By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek earn top-seeded status at Wimbledon with Queen's Club champion Alcaraz sharing his aim for The Championships.
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A decade of dominance will be put to the test at Wimbledon.
Novak Djokovic rides a 10-year Centre Court winning streak into his Wimbledon title defense next week.
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World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz headlines the men's field.
Wimbledon announced seedings for the 2023 Championships, which start on Monday.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek tops the ladies' field. Wimbledon seedings are based on the world rankings.
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The 20-year-old Alcaraz, fresh off his first grass-court title at Queens' Club on Sunday that clinched him the top seed at SW19, aims to end Djokovic's four-year Wimbledon reign on the men's side.
"Honestly, yeah, I have a lot of confidence right now coming into Wimbledon," Alcaraz said. "I ended the week playing at the high level. So right now I feel one of the favorites, you know, to win Wimbledon."
US Open champion Alcaraz is top seed followed by reigning Wimbledon, Roland Garros and Australian Open champion Djokovic, No. 3-seeded Daniil Medvedev, who was banned from competing at The Championships last year along with fellow Russian and Belarusian players, two-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud is the fourth seed with Australian Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas seeded No. 5.
On the ladies' side, top-seeded Swiatek is followed by Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka at No. 2 with reigning Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina No. 3, Jessica Pegula is the fourth seed with Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia earning the No. 5 seed.
The 2023 Wimbledon seedings are here:
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The second-seeded Djokovic's 28-match Wimbledon winning streak is more than double the total number of grass-court matches Alcaraz has played in his life.
Still, US Open champion Alcaraz believes he can contend for the Wimbledon crown.
"Honestly, I have to get more experience on grass," Alcaraz said. "Even if I win the title, I just played 11 matches in my career on grass, so I have to get more experience, more hours.
"But obviously after beating amazing guys, you know, great players, and the level that I played, I consider myself one of the favorites or one of the players to be able to win Wimbledon."
Seeding Facts by Wimbledon
*Seeding has been based on computer rankings since 1975.
*Since 1927 only two unseeded players have won the Gentlemen’s Singles - Boris Becker in 1985 and Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
*No unseeded player has won the Ladies’ Singles.
*Eleven unseeded players have reached the final of the Gentlemen’s Singles and four unseeded players have reached the final of the Ladies’ Singles.
*There are 32 seeds in Gentlemen's and Ladies' singles.