All England Open Line Up:

 

For the first time in his career, National champion P. Gopi Chand has been seeded in the All England championships.  The Indian star is the No. 10 seed in the men's singles event of the most prestigious of badminton majors which begins on March 6.  The Danes, led by world No. 1, Peter Gade Christensen, have been seeded at the No. 1 slot in four of the five events in the seedings announced for the four-star Grand Prix tournament here on Tuesday.  Peter Gade's fiancee, Camilla Martin, is the top seed in the women's section.  The lone top spot that has not gone to the Danish players has been taken by the Indonesians, Flandi Limpele and Eng Hian, who head the men's doubles seedings. Less than a month ago, Gopi looked to be headed for a top eight seeding at the All England, but his current ranking of 10th, from his best ever of sixth, perhaps ruled that out.  In the women's singles, defending champion and Olympic gold medallist Gong Zhichao of China is seeded to meet Camilla Martin in the final.  The Chinese has a 6-1 record in their head- to-head chart. 

 

The seedings:  Men (singles): Country
1 Peter Gade Christensen Denmark 
2 Xia Xuanze  China 
3 Ji Xinpeng  China 
4 Hendrawan  Indonesia 
5 Taufik Hidayat  Indonesia
6 Roslin Hashim  Malasia 
8 Kenneth Jonassen  Denmark
9 Richard Vaughan England
10 P. Gopi Chand  Indonesia
11 Anders Boesen  Denmark
12 Chen Hong  China
13 Lee Hyun Il  Korea 
14 Ong Ewe Hock  Korea 
15 Johan Hadikusuma  Indonesia
16 Budi Santoso  Indonesia
 

 

 

The seedings:  women (singles): Country
1 Camilla Martin Denmark
2 Gong Zhichao China
3 Dai Yun  China
4 Gong Ruina  China
5  Chen Wang Hong Kong
6 Zhou Mi Japan
2 Kanako Yonekura Japan
8 Marina Andrievskaya  Sweeden