Defending champion Rafael Nadal and women's World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki were named top seeds for next week's Wimbledon Championships here yesterday.

Tournament officials mirrored the current world rankings for their top five seeds in the men's and women's singles, with Nadal ahead of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Sweden's Robin Soderling.

In the women's draw Wozniacki heads the list from World No 3 Vera Zvonareva, newly crowned French Open champion Li Na from China and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus.

The seeding list was altered Wednesday following the withdrawal of Belgian World No 2 Kim Clijsters, who had initially been seeded two. Clijsters pulled out after suffering a recurrence of an old ankle injury on Tuesday.

Defending women's champion Serena Williams, who made her comeback at Eastbourne this week after almost a year out of tennis, has been seeded seventh.

Williams is bidding to clinch a hat-trick of Wimbledon crowns after a hellish 12 months beset by serious health problems and a foot injury.

Men's seedings
1: Rafael Nadal
2: Novak Djokovic
3: Roger Federer
4: Andy Murray
5: Robin Soderling

Women's seedings
1: Caroline Wozniacki
2: Vera Zvonareva
3: Li Na
4: Victoria Azarenka
5: Maria Sharapova