Federer, Mauresmo are top seeds at Wimbledon

When Wimbledon 2006 commences Monday at the All England Club, three-time defending champion Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo will be on hand as the top seeds. Both players are atop the world rankings on their respective tours.
The amazing Federer has won his last 41 matches on grass, as he tied Bjorn Borg's record on the surface last week by capturing a fourth straight Gerry Weber Open title in Halle, Germany. The sublime Swiss can set a new record with an opening-round win at Wimbledon.
Federer has ruled Wimbledon three years running, including finals victories over American Andy Roddick the previous two seasons. He is the reigning Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open champ.
The Swiss superstar is followed in the seedings by reigning two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, Roddick, 2002 Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian and Ivan Ljubicic.
The top-10 men's seeds are rounded out by No. 6 Lleyton Hewitt, Mario Ancic, James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Gonzalez. Hewitt was the '02 Wimbledon winner, while Ancic is the last man to beat Federer on grass, turning the trick in the opening round at the AEC four years ago.
Legendary American Andre Agassi is seeded 26th at the fortnight. The eight- time major champion captured his lone Wimbledon championship back in 1992 and was the runner-up to the great Pete Sampras here in 1999.
Agassi will make his first Wimbledon appearance since 2003, as he skipped the last two editions due to injuries.
The top-24 men's players in the world are entered.
The top-seeded Mauresmo, this year's Australian Open champ, is a three-time Wimbledon semifinalist. She is followed by U.S. Open titlist Kim Clijsters, reigning two-time Roland Garros champion and 2006 Aussie Open runner-up Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2004 Wimbledon titlist Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova. The five-time Grand Slam titlist Henin-Hardenne, who needs Wimbledon to complete a career Golden Slam, was the 2001 runner-up to Venus Williams at the AEC.
The top-10 women's seeds are rounded out by French Open runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova, the reigning Wimbledon champ Williams, two-time major runner-up Elena Dementieva, Patty Schnyder and Anastasia Myskina. The five-time Grand Slam champion Williams has won the world's most prestigious tennis tournament three times.
Former world No. 1 Martina Hingis is the 13th seed. The "Swiss Miss" captured Wimbledon in 1997 and, like Williams, is a five-time Grand Slam champion.
The women's draw will do without injured stars Lindsay Davenport (back), Serena Williams (knee) and Mary Pierce (foot). Davenport was last year's Wimbledon runner-up to Venus. Serena is a two-time champion and was the '04 runner-up to Sharapova, while Davenport won the event in 1999 and is a two- time runner-up.
The draws will be held on Friday morning.