Tennis: Erakovic one win away from Wimbledon main draw

Marina Erakovic plays a forehand in her singles match against Alexandra Dulgheru. Photo / Getty Images

New Zealand tennis number one Marina Erakovic is one win away from qualifying for the main draw at Wimbledon.

Erakovic is through to the final round of qualifying after a 6-4, 6-2 win over Poland's Urszula Radwanska.

She will face 21 year old Russian Irina Khromacheva for a place in the main draw.

The Russian is ranked 123 compared to Erakovic at 149.

Meanwhile the seedings for Wimbledon have been confirmed with Michael Venus and Mate Pavic announced as the 16th seeds in the men's doubles.

As a team this year they have won four titles (Auckland, Montpellier, Marseille and s-Hertogenbosch and been a finalist once at Nice.

The last time a Kiwi male was seeded in doubles at Wimbledon was Brett Steven in 1998 where he was the ninth seed with American Patrick Galbraith.