1 Roger FEDERER (SUI) [2]
2 Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1]
3 Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [3]
4 Andy MURRAY (GBR) [4]
5 Andy RODDICK (USA) [7]
6 Robin SODERLING (SWE) [6]
7 Nikolay DAVYDENKO (RUS) [5]
8 Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [9]
9 David FERRER (ESP) [11]
10 Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) [10]
11 Marin CILIC (CRO) [12]
12 Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [13]
13 Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) [14]
14 Juan Carlos FERRERO (ESP) [17]
15 Lleyton HEWITT (AUS) [26]
16 Jurgen MELZER (AUT) [16]
17 Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO) [15]
18 Sam QUERREY (USA) [21]
19 Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) [18]
20 Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) [23]
21 Gael MONFILS (FRA) [20]
22 Radek STEPANEK (CZE) [25]
23 Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) [30]
24 John ISNER (USA) [19]
25 Ivo KARLOVIC (CRO) [33]
26 Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP) [27]
27 Thomaz BELLUCCI (BRA) [24]
28 Gilles SIMON (FRA) [32]
29 Ernests GULBIS (LAT) [29]
30 Albert MONTANES (ESP) [31]
31 Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) [35]
32 Tommy ROBREDO (ESP) [36]
Seeds that were bumped up: FEDERER (2 to 1), RODDICK (7 to 5), VERDASCO (9 to 8), FERRER (11 to 9), CILIC (12 to 11), BERDYCH (13 to 12), YOUZHNY (14 to 13), FERRERO (17 to 14), HEWITT (26 to 15), QUERREY (21 to 18), WAWRINKA (23 to 20), STEPANEK (25 to 22), LOPEZ (30 to 23), KARLOVIC (33 to 25), BAGHDATIS (27 to 26), SIMON (32 to 28), MONTANES(31 to 30), KOHLSCHREIBER (35 to 31), ROBREDO (36 to 32)
The biggest mover was Lleyton Hewitt. The Wimbledon committee seems to use two criteria: performance in Queen’s and Halle plus performances in past Wimbledons. Since Hewitt won Queen’s and reached the quarter’s of Wimbledon last year, he is rewarded with a bump of +9. Querrey got a small bump too. Although Karlovic and Stepanek haven’t played lately, both got bumped up as well.
Seeds that were bumped down: NADAL (1 to 2), DAVYDENKO (5 to 7), LJUBICIC (15 to 17), ALMAGRO (18 to 19), MONFILS (20 to 21), ISNER (19 to 24), BELLUCCI (24 to 27),
Interestingly, Isner was bumped down. He hasn’t done well at Wimbledon, but it didn’t help that he chose not to play any grass tuneups (due to injury, I believe). Although Nadal was bumped to 2, in the big scheme of things, it doesn’t matter that much except possibly scheduling.
Juan Martin del Potro at 8 is not playing. Fernando Gonzalez at 22 is probably not playing. Juan Monaco at 28 is not seeded. Tommy Haas is 34 but is injured so that put players ranked at 35 and 36 with seeds. Given Haas’s performance last year, he would likely have been given a seed if he were playing. Haas is defending semifinal points so his ranking will go down after Wimbledon.
Isner and Bellucci were given the biggest bumps down, though seeded players generally aren’t bumped down much as they are up (e.g., Hewitt). Isner has only played Wimbledon once (in 2008) and lost in the fourth round. Without a grass tuneup, the Wimbledon committee must have felt that Isner, despite a strong likelihood to do well, didn’t have enough justification to keep his seeding and so he got bumped down. Similarly, Bellucci has only played Wimbledon once and lost in the second round.
Draws should be out Friday.
