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2018 Wimbledon Seeds

June 27, 2018 By G.O.A.T Leave a Comment

2018 Wimbledon Seeds
Credit: AELTC/Thomas Lovelock.

Well, the time has finally arrived, the 2018 Wimbledon seeds have been announced for both the ATP and WTA. There are some interesting seedings and some that are downright predictable.

2018 Wimbledon Seeds:ATP

1. FEDERER, Roger (SUI)
2. NADAL, Rafael (ESP)
3. CILIC, Marin (CRO)
4. ZVEREV, Alexander (GER)
5. DEL POTRO, Juan Martin (ARG)
6. DIMITROV, Grigor (BUL)
7. THIEM, Dominic (AUT)
8. ANDERSON, Kevin (RSA)
9. ISNER, John (USA)
10. GOFFIN, David (BEL)
11. QUERREY, Sam (USA)
12. DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB)
13. RAONIC, Milos (CAN)
14. BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto (ESP)
15. SCHWARTZMAN, Diego (ARG)
16. KYRGIOS, Nick (AUS)
17. CORIC, Borna (CRO)
18. POUILLE, Lucas (FRA)
19. SOCK, Jack (USA)
20. FOGNINI, Fabio (ITA)
21. CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo (ESP)
22. EDMUND, Kyle (GBR)
23. MANNARINO, Adrian (FRA)
24. GASQUET, Richard (FRA)
25. NISHIKORI, Kei (JPN)
26. CHUNG, Hyeon (KOR)
27. KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp (GER)
28. SHAPOVALOV, Denis (CAN)
29. DZUMHUR, Damir (BIH)
30. KRAJINOVIC, Filip (SRB)
31. CECCHINATO, Marco (ITA)
32. VERDASCO, Fernando (ESP)

2018 Wimbledon Seeds: WTA

1. HALEP, Simona (ROU)
2. WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN)
3. MUGURUZA, Garbiñe (ESP)
4. STEPHENS, Sloane (USA)
5. SVITOLINA, Elina (UKR)
6. GARCIA, Caroline (FRA)
7. PLISKOVA, Karolina (CZE)
8. KVITOVA, Petra (CZE)
9. WILLIAMS, Venus (USA)
10. KEYS, Madison (USA)
11. KERBER, Angelique (GER)
12. OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT)
13. GOERGES, Julia (GER)
14. KASATKINA, Daria (RUS)
15. MERTENS, Elise (BEL)
16. VANDEWEGHE, Coco (USA)
17. BARTY, Ashleigh (AUS)
18. OSAKA, Naomi (JPN)
19. RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena (SVK)
20. BERTENS, Kiki (NED)
21. SEVASTOVA, Anastasija (LAT)
22. KONTA, Johanna (GBR)
23. STRYCOVA, Barbora (CZE)
24. SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS)
25. WILLIAMS, Serena (USA)

26. GAVRILOVA, Daria (AUS)
27. SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla (ESP)
28. KONTAVEIT, Anett (EST)
29. BUZARNESCU, Mihaela (ROU)
30. PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia (RUS)
31. ZHANG, Shuai (CHN)
32. RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL)

2018 Wimbledon Seeds: WTA Seeding Complications

If you look at the WTA seeds, you’ll notice that #25 is Serena Williams. Serena Williams is currently ranked #183, not 25 in the world. That seems a bit suspect, I get it though. Serena Williams has won Wimbledon a record 7 times, which is nothing short of impressive, I just can’t wrap my head around her seeding.

As the #25 seed, Williams knocks out Dominika Cibulková from being seeded. Cibulková who is currently ranked #32 would have come in as the last seeded player had it not been awarded to Serena Williams. Dominika wasn’t shy about how she felt after learning that she’s no longer a seeded player at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships:

“I don’t think it’s the right thing to do,” she said.

“I think it’s just not fair. I have tried and I should be seeded. If they put her in front of me then I will lose my spot that I am supposed to have.

“I was a former number four, and it’s also like why should I not be seeded if I have the right to be?”

Wimbledon usually seeds women players based on their world rankings, but they reserve the right to change if it “is necessary to produce a balanced draw.”

I, personally, agree with Cibulková on this issue. I don’t think a player should get an arbitrary seeding because of who they are. Seeds are based on rankings and previous years’ performance (Williams did not play Wimbledon in 2017). I have already shared my thoughts on all the drama from Serena Williams not getting a seed at the French Open, to which I also agreed that she shouldn’t have received a seeding.

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Look, the bottom line here is that Serena Williams left the tour to start a family, that’s fine no issues there, it’s just the blatant ignoring the other players efforts during her time away is what really annoys me.  I do think there should be a maternity AND paternity protected ranking system in all of tennis, for all tournaments and all players. If you look at Victoria Azarenka, who also left the tour to start a family, a 20 title winner and 16 finalist trophies. She’s ranked #87, yet wasn’t awarded a seed at either the French Open or Wimbledon. So, why didn’t she get one? She was the top ranked player in 2012 after all. Just seems extremely biased. If a tournament is going to give something like a seeding to a returning player, it should absolutely be equal among the rest of the field. Equality, right?

Anyhow, draws come out this Friday for the 2018 Wimbledon Championships!

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Based in sunny Southern California, raised in Argentina & USA; lover of all things tennis, USRSA Master Racquet Technician (MRT), ATP/WTA Pro Level Stringer; reviewer of tennis strings, tennis racquets, and any interesting tennis gadgets I come across. Plays NTRP 4.5 singles and some doubles. Singled handed backhand with a wicked affection for cured meats and Asado.
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