WIMBLEDON 2005

[annie]

WIMBLEDON SEEDINGS

The seedings for the 2005 Championships are scheduled to be announced in the afternoon of Wednesday 15 June

Sooooooooo we'll know soon....any guesses? I would go for 4 seeded I think....then again with Wimby you really never know....

[Laney]

Seeds for the Gentlemen's Singles:

1. FEDERER, Roger (SUI) 2. RODDICK, Andy (USA) 3. HEWITT, Lleyton (AUS) 4. NADAL, Rafael (ESP) 5. SAFIN, Marat (RUS) 6. HENMAN, Tim (GBR) 7. CANAS, Guillermo (ARG) 8. DAVYDENKO, Nikolay (RUS) 9. GROSJEAN, Sebastien (FRA) 10. ANCIC, Mario (CRO) 11. JOHANSSON, Joachim (SWE) 12. JOHANSSON, Thomas (SWE) 13. ROBREDO, Tommy (ESP) 14. STEPANEK, Radek (CZE) 15. CORIA, Guillermo (ARG) 16. PUERTA, Mariano (ARG) 17. FERRER, David (ESP) 18. NALBANDIAN, David (ARG) 19. HAAS, Tommy (GER) 20. LJUBICIC, Ivan (CRO) 21. GONZALEZ, Fernando (CHI) 22. HRBATY, Dominik (SVK) 23. FERRERO, Juan Carlos (ESP) 24. DENT, Taylor (USA) 25. KIEFER, Nicolas (GER) 26. LOPEZ, Feliciano (ESP) 27. GASQUET, Richard (FRA) 28. NOVAK, Jiri (CZE) 29. MASSU, Nicolas (CHI) 30. SODERLING, Robin (SWE) 31. YOUZHNY, Mikhail (RUS) 32. VOLANDRI, Filippo (ITA)

Seeds for the Ladies' Singles:

1. DAVENPORT Miss Lindsay (USA) 2. SHARAPOVA Miss Maria (RUS) 3. MAURESMO Miss Amelie (FRA) 4. WILLIAMS Miss Serena (USA) 5. KUZNETSOVA Miss Svetlana (RUS) 6. DEMENTIEVA Miss Elena (RUS) 7. HENIN-HARDENNE Mrs Justine (BEL) 8. PETROVA Miss Nadia (RUS) 9. MYSKINA Miss Anastasia (RUS) 10. SCHNYDER Miss Patty (SUI) 11. ZVONAREVA Miss Vera (RUS) 12. PIERCE Miss Mary (FRA) 13. LIKHOVTSEVA Miss Elena (RUS) 14. WILLIAMS Miss Venus (USA) 15. CLIJSTERS Miss Kim (BEL) 16. DECHY Miss Nathalie (FRA) 17. JANKOVIC Miss Jelena (SCG) 18. GOLOVIN Miss Tatiana (FRA) 19. IVANOVIC Miss Ana (SCG) 20. HANTUCHOVA Miss Daniela (SVK) 21. SCHIAVONE Miss Francesca (ITA) 22. FARINA ELIA Mrs Silvia (ITA) 23. SUGIYAMA Miss Ai (JPN) 24. ASAGOE Miss Shinobu (JPN) 25. SPREM Miss Karolina (CRO) 26. PENNETTA Miss Flavia (ITA) 27. VAIDISOVA Miss Nicole (CZE) 28. FRAZIER Miss Amy (USA) 29. BARTOLI Miss Marion (FRA) 30. SAFINA Miss Dinara (RUS) 31. MEDINA GARRIGUES Miss Anabel (ESP) 32. RAZZANO Miss Virginie (FRA)

[Laney]

it's official: Marat's n#5 (really think he should have been #4), and Dinara's seeded #30.

[annie]

oh well....5 is my lucky number...I'll put a spell so it will be lucky for Marat, too HE HE HE

Thanks laney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lau]

1. FEDERER, Roger (SUI)
2. RODDICK, Andy (USA)
3. HEWITT, Lleyton (AUS)
4. NADAL, Rafael (ESP) WTF!!!!?? It`s grass!!!
5. SAFIN, Marat (RUS) OMG! Marat is in the same half of the draw that Roger and Lleyton (and Guillermo) !!!......
6. HENMAN, Tim (GBR)
7. CANAS, Guillermo (ARG)
8. DAVYDENKO, Nikolay (RUS)
9. GROSJEAN, Sebastien (FRA) ??!!
10. ANCIC, Mario (CRO)
11. JOHANSSON, Joachim (SWE)
12. JOHANSSON, Thomas (SWE)
13. ROBREDO, Tommy (ESP)
14. STEPANEK, Radek (CZE)
15. CORIA, Guillermo (ARG) .... he is not my favourite, but...
16. PUERTA, Mariano (ARG)
17. FERRER, David (ESP)
18. NALBANDIAN, David (ARG) David deserves a higher place.... but he is not doing well this year
19. HAAS, Tommy (GER)
20. LJUBICIC, Ivan (CRO)
21. GONZALEZ, Fernando (CHI)
22. HRBATY, Dominik (SVK)
23. FERRERO, Juan Carlos (ESP)
24. DENT, Taylor (USA)
25. KIEFER, Nicolas (GER)
26. LOPEZ, Feliciano (ESP)
27. GASQUET, Richard (FRA)
28. NOVAK, Jiri (CZE)
29. MASSU, Nicolas (CHI)
30. SODERLING, Robin (SWE)
31. YOUZHNY, Mikhail (RUS)
32. VOLANDRI, Filippo (ITA)



