Murray seeded third, Nadal 10th at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are top seeds at the championships starting Monday

Britain's Andy Murray, seeking to win the Wimbledon title for the second time in three years, has been named as third seed for the competition which starts next Monday.

World No 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic, seeking a third Wimbledon crown, is the top seed while seven-time champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is seeded second.

Murray, 28, who became the first Briton to win the men's title for 77 years when he triumphed in 2013, was in sublime form when he won the Queen's Club tournament for the fourth time on Sunday and has been heavily backed to follow that up with another Wimbledon success.

Rafael Nadal of Spain, who won Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010, but lost in the first round at Queen's last week, is seeded 10th and will be one opponent the top seeds will want to avoid assuming he makes it through to the last 16.

Serena Williams of the United States, seeking her sixth Wimbledon title, is the top seed in the women's section, with last year's champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic seeded second.

List of men's seeds for the Wimbledon tennis championships:

1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

2 Roger Federer (Switzerland)

3 Andy Murray (Britain)

4 Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)

5 Kei Nishikori (Japan)

6 Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)

7 Milos Raonic (Canada)

8 David Ferrer (Spain)

9 Marin Cilic (Croatia)

10 Rafael Nadal (Spain)

11 Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)

12 Gilles Simon (France)

13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fracne)

14 Kevin Anderson (South Africa)

15 Feliciano Lopez (Spain)

16 David Goffin (Belgium)

17 John Isner (U.S.)

18 Gael Monfild (France)

19 Tommy Robredo (Spain)

20 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain)

21 Richard Gasquet (France)

22 Viktor Troicki (Serbia)

23 Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)

24 Leonardo Mayer (Argentina)

25 Andreas Seppi (Italy)

26 Nick Kyrgios (Australia)

27 Bernard Tomic (Australia)

28 Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay)

29 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain)

30 Fabio Fognini (Italy)

31 Jack Sock (U.S.)

32 Dominic Thiem (Austria)

List of women's seeds at Wimbledon

1 Serena Williams (U.S.)

2 Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

3 Simona Halep (Romania)

4 Maria Sharapova (Russia)

5 Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

6 Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)

7 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)

8 Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)

9 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain)

10 Angelique Kerber (Germany)

11 Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)

12 Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)

13 Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)

14 Andrea Petkovic (Germany)

15 Timea Bacsinzky (Switzerland)

16 Venus Williams (U.S.)

17 Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

18 Sabine Lisicki (Germany)

19 Sara Errani (Italy)

20 Garbine Muguruza (Spain)

21 Madison Keys (U.S)

22 Samantha Stosur (Australia)

23 Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

24 Flavia Pennetta (Italy)

25 Alize Cornet (France)

26 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)

27 Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic)

28 Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)

29 Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania)

30 Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)

31 Camila Giorgi (Italy)

32 Caroline Garcia (France)