2021 Wimbledon Women’s Seed Report

At the previous major, the women’s field, collectively, made a mockery of prognostication. The top four seeds made hasty exits from Paris. None of the four semifinalists had ever been that far at a major. The title went to unseeded Barbora Krej\u010díková, a Czech previously best known for her doubles acumen. Will chaos again emerge as the theme at Wimbledon 2021? Naomi Osaka—never a grass-court impresario, but a contender nonetheless—will not be playing. Simona Halep, the defending champion, is out on account of a calf injury. The champ before her, Angie Kerber, is nearing the end of her Hall of Fame career. Still, not unlike the lines, we predict a fair amount of chalk. Most of the top women have games that translate well to grass. That includes top seed Ash Barty, due-to-break-out Aryna Sabalenka … and Serena Williams, seven times the trophy hoister.

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