubicic (Cro), 21. Fernando Gonzalez (Chi), 22. Dominik Hrbaty (Svk), 23. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp), 24. Taylor Dent (U.S.A.), 25. Nicolas Kiefer (Ger), 26. Feliciano Lopez (Esp), 27. Richard Gasquet (Fra), 28. Jiri Novak (Cze), 29. Nicolas Massu (Chi), 30. Robin Soderling (Swe), 31. Mikhail Youzhny (Rus), 32. Filippo Volandri (Ita).

Women's singles:

1. Lindsay Davenport (U.S.A.), 2. Maria Sharapova (Rus), 3. Amelie Mauresmo (Fra), 4. Serena Williams (U.S.A.), 5. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus), 6. Elena Dementieva (Rus), 7. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel), 8. Nadia Petrova (Rus), 9. Anastasia Myskina (Rus), 10. Patty Schnyder (Sui), 11. Vera Zvonareva (Rus), 12. Mary Pierce (Fra), 13. Elena Likhovtseva (Rus), 14. Venus Williams (U.S.A.), 15. Kim Clijsters (Bel), 16. Nathalie Dechy (Fra), 17. Jelena Jankovic (SEM), 18. Tatiana Golovin (Fra), 19. Ana Ivanovic (SEM), 20. Daniela Hantuchova (Svk), 21. Francesca Schiavone (Ita), 22. Silvia Farina-Elia (Ita), 23. Ai Sugiyama (Jpn), 24. Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn), 25. Karolina Sprem (Cro), 26. Flavia Pennetta (Ita), 27. Nicole Vaidisova (Cze), 28. Amy Frazier (U.S.A.), 29. Marion Bartoli (Fra), 30. Dinara Safina (Rus), 31. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp), 32. Virginie Razzano (Fra).

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Sport