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Djokovic, Williams Top Olympic Seedings

Djokovic, Williams Top Olympic Seedings


World No. 1 players Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams top the seedings for the Rio Olympic Games.

The ITF has announced the seeds for the Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event being held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park on 6-14 August.

The draw for the event will take place at the Olympic Tennis Centre tomorrow at 11:00 local time.

Sixty-four players are contesting the men’s and women’s singles, and 32 teams are contesting the men’s and women’s doubles.

Entries for the 16-team mixed doubles event will be determined on site from those players already participating in singles or doubles, with a maximum of two teams per country.

Teams must be nominated by their National Olympic Committee by the deadline of  August 9th, with the draw taking place the same day.

Men’s Singles

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

2. Andy Murray (GBR)

3. Rafael Nadal (ESP)

4. Kei Nishikori (JPN)

5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

6. Gael Monfils (FRA)

7. David Ferrer (ESP)

8. David Goffin (BEL)

9. Marin Cilic (CRO)

10. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

11. Pablo Cuevas (URU)

12. Steve Johnson (USA)

13. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

14. Jack Sock (USA)

15. Gilles Simon (FRA)

16. Benoit Paire (FRA)

Women’s Singles

1. Serena Williams (USA)

2. Angelique Kerber (GER)

3. Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

5. Venus Williams (USA)

6. Roberta Vinci (ITA)

7. Madison Keys (USA)

8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

9. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

10. Johanna Konta (GBR)

11. Petra Kvitova (CZE)

12. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)

13. Samantha Stosur (AUS)

14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

15. Elina Svitolina (UKR)

16. Barbora Strycova (CZE)

Men’s Doubles

1. Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

2. Andy Murray/Jamie Murray (GBR)

3. Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA)

4. Gael Monfils/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

5. Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROU)

6. Marc Lopez/Rafael Nadal (ESP)

7. Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

8. Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer (ESP)

Women’s Doubles

1. Serena Williams/Venus Williams (USA)

2. Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

3. Chan Hao-Ching/Chan Yung-Jan (TPE)

4. Garbine Muguruza/Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

5. Timea Bacsinszky/Martina Hingis (SUI)

6. Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE)

7. Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS)

8. Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA)

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