Wimbledon 2017 seedings: Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber head lists

The world number one, who beat Milos Raonic to win the title for the second time in 2016, leads a top four of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Wimbledon is the only grand slam tournament where the seedings do not automatically follow the rankings, with greater weight being given to recent results on grass in the men's event.

Djokovic and Federer are the main beneficiaries, with Djokovic, the champion in 2014 and 2015, seeded second despite having dropped to fourth in the rankings.

Federer is ranked fifth but his ninth title in Halle last week was enough to earn him the number three seeding ahead of world number two Nadal, who has struggled on grass in recent years.

It is the first time the 'big four' of men's tennis have been the top four seeds at a slam since Wimbledon 2014, with world number three Stan Wawrinka, who has never reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon, seeded fifth.

Raonic is sixth, with Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, Kei Nishikori and Alexander Zverev rounding off the top 10.

Grass-court lover Gilles Muller is the big mover, with the Luxembourger ranked 26th but seeded 16th.

The initial list had to be amended within hours of its announcement when Pablo Cuevas, originally the 27th seed, withdrew due to a knee injury.

Fernando Verdasco was duly bumped into the seeding list at 31.

The women's seedings match the rankings and are headed by world number one Angelique Kerber, who was beaten in the final by Serena Williams last year.

In the absence of the 23-time grand slam champion as she awaits the birth of her first child, Simona Halep is seeded second, Karolina Pliskova third and Elina Svitolina fourth.

Britain's Johanna Konta is seeded sixth - the highest for a British woman since Virginia Wade in 1979.

Other notable names include five-time champion Venus Williams at 10, two-time winner and title favourite Petra Kvitova at 11 and French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko at 13.

Jamie Murray and his Brazilian partner Bruno Soares are seeded third in the men's doubles as they chase their first Wimbledon title.

Men's singles seedings:

 1 Andy Murray (GBR)

2 Novak Djokovic (SRB)

3 Roger Federer (SUI)

4 Rafael Nadal (ESP)

5 Stan Wawrinka (SUI)

6 Milos Raonic (CAN)

7 Marin Cilic (CRO)

8 Dominic Thiem (AUT)

9 Kei Nishikori (JPN)

10 Alexander Zverev (GER)

11 Tomas Berdych (CZE)

12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

13 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)

14 Lucas Pouille (FRA)

15 Gael Monfils (FRA)

16 Gilles Muller (LUX)

17 Jack Sock (USA)

18 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

19 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

20 Nick Kyrgios (AUS)

21 Ivo Karlovic (CRO)

22 Richard Gasquet (FRA)

23 John Isner (USA)

24 Sam Querrey (USA)

25 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)

26 Steve Johnson (USA)

27 Mischa Zverev (GER)

28 Fabio Fognini (ITA)

29 Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)

30 Karen Khachanov (RUS)

31 Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

32 Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 

Pablo Cuevas, originally the No 27 seed, withdrew due to a right knee injury.

Women's singles seedings:

1 Angelique Kerber (GER)

2 Simona Halep (ROU)

3 Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

4 Elina Svitolina (UKR)

5 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

6 Johanna Konta (GBR)

7 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

8 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

9 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

10 Venus Williams (USA)

11 Petra Kvitova (CZE)

12 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

13 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

14 Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

15 Elena Vesnina (RUS)

16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

17 Madison Keys (USA)

18 Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)

19 Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)

20 Daria Gavrilova (AUS)

21 Caroline Garcia (FRA)

22 Barbora Strycova (CZE)

23 Kiki Bertens (NED)

24 CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)

25 Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)

26 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

27 Ana Konjuh (CRO)

28 Lauren Davis (USA)

29 Daria Kasatkina (RUS)

30 Zhang Shuai (CHN)

31 Roberta Vinci (ITA)

32 Lucie Safarova (CZE)