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World number 1 Iga Swiatek leads the Top 32 seeds at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday, June 27. He is currently riding a 35-match winning streak and will become the youngest seed at Wimbledon in over a decade. Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo, in 40th place, is the last seed in 32nd place.
The Wimbledon draw ceremony will take place on Friday 24 June.
Here are the key numbers surrounding the top 16 seeds at Wimbledon:
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1. Iga Swiatek
2022 record: 44-3
Best result on grass: Wimbledon 2021, round of 16
Best Wimbledon result: Round of 16 (2021)
Wimbledon 2021 result: Round of 16
Featured stat: The top seed has won both majors this season, with Ashleigh Barty winning the Australian Open and Swiatek winning Roland Garros two weeks ago. Swiatek’s 35-fight win streak is the longest streak of the century. She has won the last six tournaments of hers. The 21-year-old Pole will be the youngest seed at Wimbledon since Caroline Wozniacki in 2011.
🥧Finally! I’ve been waiting a long time for this. 🥰 And I also met this cute kitty. Perfect weekend before switching to work mode.
🥧Taaak, nareszcie! 🥰
No tego popołudnie w towarzystwie kotka…idealny weekend przed powrotem do pracy.#just chilling out pic.twitter.com/7EA8bXoOYq— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) June 12, 2022
2. Anett Kontaveit
2022 record: 16-8
Best grass finish: 2017 ‘s-Hertogenbosch champion, 2021 Eastbourne runner-up
Best Wimbledon result: Third Round (2017, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon 2021 result: first round
Remarkable stat: Since reaching the Doha final in February, the Estonian has won back-to-back matches just once. Wimbledon will be his only grass-court event of the season.
3. Ons Jabeur
2022 record: 30-9
Best result on grass: 2022 Berlin Champion, 2021 Birmingham Champion, 2021 Wimbledon Quarterfinal
Best Wimbledon result: Quarter-finals (2021)
Wimbledon 2021 Result: Quarterfinals
Notable stat: Coming off his second career title on grass, in Berlin, Jabeur has reached the final in four of his last six tournaments. Only Swiatek has won more matches than the Tunisian this season.
4. Paula Badosa
2022 record: 24-12
Best result on grass: Wimbledon 2021, round of 16
Best Wimbledon result: round of 16 (2021)
Wimbledon 2021 result: Round of 16
Remarkable stat: The 24-year-old Spaniard played in the Wimbledon main draw for the first time last year.
5. Maria Sakkari
2022 record: 25-13
Best result on grass: Berlin 2022 semi-finalist
Best Wimbledon result: Third Round (2017, 2019)
Wimbledon 2021 Result: Second Round
Remarkable stat: Of the players in this year’s Wimbledon draw, Sakkari has hit the second-most aces on tour this year (144). Only Elena Rybakina has more (159).
6. Caroline Pliskova
2022 record: 8-10
Best result on grass: Eastbourne champion in 2019 and 2017
Best Wimbledon result: Runner-up (2021)
Wimbledon 2021 Result: Finalist
Notable stat: Pliskova is 45-22 on grass. Her path to the final last year was the first time she had made it past the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
7. Danielle Collins
2022 record: 12-6
Best result on grass: 2018 Eastbourne, round of 16
Best Wimbledon result: Third Round (2019)
Wimbledon 2021 Result: Second Round
Remarkable stat: Since reaching the Australian Open final in January, Collins has played just five tournaments. Wimbledon will be his only grass-court event of the season.
8. Jessica Pegula
2022 record: 23-12
Best result on grass: 2021 Berlin, quarter-finals
Wimbledon best result: second round (2021)
Wimbledon 2021 Result: Second Round
Remarkable stat: At the WTA 1000 and Slams this season, Pegula has reached the quarterfinals or better in four of seven events, including quarterfinals at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros. The 28-year-old American made her Top 10 debut after Paris.
9. Garbiñe Muguruza
2022 record: 7-10 (still at Eastbourne)
Best result on grass: Wimbledon Champion 2017
Best Wimbledon result: Champion (2017), Runner-up (2015)
Wimbledon 2021 result: third round
Notable stat: Every time Muguruza advanced to the round of 16 at Wimbledon, she reached the final.
10. Emma Raducanu
2022 record: 8-11
Best result on grass: Wimbledon Round of 16 2021
Best Wimbledon result: Round of 16 (2021)
Wimbledon 2021 result: Round of 16
Notable stat: Raducanu made his Grand Slam debut as a wild card at Wimbledon last year. She was ranked number 338.
11. Coco Gauff
2022 record: 23-12
Best result on grass: 2019 and 2021 Wimbledon round of 16, 2022 Berlin semi-finals
Best Wimbledon result: Round of 16 (2019, 2021)
Wimbledon 2021 result: Round of 16
Remarkable stat: The 18-year-old American has yet to lose in the first week of Wimbledon. He has played the main draw twice and advanced to the round of 16. Having made his first grass-court semi-final in Berlin a week ago, Gauff came within a win of making his Top 10 debut.
12. Jelena Ostapenko
2022 record: 16-10 (still at Eastbourne)
Best result on grass: 2021 Eastbourne Champion, 2018 Wimbledon Semi-Finalist
Best Wimbledon result: Semi-Finalist (2018)
Wimbledon 2021 result: third round
Remarkable stat: Since reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2018, Ostapenko hasn’t made it past the third round.
13. Barbora Krejcikova
2022 record: 9-6
Best result on grass: Wimbledon Round of 16 2021
Best Wimbledon result: round of 16 (2021)
Wimbledon 2021 result: Round of 16
Remarkable stat: The 2021 French Open champion has been sidelined for three months this season with an elbow injury. Since his return to competition, he is 0-2.
14. Belinda Bencic
2022 record: 26-11
Best finish on grass: 2015 Eastbourne Champion
Best Wimbledon result: Round of 16 (2015, 2018)
Wimbledon 2021 result: first round
Notable stat: Bencic, a former Wimbledon junior champion, is 43-20 on grass in her career. She has won a grass-court title and has reached an additional four finals.
15. Angelica Kerber
2022 record: 9-9 (still in Bad Homburg)
Best result on grass: Wimbledon Champion 2018
Best Wimbledon result: Champion (2018), Runner-up (2016)
Wimbledon 2021 Result: Semi-Finalist
Notable stat: Kerber, one of the top grass-court players in the game, is 80-29 on the surface. Wimbledon is the only major in which she has reached more than one final, having finished runner-up in 2016.
16. Simona Halep
2022 record: 23-8 (still in Bad Homburg)
Best result on grass: Wimbledon Champion 2019
Best Wimbledon result: Champion (2019)
Wimbledon 2021 result: DNP
Remarkable stat: Halep’s 10-match grass-court winning streak finally came to an end in last week’s Birmingham semi-finals. He was unable to defend his Wimbledon crown last summer due to injury.
Remaining seeds:
17. Elena Rybakina
18. Jil Teichman
19. Madison Keys
20. Amanda Anisimova
21. Camilla George
22. Martina Trevisan
23. Beatriz Haddad Maia
24. Elisa Mertens
25. Petra Kvitova
26. Sorana Cirstea
27. Yulia Putintseva
28. Alison Riske
29. Anhelina Kalinina
30. Shelby Rogers
31. Kaia Kanepi
32. Sara Sorribes Tormo