Tennis: Wimbledon announce new seedings system

Wimbledon and the other Grand Slam tournaments have announced a new seedings procedure aimed at preventing player boycotts.

Tennis: Wimbledon announce new seedings system
Mon, 11 Jun, 2001 - 18:09

Wimbledon and the other Grand Slam tournaments have announced a new seedings procedure aimed at preventing player boycotts.

There will now be 32 seeds instead of 16 in both singles events with those seeds taken from the top 32 on the ATP Entry System and WTA Tour rankings.

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