Wimbledon seedings announced

The seedings for the 2002 Wimbledon Championships have been announced by the All-England Club in London.

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt - winner of the Queen's tournament, the traditional warm-up to Wimbledon - is men's top seed while the Williams sisters are top of the women's seedings, with Venus number one.

The seedings are:

Men's singles

1. Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)

2. Marat Safin (Rus)

3. Andre Agassi (Usa)

4. Tim Henman (Gb)

5. Tommy Haas (Ger)

6. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus)

7. Pete Sampras (Usa)

8. Roger Federer (Sui)

9. Thomas Johansson (Swe)

10. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa)

11. Guillermo Canas (Arg)

12. Andy Roddick (Usa)

13. Jiri Novak (Cze)

14. Younes El Aynaoui (Mor)

15. Thomas Enqvist (Swe)

16. Andrei Pavel (Rom)

17. Nicolas Escude (Fra)

18. Rainer Schuettler (Ger)

19. Sjeng Schalken (Ned)

20. Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg)

21. Tommy Robredo (Spa)

22. Max Mirnyi (Blr)

23. Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu)

24. Greg Rusedski (Gb)

25. Gaston Gaudio (Arg)

26. Fabrice Santoro (Fra)

27. Todd Martin (Usa)

28. Xavier Malisse (Bel)

29. David Nalbandian (Arg)

30. James Blake (Usa)

31. Ivan Ljubicic (Cro)

32. Stefan Koubek (Aut)

Women's singles

1. Venus Willaims (Usa)

2. Serena Williams (Usa)

3. Jennifer Capriati (Usa)

4. Monica Seles (Usa)

5. Kim Clijsteers (Bel)

6. Justine Henin (Bel)

7. Jelena Dokic (Yug)

8. Sandrine Testud (Fra)

9. Amelie Mauresmo (Fra)

10. Silvia Farina Elia (Ita)

11. Daniela Hantuchova (Svk)

12. Elena Dementieva (Rus)

13. Meghann Shaughnessy (Usa)

14. Iroda Tulyagnova (Uzb)

15. Anna Smashnova (Isr)

16. Lisa Raymond (Usa)

17. Patty Schnyder (Sui)

18. Anastasia Myskina (Rus)

19. Magdalena Maleeva (Bul)

20. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha)

21. Tatiana Panova (Rus)

22. Anne Kremer (Lux)

23. Iva Majoli (Cro)

24. Alexandra Stevenson (Usa)

25. Nathalie Dechy (Fra)

26. Daja Bedanova (Cze)

27. Ai Sugiyama (Jap)

28. Paola Suarez (Arg)

29. Barbara Schett (Aut)

30. Clarisa Fernandez (Arg)

31. Nicole Pratt (Aus)

32. Amanda Coetzer (Rsa)

Men's doubles

1. Donald Johnson (Usa) & Jared Palmer (Usa)

2. Mark Knowles (Bah) & Daniel Nestor (Can)

3. Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) & Max Mirnyi (Blr)

4. Wayne Black (Zim) & Kevin Ullyett (Zim)

5. Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) & Todd Woodbridge (Aus)

6. Bob Bryan (Usa) & Mike Bryan (Usa)

7. Martin Damm (Cze) & Cyril Suk (Cze)

8. David Prinosil (Ger) & David Rikl (Cze)

9. Paul Haarhuis (Ned) & Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus)

10. Jiri Novak (Cze) & Radek Stepanek (Cze)

11. Ellis Ferreira (Rsa) & Rick Leach (Usa)

12. Joshua Eagel (Aus) & Sandon Stolle (Aus)

13. Michael Llodra (Fra) & Fabrice Santoro (Fra)

14. Julien Boutter (Fra) & Sjeng Schalken (Ned)

15. Brian Macphie (Usa) & Nenad Zimonjic (Yug)

16. Lucas Arnold (Arg) & Gaston Etlis (Arg)

Women's doubles

1. Lisa Raymond (Usa) & Miss Rennae Stubbs (Aus)

2. Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) & Paola Suarez (Arg)

3. Serena Williams (Usa) & Venus Williams (Usa)

4. Cara Black (Zim) & Elena Likhovtseva (Rus)

5. Kimberly Po-Messerli (Usa) & Nathalie Tauziat (Fra)

6. Sandrine Testud (Fra) & Roberta Vinci (Ita)

7. Nicole Arendt (Usa) & Liezel Huber (Rsa)

8. Elena Dementieva (Rus) & Janette Husarova (Svk)

9. Rika Fujiwara (Jpn) & Ai Sugiyama (Jpn)

10. Tina Krizan (Slo) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)

11. Janet Lee (Tpe) & Wynne Prakusya (Ina)

12. Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) & Barbara Schett (Aut)

13. Els Callens (Bel) & Meghann Shaughnessy (Usa)

14. Daja Bedanova (Cze) & Elena Bovina (Rus)

15. Amanda Coetzer (Rsa) & Lori McNeill (Usa)

16. Jennifer Capriati (Usa) & Daniela Hantuchova (Svk)