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French Open seeds: Sam Querrey is highest U.S. male at No. 18

Californian Sam Querrey is seeded 18th at the French Open.
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Looking for signs of a rebound for U.S. men’s tennis? Don’t look at the seedings for this year’s French Open, which begins Sunday.

The highest seeded American male is Sam Querrey of Thousand Oaks, who is seeded 18th.

Novak Djokovic is seeded No. 1 for the men, Roger Federer is second and Rafael Nadal third.

The complete list: 1. Djokovic, Serbia; 2. Federer, Switzerland; 3. Nadal, Spain; 4. David Ferrer, Spain; 5. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic; 6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France; 7. Richard Gasquet, France; 8. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia; 9. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland; 10. Marin Cilic, Croatia; 11. Nicolas Almagro, Spain; 12. Tommy Haas, Germany; 13. Kei Nishikori, Japan; 14. Milos Raonic, Canada; 15. Gilles Simon, France; 16. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany; 17. Juan Monaco, Argentina; 18. Sam Querrey, United States; 19. John Isner, United States; 20. Andreas Seppi, Italy; 21. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland; 22. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine; 23. Kevin Anderson, South Africa; 24. Benoit Paire, France; 25. Jeremy Chardy, France; 26. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria; 27. Fabio Fognini, Italy; 28. Florian Mayer, Germany; 29. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia; 30. Julien Benneteau, France; 31. Marcel Granollers, Spain; 32. Tommy Robredo, Spain.

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Serena Williams is the top-seeded female, followed by Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. Venus Williams is seeded 30th.

The complete list: 1. Serena Williams, United States; 2. Sharapova, Russia; 3. Azarenka, Belarus; 4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland; 5. Sara Errani, Italy; 6. Li Na, China; 7. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic; 8. Angelique Kerber, Germany; 9. Sam Stosur, Australia; 10. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark; 11. Nadia Petrova, Russia; 12. Maria Kirilenko, Russia; 13. Marion Bartoli, France; 14. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia; 15. Roberta Vinci, Italy; 16. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia; 17. Sloane Stephens, United States; 18. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia; 19. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia; 20. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain; 21. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium; 22. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia; 23. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic; 24. Julia Goerges, Germany; 25. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic; 26. Sorana Cirstea, Romania; 27. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan; 28. Tamira Paszek, Austria; 29. Varvara Lepchenko, United States; 30. Venus Williams, United States; 31. Alize Cornet, France; 32. Sabine Lisicki, Germany.

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