Seeding Is Out for This Years Wimbledon Tourney

There were no big surprises when the All England Club announced the seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam, which begins Monday. 3, Svetlana Kuznetsova at No. 5 David Ferrer, No. 9 to win) is in the form of his life.

8 ahead of the American at No. 26. 2, former champion Maria Sharapova at No. 6 and two-time finalist Andy Roddick and No.

Wimbledon stuck closely to the world rankings, particularly among the women, in determining the seeding for the two-week tournament. Ivanovic looks at add to her French Open title. A steady slide down the rankings to 30th and a poor recent grand slam record (no semi finals in the last 10) does not disguise his skill on grass and battling qualities that get him through tight matches. 4 Nikolay Davydenko, No.

The Cypriot player reached the semifinals in 2006 and the quarters last year. 1. 10—15 spots above his world ranking. Mario Ancic (75) is one player who relishes the short grass season.

He had no answer to Nadal's power in Paris but reached last year's Wimbledon semi final, when injury curtailed his challenge when tied 1-1 in sets with the Spaniard. The draw for the tournament will be held Friday. He appears to be unbeatable, having taken his grass winning streak to 55 matches with a first round win in Halle, but his semi final defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Australian open and his mauling at the hands of Nadal in the French open final suggests his aura of invinciblity is broken. A wrist injury forced him out of last year's tournament and his all-round game should see him reach the last eight at least.

Federer is followed by No. Rafael Nadal (4. Big-serving Andy Roddick (26) possesses the perfect game for grass and was unlucky to run into a peak form Federer in the 2004 and 2005 finals. 3) deserves his place in the game's triangle of stars after breaking Federer's hard court dominance at Melbourne.

Five-time champion Roger Federer and top-ranked Ana Ivanovic were seeded No. He made his grand slam breakthrough by reaching the French semi finals and I pick him as a future Wimbledon winner, although this year might prove a little too early. Federer is aiming for his sixth straight Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship. The list is headed by Ivanovic, who won the French Open for her first Grand Slam title and took over as No.

5, two-time winner Serena Williams at No. I have previously written about Rafael Nadal's infallibility on clay, but I am not about to make the same statement about Roger Federer and grass. Richard Gasquet and James Blake swap spots, with the Frenchman at No. 4, Elena Dementieva at No.

My outside bet will be Gael Monfils (260). Among the women, Wimbledon kept to the rankings all the way through the first 20 seeded players. Next is No. The biggest change involves Marcos Baghdatis, who is seeded at No.