Nadal Seeded 10th, Could Face Djokovic Or Federer In Wimbledon QFsn

By ATPWorldTour

Rafael Nadal will be the No. 10 seed at this year’s Championships at Wimbledon, setting up the possibility that the two-time champion could face a quarter-final meeting with Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer or Andy Murray for a second straight major.

As the sixth seed at Roland Garros, Nadal received an unfavourable draw that resulted in playing World No. 1 Djokovic in the quarter-finals. The Serbian defeated the nine-time champion in straight sets.

Djokovic, who prevailed against Federer in last year’s final, will top the Wimbledon draw for a fourth straight year. He is followed in the seedings by seven-time winner Federer, 2013 titlist Murray and reigning Roland Garros champion Stan Wawrinka.

Meanwhile, possible Round of 16 opponents for Nadal include the fifth through eighth seeds: Kei Nishikori, Tomas Berdych, Milos Raonic and David Ferrer. Last year as the No. 2 seed, Nadal suffered a fourth-round upset loss to Australian young gun Nick Kyrgios.

The singles seeds reflect the Top 32 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, but the seeding order is rearranged on a surface-based system.

The draw ceremony will take place Friday.

1 Novak Djokovic (SRB)

2 Roger Federer (SUI)

3 Andy Murray (GBR)

4 Stan Wawrinka (SUI)

5 Kei Nishikori (JPN)

6 Tomas Berdych (CZE)

7 Milos Raonic (CAN)

8 David Ferrer (ESP)

9 Marin Cilic (CRO)

10 Rafael Nadal (ESP)

11 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)

12 Gilles Simon (FRA)

13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

14 Kevin Anderson (RSA)

15 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

16 David Goffin (BEL)