Alcaraz, Djokovic Headline Wimbledon Seeds, Kyrgios Sneaks In | ATP Tour | Tennis

Event organisers at Wimbledon introduced on Wednesday the seeds for the 2023 version of The Championships, headlined by first seed Carlos Alcaraz and second seed Novak Djokovic.

From 2002-2019, Wimbledon used a seeding components that took under consideration gamers’ success on grass. However ranging from the 2021 version (no event in 2020), organisers reverted to utilizing the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

Alcaraz would be the prime seed on the second consecutive main after main the way in which at Roland Garrosthe place he misplaced within the semi-finals to Djokovic. The Serbian over the approaching fortnight will attempt to tie Roger Federer‘s file by claiming his eighth Wimbledon title.

Rounding out the Prime 8 seeds are third seed Daniil Medvedevfourth seed Casper Ruudfifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipassixth seed Holger Runeseventh seed Andrey Rublev and eighth seed Jannik Sinner.

Nick Kyrgiosthe Australian who reached final yr’s Wimbledon last, is World No. 33 on this week’s Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Nonetheless, as a result of withdrawal of Karen Khachanov and Pablo Carreno Bustawho would have been seeded, Kyrgios is the thirty first seed.

The final participant to be seeded is thirty second seed Alexander Davidovich Fokina. If there’s a withdrawal among the many seeds earlier than Friday’s draw, Ben Shelton is subsequent in line to be seeded.