Wimbledon have announced the seeds for next week's elite tournament, with British number one Andy Murray seeded fourth while reigning champion Novak Djokovic is named top seed.

The seeding for the men's singles have gone by the way of world rankings with Rafael Nadal in second and Roger Federer placed as third seed.

Meanwhile, Maria Sharapova, who won the French Open a fortnight ago, has been placed at the top of the seeding for the women's singles, while defending champion Petra Kvitova nabs the fourth seed.

Wimbledon will begin this year's competition on Monday.

Men's singles top 20:

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1]
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]
Roger Federer(SUI) [3]
Andy Murray GBR) [4]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [5]
Tomas Berdych (CZE) [6]
David Ferrer (ESP) [7]
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) [8]
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [9]
Mardy Fish (USA) [10]
John Isner (USA) [11]
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) [12]
Gilles Simon (FRA) [13]
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [14]
Juan Monaco (ARG) [15]
Marin Cilic (CRO) [16]
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [17]
Richard Gasquet (FRA) [18]
Kei Nishikori (JPN) [19]
Bernard Tomic (AUS) [20]

Women's singles top 10:

Maria Sharapova (RUS) [1]
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2]
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [3]
Petra Kvitova (CZE) [4]
Samantha Stosur (AUS) [5]
Serena Williams (USA) [6]
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [7]
Angelique Kerber (GER) [8]
Marion Bartoli (FRA) [9]
Sara Errani (ITA) [10]