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Federer tops Wimbledon seedings

The seedings for the All-England Championships have been announced
The seedings for the All-England Championships have been announced

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Defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer has been named as the tournaments number one seed in the men's singles with French Open champion Justine Henin heading the women's.

The men's seedings are based on the current world rankings, but are slightly adjusted to take into account grass-court performances in the last two years.

French Open champion and last year's beaten finalist, Rafael Nadal, is seeded second, ahead of Artois Championships winner Andy Roddick.

World number four Nikolay Davydenko is seeded sixth with Novak Djokovic and Fernando Gonzalez moving above him in the list.

The seeds in the women's singles are almost identical to the world rankings, but former champion Venus Williams moves up from 31st in the world to number 24 seed and world number 19 Vera Zvonareva is ruled out with a wrist injury.

Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo is seeded fourth, behind former winner Maria Sharapova and Serbia's Jelena Jankovic.

Meanwhile, home favourite Andy Murray has been seeded eighth despite his participation at the All England Club remaining in doubt.

Murray has not played since suffering a wrist injury in the Hamburg Masters last month, and has yet to confirm if he will be fit to play when the third grand slam of the year starts next Monday.

Men's singles seeds:
1 Roger Federer (Swi)
2 Rafael Nadal (Spa)
3 Andy Roddick (US)
4 Novak Djokovic (Ser)
5 Fernando Gonzalez (Chi)
6 Nikolay Davydenko (Rus)
7 Tomas Berdych (Cze)
8 Andy Murray (GB)
9 James Blake (US)
10 Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp)
11 Tommy Robredo (Spa)
12 Richard Gasquet (Fra)
13 Tommy Haas (Ger)
14 Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
15 Ivan Ljubicic (Cro)
16 Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
17 David Ferrer (Spa)
18 Mario Ancic (Cro)
19 Jarkko Nieminen (Fin)
20 Jonas Bjorkman (Swe)
21 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa)
22 Dmitry Tursunov (Rus)
23 Guillermo Canas (Arg)
24 David Nalbandian (Arg)
25 Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg)
26 Carlos Moya (Spa)
27 Marat Safin (Rus)
28 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger)
29 Robin Soderling (Swe)
30 Agustin Calleri (Arg)
31 Filippo Volandri (Ita)
32 Juan Monaco (Arg)

Women's singles seeds:
1 Justine Henin (Bel)
2 Maria Sharpaova (Rus)
3 Jelena Jankovic (Ser)
4 Amelie Mauresmo (Fra)
5 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)
6 Ana Ivanovic (Ser)
7 Serena Williams (US)
8 Anna Chakvetadze (Rus)
9 Martina Hingis (Swi)
10 Daniela Hantuchova (Svk)
11 Nadia Petrova (Rus)
12 Elena Dementieva (Rus)
13 Dinara Safina (Rus)
14 Nicole Vaidisova (Cze)
15 Patty Schnyder (Swi)
16 Shahar Peer (Isr)
17 Tatiana Golovin (Fra)
18 Li Na (Chn)
19 Marion Bartoli (Fra)
20 Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)
21 Sybille Bammer (Aut)
22 Tathiana Garbin (Ita)
23 Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa)
24 Venus Williams (US)
25 Alona Bondarenko (Ukr)
26 Lucie Safarova (Cze)
27 Ai Sugiyama (Jpn)
28 Samantha Stosur (Aus)
29 Mara Santangelo (Ita)
30 Francesca Schiavone (Ita)
31 Olga Poutchkova (Rus)
32 Michaella Krajicek (Ned)

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