1 Federer, Roger SUI 1 2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2 3 Nalbandian, David ARG 3 4 Roddick, Andy USA 4 5 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5 6 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 6 7 Blake, James USA 7 8 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 8 9 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 9 10 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 10 11 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 11 OUT 12 Robredo, Tommy ESP 12 13 Ancic, Mario CRO 13 14 Johansson, Thomas SWE 14 15 Ginepri, Robby USA 15 16 Stepanek, Radek CZE 16 17 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 17 18 Berdych, Tomas CZE 18 19 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 19 20 Ferrer, David ESP 20 21 Coria, Guillermo ARG 21 OUT 22 Agassi, Andre USA 22 23 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 23 24 Haas, Tommy GER 24 25 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 25 26 Andreev, Igor RUS 26 OUT 27 Rochus, Olivier BEL 27 28 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 28 29 Monfils, Gael FRA 29 30 Acasuso, Jose ARG 30 OUT 31 Moya, Carlos ESP 31 32 Massu, Nicolas CHI 32 33 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 33 34 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 34 35 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 35 36 Malisse, Xavier BEL 36 37 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 37 38 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 38 39 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 39 40 Rusedski, Greg GBR 40 41 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 41 42 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 42 43 Gasquet, Richard FRA 43 44 Serra, Florent FRA 44 45 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 45 46 Murray, Andy GBR 46 47 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 47 48 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 48 49 Horna, Luis PER 49 50 Novak, Jiri CZE @49 51 Safin, Marat RUS 51 52 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 50 53 Volandri, Filippo ITA 52 54 Simon, Gilles FRA 53 55 Soderling, Robin SWE 54 56 Clement, Arnaud FRA 55 57 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 56 58 Hanescu, Victor ROM 57 OUT 59 Goldstein, Paul USA 58 60 Mirnyi, Max BLR 59 61 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 60 62 Calleri, Agustin ARG 61 63 Pashanski, Boris SCG 62 64 Dent, Taylor USA 63 OUT 65 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 64 66 Phau, Bjorn GER 65 67 Muller, Gilles LUX 66 68 Martin, Alberto ESP 67 69 Vik, Robin CZE 68 70 Rochus, Christophe BEL 69 71 Seppi, Andreas ITA 70 72 Djokovic, Novak SCG 71 73 Henman, Tim GBR 72 74 Spadea, Vincent USA 73 75 Moodie, Wesley RSA 74 76 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 75 77 Mayer, Florian GER 76 78 Schuettler, Rainer GER 77 79 Starace, Potito ITA 78 80 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 79 81 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 80 82 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 81 83 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 82 84 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 83 85 Portas, Albert ESP 84 86 Vicente, Fernando ESP 85 87 Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 86 88 Wang, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE 87 89 Daniel, Marcos BRA 88 90 Gimelstob, Justin USA 89 91 Greul, Simon GER 90 92 Hernych, Jan CZE 91 93 Waske, Alexander GER 92 94 Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 93 95 Minar, Ivo CZE 94 96 Marach, Oliver AUT 95 97 Benneteau, Julien FRA 96 98 Fish, Mardy USA 97 99 Vanek, Jiri CZE 98 100 Udomchoke, Danai THA 99 101 Montanes, Albert ESP 100 102 Saretta, Flavio BRA 101 103 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 102 104 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 103 105 (WC) Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 106 (WC) Baker, Jamie GBR 107 (WC) Bloomfield, Richard GBR 108 (WC) Delgado, Jamie GBR 109 (WC) Lee, Martin GBR 110 (WC) Mackin, Alan GBR 111 (WC) Philippoussis, Mark AUS 112 (WC) Pavel, Andrei ROM 113 (Q) Kim, Kevin USA 114 (Q) Labadze, Irakli GEO 115 (Q) Karanusic, Roko, CRO 116 (Q) Granollers-Pujol, Marcel, ESP 117 (Q) Berrer, Michael GER 118 (Q) Dancevic, Frank CAN 119 (Q) Falla, Alejandro COL 120 (Q) Stadler, Simon GER 121 (Q) Peya, Alexander AUT 122 (Q) Pless, Kristian DEN 123 (Q) Goodall, Joshua GBR 124 (Q) Galvani, Stefano ITA 125 (Q) Arthurs, Wayne AUS 126 (Q) Dorsch, Benedikt GER 127 (Q) Kendrick, Robert USA 128 (Q) Becker, Benjamin GER LL Faurel, Jean-Christophe FRA (replaces Kiefer)
Alternates 1. Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 104 IN 2. Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 105 IN 3. Sabau, Razvan ROM 106 IN 4. Zib, Tomas CZE 107 IN 5. Norman, Dick BEL 108 IN 6. Van Gemerden, Melle NED 109 IN 7. Massa, Edgardo ARG @109 8. Delgado, Ramon PAR 110 9. Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 111 10. Sluiter, Raemon NED 112 11. Reynolds, Bobby USA 113 12. Pavel, Andrei ROM 114 13. Gremelmayr, Denis GER 115 14. Gicquel, Marc FRA 116 15. Kim, Kevin USA 117 16. Marin, Juan Antonio CRC 118 17. Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 119 18. Roitman, Sergio ARG 120 19. Llodra, Michael FRA 121 20. Koubek, Stefan AUT 122 !
....now when was the last time that we had three players on the entry list for Wimbledon? And if Tim doesn't retire, and Boggo continues his rise, will we get four next year? Boggo missed the alternates list by just a whisker. Here's to Alex at the US open by rights!
