Seeded players have a target on their backs at Wimbledon and some big names have suffered early exits at the 2026 Championships.
French Open champion Mirra Andreeva, the fifth seed, is the highest-ranked player in the women's draw, while that honour belongs to fourth seed Ben Shelton in the men's singles.
The top seeds Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka have made winning starts to their title challenges.
Sinner is the heavy favourite in the men's draw in the absence of two-time winner Carlos Alcaraz, who is missing due to a wrist injury, while Novak Djokovic heads into the tournament with his joint-lowest grand slam seeding in eight years.
Sabalenka, who arrives in SW19 chasing a first Wimbledon title, leads the women's singles. 2022 winner Elena Rybakina, defending champion Iga Swiatek, American Jessica Pegula, and French Open winner Mirra Andreeva round off the top five.
Radio Times brings you the full list of men's and women's seeded players at Wimbledon 2026.
Wimbledon 2026 seeded players (men)Jannik Sinner (ITA)Alexander Zverev (GER)Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)Ben Shelton (USA) – Beaten first round v Otto Virtanen [Q]Alex de Minaur (AUS)Taylor Fritz (USA)Novak Djokovic (SRB)Daniil Medvedev (RUS) - Beaten third round v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)Flavio Cobolli (ITA)Alexander Bublik (KAZ)Casper Ruud (NOR) – Beaten first round v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)Andrey Rublev (RUS) – Beaten first round v Roman Safiullin [Q]Jiri Lehecka (CZE)Luciano Darderi (ITA) – Beaten first round v Ethan Quinn (USA)Jakub Mensik (CZE) – Beaten second round v Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)Learner Tien (USA) – Beaten second round v Márton Fucsovics (HUN)Frances Tiafoe (USA)Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) – Beaten first round v Jaume Munar (ESP)Karen Khachanov (RUS)Arthur Fils (FRA) – Beaten second round v Matteo Berrettini (ITA)Tommy Paul (USA) - Beathen third round v Hubert Hurkacz (POL)Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)Rafael Jodar (ESP) - Beaten third round vs Shintaro Mochizuki (JAP)Joao Fonseca (BRA) - Beaten third round vs Roman Safiullin (RUS)Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) - Beaten third round vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)Cam Norrie (GBR) – Beaten first round v Michael Zheng (USA) [Q]Ugo Humbert (FRA) – Beaten first round v Zizou Bergs (BEL)Brandon Nakashima (USA) – Beaten second round v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) – Beaten first round v Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) – Beaten first round v Kamil Majchrzak (POL)Ignacio Buse (PER) – Beaten second round v Jenson Brooksby (USA)Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) – Beaten first round v Quentin Halys (FRA)Wimbledon 2026 seeded players (women)Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)Elena Rybakina (KAZ)Iga Swiatek (POL)Jessica Pegula (USA)Mirra Andreeva (RUS) – Beaten second round v Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)Amanda Anisimova (USA)Coco Gauff (USA)Elina Svitolina (UKR) – Beaten first round v Daria Snigur (UKR)Linda Noskova (CZE)Karolina Muchova (CZE)Belinda Bencic (SUI)Marta Kostyuk (UKR)Jasmine Paolini (ITA)Naomi Osaka (JPN)Diana Shnaider (RUS) – Beaten second round v Liudmila SamsonovaIva Jovic (USA)Sorana Cirstea (ROU)Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) - Beaten third round v Iva Jovic (USA)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) - Beaten third round v Belinda Bencic (SUI)Maja Chwalinska (POL) – Beaten first round v Mananchaya Sawangkaew [Q] (THA)Marie Bouzkova (CZE)Leylah Fernandez (CAN) – Beaten first round v Janice Tjen (POL)Emma Navarro (USA)Clara Tauson (DEN) – Beaten first round v Maria Sakkari (GRE)Elise Mertens (BEL)Madison Keys (USA)Anastasia Potapova (RUS) – Beaten first round v Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)Ann Li (USA) – Beaten first round v Zeynep Sönmez (TUR)Alexandra Eala (PHI)Emma Raducanu (GBR) – Withdrew first roundDonna Vekic (CRO) – Beaten first round v Ashlyn Krueger (USA) [Q]Katerina Siniakova (CZE) – Beaten second round v Nikola Bartůňková (CZE)Want to see this content?This page contains content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, choose 'Accept and continue' to allow Google reCAPTCHA and its required purposes.
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