Serena Williams is a seven-time Wimbledon winner.getty images
The All England Lawn Tennis Club said that Serena Williams "could still be seeded at this year's Wimbledon championships" despite being "snubbed" by French Open organizers, according to Martyn Herman of REUTERS. The American is expected to play at Roland Garros next week, where she has won the title three times, but "without being seeded she could conceivably meet champion Jelena Ostapenko in the first round." The French Tennis Federation confirmed on Tuesday that its seedings "would be based on the lastest WTA rankings." While the French Open "sticks rigidly to rankings," Wimbledon's tennis sub-committee allows itself "some wiggle room." The men's seedings are usually based on ATP rankings in conjunction with a formula based on grasscourt results over the previous two years. In contrast, the women's seedings "usually follow the WTA rankings list but can be tweaked by the All England Club in special circumstances." The AELTC said, "The seeding order follows the WTA ranking list, except where in the opinion of the committee, a change is necessary to produce a balanced draw" (REUTERS, 5/22).