SCOTLAND could have a record representation of eight competitors at Wimbledon this year if organisers give the usual allocation of wildcards to British competitors. Andy Murray, the world No45, will again be the focus of attention, but the supporting cast will include his brother, Jamie, and up to a half a dozen other hopefuls.
The elder Murray has high hopes of competing in the doubles along with Colin Fleming from Linlithgow, while Karen Paterson could be given an English partner and receive a wildcard for the women's doubles. Elena Baltacha, the British No2, will compete in the women's singles, Alan Mackin and Jamie Baker should be included in the men's draw, and 16-year-old Graeme Dyce, the recipient of a scholarship from the Bollettieri Academy in Florida, will take part in the junior singles.
Murray appeals to British tennis fans not to expect too much this year at Wimbledon:
Andy Murray, the rising star of British tennis, appealed to tennis fans not to expect too much at Wimbledon this year.
The 19-year-old Scot bowed out of the French Open in the first round on Tuesday when his fragile physique again found him out in his match against Frenchman Gael Monfils.
He suffered a back problem in the tie-break of the second set of his five-set defeat, caused by the fact that his spine is weak because it is not yet fully grown.
Murray, who reached the third round at Wimbledon last year before cramping badly against David Nalbandian, plans a series of strengthening exercises over the next few weeks and is optimistic he will be in good shape for his trip to SW19.
But he said: "The expectations of people might be a little bit too big just now. I hope everybody tries to keep it in perspective.
"When you're not seeded, if you draw Federer it's tough to say you're going to go further than the year before. Just depends on the luck of the draw.
"I'll be doing exercises for my lower back but on the grass it's a bit different. It's pretty soft. It doesn't put too much strain on the body. You don't really use the same muscles. My back didn't really hurt me at all during Wimbledon last year.
"I've got enough time to see the physio and get a lot of massage and do some exercises to get it better. I should be okay.
"If I play well I'll be happy. If I play badly I'll be disappointed. But I've got a lot more years of playing Wimbledon if I don't do so well this year. I had a great Wimbledon last year."
He is also prepared for the 'Murray mania' which is bound to break out during Wimbledon fortnight.
He added: "I had a little bit of it at Wimbledon last year. I played well and there wasn't much pressure on me.
"I think it could be a little mad around Queen's and Wimbledon this year. I'll see how I deal with it.
"I hope it goes in my favour. If not I'm going to try to get used to it."
Murray, currently 45 in the world, might be a slow developer physically but his mental maturity is not in doubt. While others have questioned his continuing injury problems he remains unfazed.
Murray said: "There's no need to panic. I'm only 19. I'm going to play these tournaments for the next 12, 13 years. I'm pretty well grounded.
"I realise where I am going. I can't win every match. But if I can get a little bit more consistency my ranking should start going even higher."
I'm going on 1st Friday, Bethan's going on the middle Saturday, Madeline's going on the 2nd Thursday and Kate and Lucy are going for most of the two weeks.
I'll be queuing for a ground pass on the second Friday as well as having tickets the day before - not sure what there will be to watch apart from juniors/seniors, but we can always sit on Henman Hill and watch the men's semis. Probably will, in fact.
I got a letter in on Friday saying I'd won centre court tickets for the first day in the ballot. So happy - been running about like a maddy ever since trying to get transport sorted. I just assumed that since I hadn't heard in May that I hadn't been successful, but it came in eventually.
Fingers crossed I have a wee bit more success with this trip after the debacle I had at the DC tie.
aria81 wrote: I got a letter in on Friday saying I'd won centre court tickets for the first day in the ballot. So happy - been running about like a maddy ever since trying to get transport sorted. I just assumed that since I hadn't heard in May that I hadn't been successful, but it came in eventually.
Fingers crossed I have a wee bit more success with this trip after the debacle I had at the DC tie.
Congrats on that Ria ! That should be great, I got centre tickets for day one last year and saw Fed, Davenport, Safin and Baltacha.
Where abouts are you sitting ? Last year it was extremely hot, my friend got sunstroke.
Nope - never been before. This is the first time we've ever applied for tickets which is why I was so shocked when the letter came in last week. I've never been to London before so I've had the maps out looking for the closest bus and train stations. Trying to get the travel sorted has been the problem because I want to travel down on the Sunday night and back up on the Monday night but I guess a lot of people have the same idea because the sleeper train is all booked up so it's looking like it might be the bus.
I have no idea where the seats are yet - I guess I should get the tickets in early next week (hopefully). I guess with your friend getting sunstroke that should be a warning - I turn into lobster woman when the sun-shines so I guess I'll stock up on the factor 25 before I go.
Make sure you're stocked with plenty of food before you go, don't rely on getting any from Wimbledon itself because the queues for the food and drink tents are enormous. By 1.30pm the queue for the ice cream was 30 long and all of the Pimms tents were absolutely full.
Trying to find different places eg: toilets, outside courts, bank etc also takes quite a lot of time, you have to be prepared for that.
I was lucky on centre because my seat was at the far side while my friend was sitting almost opposite the umpire's chair where the glare of the sun was brightest.
It's amazing how close you feel to the players on centre, I could hear Safin swearing to himself and Baltacha was muttering "get a grip and stop punting that forehand out of court" which was funny. She got really frustrated and smacked a ball into the royal box
Aria81, the (rather expensive) program on sale there has a good map of the grounds to sort out where everything is. Or you can be canny and print the map off the Wimbledon website! Enjoy - I intend to!