Wimbledon preview

A look ahead to the third of four Grand Slam tournaments this year.

The Associated Press
June 25, 2016 at 9:28PM

What: Third Grand Slam tournament of the year

When: Play begins Monday. The women's singles final is July 9; the men's singles final is July 10.

Where: The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, England

2015 singles champions: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams

Men's top seeds

1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia

2. Andy Murray, Britain

3. Roger Federer, Switzerland

4. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland

5. Kei Nishikori, Japan

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6. Milos Raonic, Canada

7. Richard Gasquet, France

8. Dominic Thiem, Austria

Women's top seeds

1. Serena Williams, United States

2. Garbine Muguruza, Spain

3. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland

4. Angelique Kerber, Germany

5. Simona Halep, Romania

6. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus (WD)

6. Roberta Vinci, Italy

7. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland

8. Venus Williams, United States

BY THE NUMBERS

28 Consecutive Grand Slam matches won by Djokovic, who is halfway to a true Grand Slam.

13 Consecutive Wimbledon titles won by the "Big 4" of men's tennis: Federer, Djokovic, Murray and Rafael Nadal.

21 Grand Slam singles titles won by Serena Williams, one short of Steffi Graf's Open era record.

9 Seed for American Madison Keys.

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