With her position of 12 in the latest WTA rankings, which were published on Monday, Ana has secured her joint-highest Grand Slam seeding in four years for the Championships.
The 25-year-old is guaranteed to be seeded no lower than 12th at Wimbledon , which was her seeding at the 2012 US Open. Prior to that event she had not been seeded so highly at a Grand Slam since the 2009 US Open.
Ana's elevated seeding means that she will avoid playing one of the world's top four ranked players until at least the quarter-finals.
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Ana is out of the AEGON International in Eastbourne as she fell 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to world No.36 Elena Vesnina in the opening round. Despite hitting 11 aces and posting satisfying winners-to-unforced errors figures of 36-28 throughout the match, the seventh seed lacked aggression in sets two and three as gave the Russian the chance to take command.
Ana takes on world No.34 Elena Vesnina in the first round of the AEGON International in Eastbourne on Monday. It will be the third meeting between the pair, with Ana leading the head-to-head series 2-0.
Ana triumphed 6-0, 6-3 over the 26-year-old Russian when they last played, in Cincinnati in 2010. Their first ever meeting was just a few months earlier in Rome, when Ana won 6-1, 6-3.
Ana has been drawn to face world No.34 Elena Vesnina of Russia in the first round of the AEGON International, which begins in Eastbourne on Monday. Ana is seeded seventh at the $690,000 grass court event.
If she reaches round two Ana will meet either local favourite Heather Watson or Varvara Lepchenko of the United States.
Second seed Na Li could await in the quarter-finals, while 2011 Wimbledon champion and fourth seed Petra Kvitova is a likely semi-final opponent.
Ana is pictured here wearing the new adidas dress that she will wear during the 2013 Championships at Wimbledon
The June competition is now online, and is free to enter to members of Club Ana, which is free to join.
The prize is an adidas item signed by Ana.
Ana has climbed two places to No.12 in the world rankings, following her fourth round finish at Roland Garros.
In the Race to the Championships, which judges players on results in 2013 alone, Ana is placed 14th.
For the May monthly competition we asked you to simpy tell us your favourite memory from Ana's career to-date.
Unsurprisingly, many of you picked Ana's victory in the 2008 French Open. Other moments that were frequently chosen included Ana's win over Jelena Jankovic in the semi-finals of the same event, a victory which took her to No.1, and her thrilling come-from-behind win over Daniela Hantuchova at the 2008 Australian Open (Ana trailed 6-0, 2-0).
Ana has confirmed her entry into the Southern California Open in Carlsbad, near San Diego.
The addition to her tournament schedule means that the 25-year-old will be competing in three US Open Series events, ahead of the US Open itself: Carlsbad, Toronto and Cincinnati.
Images of Ana competing at Roland Garros are now in the Galleries section.
