It’s turning into a tournament of shocks at Wimbledon as top seeds fall from the Championships in the early rounds.
On Tuesday, three of the world’s top five were knocked out of the women’s singles, with French Open champion and second seed Coco Gauff following the exits of third seed Jessica Pegula and fifth seed Zheng Qinwen.
The third seed is also out on the men’s side, with Alexander Zverev knocked out at the first hurdle. Daniil Medvedev, Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune were also big-name casualties from the top 10.
Both the men’s and women’s 20th seeds are both out, and both lost to British opposition – Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko fell in three sets to an inspired British No 3, Sonay Kartal, while wildcard Arthur Fery got the better of Australian’s Alexei Popyrin.
Follow the progress of the top players at Wimbledon with our seed tracker here:
Men’s seeds
3. Alexander Zverev – first round defeat to Arthur Rinderknech, 6-7, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 4-6
4. Jack Draper
5. Taylor Fritz
6. Novak Djokovic
7. Lorenzo Musetti – first round defeat to Nikoloz Basilashvili, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7, 1-6
8. Holger Rune – first round defeat to Nicolas Jarry, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 4-6
9. Daniil Medvedev – first round defeat to Benjamin Bonzi, 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-7(3), 2-6
10. Ben Shelton
11. Alex de Minaur
12. Frances Tiafoe
13. Tommy Paul
14. Andrey Rublev
15. Jakub Mensik
16. Francisco Cerundolo – first round defeat to Nuno Borges, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(5), 0-6
17. Karen Khachanov
18. Ugo Humbert – first round defeat to Gael Monfils, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 2-6
19. Grigor Dimitrov
20. Alexei Popyrin – first round defeat to Arthur Fery, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4, 4-6
21. Tomas Machac
22. Flavio Cobolli
23. Jiri Lehecka
24. Stefanos Tsitsipas – first round retirement against Valentin Royer, 3-6, 2-6, ret.
25. Felix Auger-Aliassime
26. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
27. Denis Shapovalov – first round loss to Mariano Navone, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 4-6
28. Alexander Bublik – first round loss to Jaume Munar, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(5), 2-6
29. Brandon Nakashima
30. Alex Michelsen – first round loss to Miomir Kecmanovic, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
31. Tallon Griekspoor – first round defeat to Jenson Brooksby, 2-6, 5-7, 3-6
32. Matteo Berrettini – first round defeat to Kamil Majchrzak, 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6
Women’s seeds
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Coco Gauff – first round defeat to Dayana Yastremska, 6-7 1-6
3. Jessica Pegula – first round defeat to Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 2-6, 3-6
4. Jasmine Paolini
5. Qinwen Zheng – first round defeat to Katerina Siniakova, 5-7, 6-4, 1-6
6. Madison Keys
7. Mirra Andreeva
8. Iga Swiatek
9. Paula Badosa – first round defeat to Katie Boulter, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6
10. Emma Navarro
11. Elena Rybakina
12. Diana Shnaider
13. Amanda Anisimova
14. Elina Svitolina
15. Karolina Muchova – first round defeat to Xinyu Wang, 5-7, 2-6
16. Daria Kasatkina
17. Barbora Krejcikova
18. Ekaterina Alexandrova
19. Liudmila Samsonova
20. Jelena Ostapenko – first round defeat to Sonay Kartal, 5-7, 6-2, 2-6
21. Beatriz Haddad Maia
22. Donna Vekic
23. Clara Tauson
24. Elise Mertens
25. Magdalena Frech – first round defeat to Victoria Mboko, 3-6, 2-6
26. Marta Kostyuk – first round defeat to Veronika Erjavec, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6
27. Magda Linette
28. Sofia Kenin
29. Leylah Fernandez
30. Linda Noskova
31. Ashlyn Krueger
32. McCartney Kessler – first round defeat to Marketa Vondrousova, 1-6, 6-7(3)
