Andy Murray's slip to eighth in the world rankings will not dent his seeding at Wimbledon, tournament officials have confirmed.
Philip Brook, the chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, said the reigning champion's strong two-year grass court record will keep him among the top seeds. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic can also expect to benefit from Wimbledon's seeding system.
'We have a surfaced-based seeding system here at Wimbledon,' said Brook. 'So we take the ranking points of each player, and add to that the ranking points they hypothetically received last year on grass, and we add to that 75 per cent of the best-performing tournament in the previous year.
'To put it into context for Andy Murray, as winner of Queen's last year and winner here last year, and a finalist here in 2012, there will be a significant impact on him. There will also be quite a significant impact on Federer and Djokovic; there will be some adjustment.'
Total prize money for Wimbledon has also risen by 10.8 per cent from last year to £25m, with the winners of the men's singles and women's singles each taking £1.76m, up from last year's £1.6m.
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