Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Wawrinka top seedings at Wimbledon

Updated 22/06/2016 at 12:56 GMT

No surprises here: Australian and French Open champion Novak Djokovic has been confirmed as top seed for Wimbledon as he bids to complete the third leg of a calendar year grand slam.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia shows off the trophy after winning his Men's Singles Final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 12, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

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The Serbian world number one - who beat Roger Federer in last year's final - is aiming to claim the title at SW19 for a third consecutive year.

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Seeded second is Andy Murray, the world number two, who lost to Djokovic in the finals in both Melbourne and Paris.

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Federer, last year's runner-up, is the third seed, while his fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka is fourth seed in the absence of injured world number four Rafa Nadal.

The big departure the seedings take from the world rankings comes for Richard Gasquet, with the world number 10 seeded seventh thanks to his passage to the quarter-finals at Queen's last week as well as his progress to the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year.

On the women's side Serena Williams is top seed, French Open champion Garbine Muguruza second seed and Poland's Agnieska Radwanska third.

Britain's Johanna Konta is seeded at the event for the first time, listed 17th following her rise to the world's top 20 off the back of a run to the semi-finals of the Australian Open at the start of the year.

Williams will be the red-hot favourite, however: the American veteran, now 34, has six Wimbledon titles to her name, and is desperately hoping for a seventh title which would pull her level with Steffi Graf on 22 grand slam singles victories.

The tournament begins on Monday June 27 and finishes on Sunday 10 July.

For the first time ever, the men's and women's finals will be broadcast LIVE on Eurosport in the UK, while the channel will also broadcast a nightly highlights programme.