Becker, Ranked No. 2, Is Seeded No. 1 : Seven-Time Champion Navratilova Tops Women’s Draw

Two-time Defending champion Boris Becker of West Germany was named the No. 1-seeded player Monday in the men’s draw for Wimbledon, although he is No. 2 to Ivan Lendl in the world rankings.

Martina Navratilova, the defending women’s champion, was seeded No. 1 in her bid for a sixth consecutive Wimbledon title and eighth overall.

Lendl, of Czechoslovakia, and Steffi Graf, of West Germany, winners of the men’s and women’s singles championships at the French Open earlier this month, were seeded No. 2 for Wimbledon.

The seedings for the tournament, which will be played June 22-July 5, were announced by the All-England Lawn Tennis Club.

Clay-court specialists Kent Carlsson of Sweden, ranked No. 11 in the world, and Martin Jaite of Argentina, ranked No. 14, will not play at Wimbledon.

Two injured American women will also miss the tournament. Zina Garrison, ranked No. 7 in the world, suffered a stress fracture in her foot before the French Open, and No. 13 Kathy Rinaldi was injured in Paris.

Becker, 19, has moved into the No. 2 spot in the rankings behind Lendl, who solidified his No. 1 ranking by winning the French Open for the second year in a row. Lendl has been ranked No. 1 since September of 1985.

Behind Lendl and Becker in the men’s seedings are Sweden’s Mats Wilander, No. 3; Sweden’s Stefan Edberg, No. 4; Czechoslovakia’s Miloslav Mecir, No. 5; France’s Yannick Noah, No. 6; Jimmy Connors, No. 7; Ecuador’s Andres Gomez, No. 8; France’s Henri Leconte, No. 9; Tim Mayotte, No. 10; Australia’s Pat Cash, No. 11; Brad Gilbert, No. 12; Sweden’s Joakim Nystrom, No. 13; Spain’s Emilio Sanchez, No. 14; David Pate, No. 15; and Kevin Curren, No. 16.

After Navratilova and Graf in the women’s seedings are three-time winner Chris Evert, No. 3; Czechoslovakia’s Hana Mandlikova, No. 4; Czechoslovakia’s Helena Sukova, No. 5; Pam Shriver, No. 6; Argentina’s Gabriela Sabatini, No. 7; Bulgaria’s Manuela Maleeva, No. 8; West Germany’s Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, No. 9; West Germany’s Bettina Bunge, No. 10; Lori McNeil, No. 11; Sweden’s Catarina Lindqvist, No. 12; Australia’s Wendy Turnbull, No. 13; Barbara Potter, No. 14; Bulgaria’s Katerina Maleeva, No. 15; and Italy’s Raffaella Reggi, No. 16.