30. SAFINA Miss Dinara (RUS) Go girl!!

[annie]

Lau now that you posted it like that.........OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darn seeding....oh man...Roger...Lleyton....what fun!!!!!!! NOT....

[lau]

annie said:

Lau now that you posted it like that.........OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darn seeding....oh man...Roger...Lleyton....what fun!!!!!!! NOT....

I guess they`re speculating with a Nadal-Federer final..... But I really don´t think that will happen.
And I guess they didn´t like Marat`s words last year ;D ;D ;D. "you don´t like grass.... We`ll give you grass court players" hahahaha, ;D ;D

[annie]

rotflmao lau!!!!!!!!!

There will be no Nadal-Federer final for sure...Nadal IS NOT a grass player and we saw it at Halle....

this should be interesting though

[Jasmine]

5th?? How could tht happen. Normally Wimbledon usually ignore the clay performance. Why??

Now Nadal VS Roger? A few months ago still Marat VS Roger, why the media change so fast? Roger used to say, he disagree if the press wanna put Nadal on top as his classic rivalry. He said how could they forget Marat, Andy and Lleyton.

I still think Marat deserves better than that, even his result a few months ago wasn't good.

[Madou]

I think they gave the #4 to Nadal given his mediatic status (and their excuse will be his final in Miami.)
For Marat, I think they gave him #5 because his performances on grass (except Halle) are usually not really good: he said himself he could not even walk on grass .
For Grosjean, gave him the #9 because last year and the year before he went to the semis !
If Nadal is #4, he should meet Roger in the semis -but he'll fall before -(it's like that in all other tournaments), so I think they expect a Roger-Andy final.
I think this seeding looks like the Entry Rankings, for the first players, don't you ?

Oh, a little game: let's guess when Nadal will be out... I say 3rd round

[shacks]

Hello guys,
as i said before, i don't think marat's biggest problem is the draw. I actually think he is better when not supposed to, because that's when he fights the most. All i hope is that he is not pissed by that.
There could also be a positive aspect to that. I think if he just keeps away from roger, andy and Ivo, everything will fall into place by the needed time.
Hewitt cannot possibly be at his best, neither can rafa.
So let's just wait for the draw!
With our combined prayers and his hard wirk and talent, he can beat anyone. So Goo Maraat!

[lau]

shacks said:

With our combined prayers and his hard wirk and talent, he can beat anyone. So Goo Maraat!

That`s the spirit, shacks!!! ;D
But I couldn`t stop thinking in the draw when I saw the seeds... . But, anyway, if Marat wants to win a title, he needs to play and win against the best players..

[Karen]

lau said:

4. NADAL, Rafael (ESP) WTF!!!!?? It`s grass!!!

You read my mind lau ;D

[Ra]

I think the only players that are seeded that will give Marat trouble are Roddick and Federer. Marat will be more hungry if he meets Federer at Wimbledon after putting up such good efforts against him in Halle. If Marat's %100, IMO, Marat will beat him this time. Grass is definitely Roddick's territory, so Marat has to get a lot of those serves back and bring it against Roddick. Other than these two players, I don't think Marat will have any trouble with any of the rest with the way Marat's been playing and how the rest are not really in good enough form. Davai Marat! I feel like Marat is going to win Wimbledon just for the heck of it LOL.

[lau]

karen said:

lau said:

4. NADAL, Rafael (ESP) WTF!!!!?? It`s grass!!!

You read my mind lau ;D

;D It was the first thing that came to my mind... ;D

madou said:

For Grosjean, gave him the #9 because last year and the year before he went to the semis !

Oh! Good point ;)I didn´t remember that

ra said:

I think the only players that are seeded that will give Marat trouble are Roddick and Federer.

You may be right (don´t forget about Lleyton, though. He might do it well. And I guess he really wants that, esp. in Wimbly. Although he was off court for a long time...., he is a dangerous player on grass) But we`re talking about Marat....., haha. I gave up doing predictions about the guy. But as I said: If he wants to win a title, he must play and win against the best ones And I know he can do it