June 22, 2006	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1427

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LONDON, June 21: Spain's Rafael Nadal was named second seed for the Wimbledon men’s singles on Wednesday, ahead of American Andy Roddick.

Claycourt specialist Nadal has never been beyond the third round of the grasscourt Grand Slam while Roddick has been runner-up the last two years to top seed Roger Federer.

The top five women’s seeds are the same as in the WTA rankings. France’s Amelie Mauresmo is top seed, followed by Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, Russia's 2004 champion Maria Sharapova and her compatriot Nadia Petrova.Defending champion Venus Williams is seeded seven, five places higher than her WTA ranking. She is the only American seed in the women's singles with compatriots Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati all out injured.

Seedings:

Men’s singles: 1. Roger Federer (Switzerland), 2. Rafael Nadal (Spain), 3. Andy Roddick (US), 4 David Nalbandian (Argentina), 5. Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia), 6. Lleyton Hewitt (Australia), 7. Mario Ancic (Croatia), 8. James Blake (US), 9. Nikolay Davydenko (Russia), 10. Fernando Gonzalez (Chile), 11. Tommy Robredo (Spain), 12. Thomas Johansson (Sweden), 13. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic), 14. Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic), 15. Sebastien Grosjean (France), 16. Gaston Gaudio (Argentina), 17. Robby Ginepri (US), 18. Nicolas Kiefer (Germany), 19. Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus), 20. Tommy Haas (Germany), 21. Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia), 22. Gael Monfils (France), 23. Jarkko Nieminen (Finland), 24. David Ferrer (Spain), 25. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain), 26. Andre Agassi (US), 27. Olivier Rochus (Belgium), 28. Dmitry Tursunov (Russia), 29. Fernando Verdasco (Spain), 30. Kristof Vliegen (Belgium), 31. Nicolas Massu (Chile), 32. Paul-Henri Mathieu (France).

Women’s singles: 1. Amelie Mauresmo (France). 2. Kim Clijsters (Belgium), 3. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium), 4. Maria Sharapova (Russia), 5. Nadia Petrova (Russia), 6. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia), 7. Venus Williams (US), 8. Elena Dementieva (Russia), 9. Patty Schnyder (Switzerland), 10. Anastasia Myskina (Russia), 11. Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic), 12. Francesca Schiavone (Italy), 13. Martina Hingis (Switzerland), 14. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany), 15. Dinara Safina (Russia), 16. Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia), 17. Flavia Pennetta (Italy), 18. Maria Kirilenko (Russia), 19. Ai Sugiyama (Japan), 20. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia & Montenegro), 21 Shahar Peer (Israel), 22. Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia), 23. Nathalie Dechy (France) 24. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain), 25. Marion Bartoli (France), 26. Elena Likhovtseva (Russia), 27. Jelena Jankovic (Serbia & Montenegro), 28. Li Na (China), 29. Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden), 30. Tatiana Golovin (France), 31. Anna Chakvetadze (Russia), 32. Gisela Dulko (Argentina).—Reuters