Oxfordshire's Tim Henman has not been seeded at Wimbledon for the first time in a decade.

There are no British players at all among the 64 seeds named yesterday ahead of the third grand slam of the year, which gets underway on Monday.

Henman's run to the semi-finals of the Stella Artois Championships, where he lost to his nemesis Lleyton Hewitt, lifted him from 76th to 62nd in the latest world rankings.

But although previous performances on grass in the last two years are also taken into account, the four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist will be unseeded at the All England Club for the first time since 1996.

Henman was seeded sixth last year when he lost in the second round to Russian Dmitry Tursunov in five sets, his earliest exit since 1995.

British No 1 Greg Rusedski and Andy Murray also missed out on being seeded, although world No 37 Rusedski could still benefit if there are any further withdrawals.

Murray was the last surviving British player last year when he reached the third round, but he warned: "The expectations of people might be a little bit too big just now. I hope everybody tries to keep it in per- spective."

Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo are the top seeds, with French Open champion Rafael Nadal seeded two in the men's singles despite his relative inexperience on grass.

Andy Roddick, who has lost the last two finals to Federer, is the third seed, up from his world ranking of five, with David Nalbandian fourth.

Former champion Hewitt is sixth with Croatia's Mario Ancic, who knocked out Henman on his way to the semi-finals in 2004, seventh.

Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne are two and three respectively in the women's list, followed by former champion Maria Sharapova.