About seeding at The Championships

- A simplified form of seeding was introduced in 1924 when up to four representatives of a nation were drawn in the four different quarters of the draw.

- In 1927 full seeding was carried out and competitors were selected according to ability, irrespective of nationality.

- Seeding has been based on computer rankings since 1975.

- Since 1927 only two unseeded players have won the Gentlemen’s Singles - Boris Becker in 1985 and Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.

- In 2023, Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to win the Ladies’ Singles.

- Eleven unseeded players have reached the final of the Gentlemen’s Singles and four unseeded players have reached the final of the Ladies’ Singles.

- Today there are 32 seeds in Gentlemen's and Ladies' singles.

- Between 2002 and 2019, seeding for the Gentlemen’s Singles was determined by a surface-based formula, which reflected more accurately an individual player’s grass court achievements in the two-year period immediately before the date used for seeding for The Championships. After The Championships 2019, it was decided that the seeding formula had served its time.

- From The Championships 2021 onwards, seeding for the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles have been based on world ranking.