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Wimbledon 2025 sets a new record as seeded players make a beeline for in first two days
Alexander Zverev and Coco Gauff are two of the biggest names to crash out in the opening round of Wimbledon. AP
Wimbledon 2025 is off to quite the tumultuous start; defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova have advanced to the second along with other top names such as Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner.
The opening round of the lone grass-court Grand Slam, however, has also witnessed a record number of seeded players crash out in the first round, which certainly makes the things interesting at SW19 and could lead to a breakthrough performance from a relatively unfancied player or two.
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How many seeded players have crashed out out in the first round of Wimbledon?
While the aforementioned names progressed to the second round, men's third seed Alexander Zverev and women's second seed Coco Gauff – who had recently defeated Sabalenka to win her maiden French Open last month – are among the biggest names crashing out of the tournament in the opening round.
❌ Zverev (3)
❌ Musetti (7)
❌ Rune (8)
❌ Medvedev (9)
❌ Cerundolo (16)
❌ Humbert (18)
❌ Popyrin (20)
❌ Tsitsipas (24)
❌ Shapovalov (27)
❌ Bublik (28)
❌ Michelsen (30)
❌ Griekspoor (31)
❌ Berrettini (32)
Equalling the all-time record for most seeds to lose in Round 1… pic.twitter.com/yDjBINCSxk — Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 1, 2025
While Zverev suffered a marathon 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 defeat at the hands of France's Arthur Rinderknech, two-time Grand Slam winner Gauff lost to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska 7-6(3) 6-1.
The trio of Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune and Daniil Medvedev, seeded seventh to ninth in the men's singles draw, also crashed out of the third Major of the year, as did third seed Jessica Pegula, fifth seed Qinwen Zheng and ninth seed Paula Badosa from women's singles among others.
Why is this number significant?
Wimbledon has witnessed a new record just two days into a brand new season – that of the most top-seed exits in the first round. Eight of the top-10 seeds from the men's and women's singles draw have failed to advance to the second, which according to Opta is the highest at a Grand Slam in the 'Open Era'.
"It's the win of her career."
No.1 Court is stunned as Dayana Yastremska defeats No.2 seed Coco Gauff 7-6(3), 6-1 😲#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/pZYylWHcs8 — Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 1, 2025
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As for the overall count, the men's singles draw witnessed 13 seeds bow out in the first round – the highest since 32 seeds were introduced in the grass-court Grand Slam in 2001. The number in the women's singles draw stands at nine – making it a total of 22 seeded players crashing out of Wimbledon after the first round.
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