Chart: 2012 Wimbledon preview

What: Third Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year

When: Monday through July 8

Where: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

New TV: ESPN starts a 12-year U.S. TV rights deal with Wimbledon and will have live coverage every day of the tournament on ESPN/ESPN2. ABC will reair some matches on tape delay, but there will be no live action on broadcast television.

Last year: Novak Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title by beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 in the final, then celebrated by eating some blades of Centre Court grass. Djokovic's run at the All England Club began a 27-match Grand Slam winning streak and earned him the No. 1 ranking. Petra Kvitova took home her first major title by upsetting 2004 champion Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 in the women's final.

1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia

2. Rafael Nadal, Spain

4. Andy Murray, Britain

5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France

6. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic

7. David Ferrer, Spain

8. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia

2. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus

3. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland

4. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic

5. Sam Stosur, Australia

6. Serena Williams, United States

8. Angelique Kerber, Germany

Left out: Roger Federer has gone about 2 1/2 years without winning a Grand Slam title, his longest drought since he won his first nine years ago.

Low ranks: Christina McHale is the second-highest-seeded American. She's 28th. Venus Williams is unseeded at Wimbledon for the first time since she was 17.