Serbia's Djokovic, the current World No 1, was beaten by Rafael Nadal in the French Open final earlier this month, but he retains the top seeding ahead of the second-seeded Spaniard.

Djokovic's defeat to Nadal in Paris marked the end of a run of three successive grand slam final victories over the World No 2, which started when he won Wimbledon for the first time last year.

Six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer is seeded third as he seeks to win a grand slam for the first time since the 2010 Australian Open.

Britain's Andy Murray, a loser in the Wimbledon semi-finals for the last three years, is the fourth seed, while France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a beaten semi-finalist at Wimbledon last year, is seeded fifth.

Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, who lost to Nadal in the 2010 Wimbledon final, is bumped up to the sixth seed, one place above Spain's David Ferrer, who is ranked higher but drops down to seventh seed due to his inferior grass-court record.

In the women's singles, the seedings reflect the current WTA Tour rankings, with World No 1 Maria, who beat Sara Errani in this year's French Open final, selected to be the top seed ahead of reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.

Petra, who defeated Maria in last year's Wimbledon final, is the fourth seed behind World No 2 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who is seeded third. AFP