Wimbledon Seeds: The Women

Really, at Wimbledon, they're called "Ladies," but no less, here are the top 32 women according to the Wimbledon seeding committee:
1. Serena WILLIAMS (USA)
2. Venus WILLIAMS (USA)
3. Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN)
4. Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB)
5. Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA)
6. Samantha STOSUR (AUS)
7. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL)
8. Kim CLIJSTERS (BEL)
9. Na LI (CHN)
10. Flavia PENNETTA (ITA)
11. Marion BARTOLI (FRA)
12. Nadia PETROVA (RUS)
13. Shahar PEER (ISR) [13] 13
14. Victoria AZARENKA (BLR)
15. Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL)
16. Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS)
17. Justine HENIN (BEL)
18. Aravane REZAI (FRA)
19. Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS)
20. Dinara SAFINA (RUS)
21. Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS)
22. Maria Jose MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP)
23. Jie ZHENG (CHN)
24. Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK)
25. Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE)
26. Alisa KLEYBANOVA (RUS)
27. Maria KIRILENKO (RUS)
28. Alona BONDARENKO (UKR)
29. Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)
30. Yaroslava SHVEDOVA (KAZ)
31. Alexandra DULGHERU (ROU)
32. Sara ERRANI (ITA)

Going down the list, there are a few things worth noting. First of all, Venus and Serena Williams should enjoy knowing they won't have to worry about each other until the final weekend. That's the advantage of being ranked first and second. I know they have a formula for figuring these things, but raise your hand if you really believe Wozniacki is the player with the third best chance of winning this tournament. Jankovic at fourth? Schiavone at fifth? Yeah, me neither. I could see Stosur out-performing her seeding (sixth). I started out thinking the same of Clijsters, but she just went down to Victoria Azarenka in Eastbourne, so maybe not. Bartoli, at 11th, is a former finalist, although she hasn't come close to replicating that result. It's very odd to see Sharapova, Henin, Kuznetsova and Safina so close to each other – at 16, 17, 19 and 20, respectively. The rankings say it right now, but no way any of those four should be ranked so low. Hopefully, they move up by the end of the year. Like at Roland Garros, it will be interesting to see who loses the Justine Henin sweepstakes. Here's to hoping it's not Sharapova. That match should never be a third round at a Grand Slam.
As for the rest of the seeded women, there's not a ton to say. Alexandra Dulgheru's won a few matches at s'Hertogenbosch. Kirilenko lost early at that same event, but she's reached the quarterfinals and the Round of 16 at her past two Slams; she might be one to watch at Wimbledon. Daniela Hantuchova is a former quarterfinalist and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez has a good game for the surface. Zheng is a former semifinalist (and held a set point against Serena Williams in that match). Still, it's hard to imagine anyone outside the top 20 holding the trophy in two weeks' time. Of course, it was hard to imagine Schiavone holding up the winners' trophy in Paris, too.
Back later with thoughts on the men.