The Wimbledon seeding committee, unlike with the men, went strictly with the rankings for the women's placements. The only players to receive a bump up are the ones ranked below Elena Dementieva (at #5) who withdrew owing to a calf strain.
How on earth did they not seed Justine and Maria MUCH HIGHER? Justine is the 6th best player of the year and Maria is a former champion. The draw could shake out for a Serena/Justine 3rd round match - which is just silly. Hey Wimbledon - if you're gonna mess with the men and their seedings - why not the women?
Seeding - Player - Ranking
1. Serena WILLIAMS - 1
2. Venus WILLIAMS - 2
3. Caroline Wozniacki - 3
4. Jelena JANKOVIC - 4
5. Francesca SCHIAVONE - 6
6. Samantha STOSUR - 7
7. Agnieszka RADWANSKA - 8
8. Kim CLIJSTERS - 9
9. Li NA - 10
10. Flavia PENNETTA - 11
11. Marion BARTOLI - 12
12. Nadia PETROVA - 13
13. Shahar PEER - 14
14. Victoria AZARENKA - 15
15. Yanina WICKMAYER - 16
16. Maria SHARAPOVA - 17
17. Justine HENIN - 18
18. Aravane REZAI - 19
19. Svetlana KUZNETSOVA - 20
20. Dinara SAFINA - 21
21. Vera ZVONAREVA - 22
22. Maria Jose MARTINEZ SANCHEZ - 23
23. Jie ZHENG - 24
24. Daniela HANTUCHOVA - 25
25. Lucie SAFAROVA - 26
26. Alisa KLEYBANOVA - 27
27. Maria KIRILENKO - 28
28. Alona BONDARENKO - 29
29. Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA - 30
30. Yaraslava SCHVEDOVA - 31
31. Alexadra DULGHERU - 32
32. Sara ERRANI - 33
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