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Hewitt top seed for Wimbledon

Tennis: Last year's champion Lleyton Hewitt has been made top seed for next week's Wimbledon championships, ahead of world number…

Tue Jun 17 2003 - 01:00

Tennis: Last year's champion Lleyton Hewitt has been made top seed for next week's Wimbledon championships, ahead of world number one Andre Agassi.

Unlike every other tournament in the world, Wimbledon refuses to stick to the ATP's world rankings, instead using a combination of rankings and grass-court form over recent years when determining men's seeds.

Agassi took over from Hewitt at the top of the rankings this week after reaching the semi-finals of the Stella Artois Championships, becoming the oldest world number one since rankings began in 1973 Britain's Tim Henman, four times a semi-finalist at Wimbledon, was seeded 10th by the organisers yesterday despite being ranked 29th in the world.

However, the tournament does stick to the women's world rankings for their seeds. World number one and defending champion Serena Williams was seeded top in that draw, followed by Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne with Serena's elder sister Venus seeded fourth.

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WIMBLEDON SEEDS - Men's singles: 1. L Hewitt (Aust), 2. A Agassi (US), 3. J C Ferrero (Spn), 4. R Federer (Switz), 5. A Roddick (US), 6. D Nalbandian (Arg), 7. G Coria (Arg) 8. S Schalken (Neth), 9. R Schuettler (Ger), 10. T Henman (Brit), 11. J Novak (Cze), 12. P Srichaphan (Thai), 13. S Grosjean (Fra), 14. X Malisse (Belg), 15. A Clement (Fra) 16. M Youzhny (Rus) 17. G Kuerten (Brazil) 18. M Safin (Rus), 19. F Gonzalez (Chile) 20. Y Kafelnikov (Rus), 21. M Verkerk (Neth), 22. F Mantilla (Spn) 23. A Calleri (Arg), 24. A Costa (Spn), 25. T Robredo (Spain) 26. J Blake (US), 27. Y El Aynaoui (Mor), 28. W Ferreira (SA), 29. G Gaudio (Arg), 30. J Nieminen (Fin), 31. V Spadea (US) 32. J Ignacio Chela (Arg).

Women's singles: 1. S Williams (US), 2. K Clijsters (Bel), 3. J Henin-Hardenne (Belg), 4. V Williams (US), 5. L Davenport (US), 6. A Mauresmo (Fra), 7. C Rubin (US), 8. J Capriati (US), 9. D Hantuchova (Slov), 10. A Myskina (Rus), 11. J Dokic (Yug), 12. M Maleeva (Bulgaria), 13. A Sugiyama (Jpn), 14. E Daniilidou (Greece), 15. E Dementieva (Rus), 16. V Zvonareva (Rus), 17. A Coetzer (SA), 18. C Martinez (Spn), 19. M Shaughnessy (US), 20. P Schnyder (Switz), 21. E Bovina (Rus), 22. N Dechy (Fra), 23. L Raymond (US), 24. M Serna (Spn), 25. A Pistolesi (Isr), 26. A Stevenson (US), 27. S Farina Elia (Ita), 28. L Granville (US), 29. N Petrova (Rus), 30. D Chladkova (Czech), 31. E Likhovtseva (Rus), 32. T Tanasugarn (Thai).