Australian Open seeds: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek await draw

Iga Swiatek is top-seeded in the women’s singles, while Nadal is the men’s No1 with Carlos Alcaraz absent

Wednesday 11 January 2023 11:12 GMT

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Rafael Nadal has been named top seed in the men’s singles for the 2023 Australian Open, the first round of which starts on Monday 16 January.

With compatriot Carlos Alcaraz, the world No1, currently sidelined through injury, the reigning champion of the first Grand Slam of the season tops the men’s list once more - while Iga Swiatek is No1 seed in the women’s singles.

Among the other notable names on the men’s list are Novak Djokovic at No4, back after being deported from Australia a year ago, top Brit Cameron Norrie at No11 and the combustible home favourite Nick Kyrgios at No20. For the women, meanwhile, Americans Jessica Pegula (No3) and Coco Gauff (No7) have been in impressive form.

However, last year’s champion Ashleigh Barty retired soon after her triumph in Melbourne, meaning a certainty for a new winner this time around.

Here are the seeded singles players for the Australian Open:

Men’s singles

1. Rafael Nadal
2. Casper Ruud
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas
4. Novak Djokovic
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Felix Auger-Aliassime
7. Daniil Medvedev
8. Taylor Fritz
9. Holger Rune
10. Hubert Hurkacz
11. Cameron Norrie
12. Alexander Zverev
13. Matteo Berrettini
14. Pablo Carreno Busta
15. Jannik Sinner
16. Frances Tiafoe
17. Marin Cilic
18. Lorenzo Musetti
19. Karen Khachanov
20. Nick Kyrgios
21. Denis Shapovalov
22. Borna Coric
23. Alex de Minaur
24. Diego Schwartzman
25. Roberto Bautista Agut
26. Daniel Evans
27. Miomir Kecmanovic
28. Grigor Dimitrov
29. Francisco Cerundolo
30. Sebastian Korda
31. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
32. Yoshihito Nishioka

Women’s singles

1. Iga Swiatek
2. Ons Jabeur
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Caroline Garcia
5. Aryna Sabalenka
6. Maria Sakkari
7. Coco Gauff
8. Daria Kasatkina
9. Veronika Kudermetova
10. Madison Keys
11. Paula Badosa
12. Belinda Bencic
13. Danielle Collins
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia
15. Petra Kvitova
16.. Anett Kontaveit
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Liudmila Samsonova
19. Ekaterina Alexandrova
20. Barbora Krejcikova
21. Martina Trevisan
22. Elena Rybakina
23. Zhang Shuai
24. Victoria Azarenka
25. Marie Bouzkova
26. Elise Mertens
27. Irina-Camelia Begu
28. Amanda Anisimova
29. Zheng Qinwen
30. Karolina Pliskova
31. Kaia Kanepi
32. Jil Teichmann

The final qualifying round matches are taking place across 11 and 12 January, before the main draw is made on Thursday.

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