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Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek seeded No. 1 at upcoming Australian Open

Playing true to their rankings, Djokovic and Swiatek have been given the respective No. 1 seedings for the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.

By Associated Press
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Playing true to their rankings, defending champion Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek will be the top seeds at the Australian Open in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park.

The men's seedings mirror the ATP rankings as of Wednesday from Nos. 1-32, with 24-time major winner Djokovic followed by Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz, the only player to beat him a Grand Slam event in 2023.

The women's seedings followed the WTA rankings from Nos. 1-8, then Barbora Krejcikova is promoted to No. 9 at Melbourne Park because of the injury enforced absence of her fellow Czech Karolina Muchova, the French Open finalist last year.

Muchova hasn't played since losing to eventual champion Coco Gauff in the U.S. Open semifinals last September.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is pregnant and skipping the year's first major and last year's U.S. Open semifinalist Madison Keys has an injured shoulder, taking the players ranked 17th and 18th out of the equation for Australia.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: Novak Djokovic of Serbia looks on during a training session ahead of the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 09, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images)
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The seedings mean that players in the top 32 avoid each other in the early rounds when the brackets are determined for the major tournaments. The top two seeded players cannot meet before the final.

Here is a list of the seedings:

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Men

  1. Novak Djokovic
  2. Carlos Alcaraz
  3. Daniil Medvedev
  4. Jannik Sinner
  5. Andrey Rublev
  6. Alexander Zverev
  7. Stefanos Tsitsipas
  8. Holger Rune
  9. Hubert Hurkacz
  10. Alex de Minaur
  11. Casper Ruud
  12. Taylor Fritz
  13. Grigor Dimitrov
  14. Tommy Paul
  15. Karen Khachanov
  16. Ben Shelton
  17. Frances Tiafoe
  18. Nicholas Jarry
  19. Cameron Norrie
  20. Adrian Mannarino
  21. Ugo Humbert
  22. Francisco Cerundolo
  23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
  24. Jan-Lennard Struff
  25. Lorenzo Musetti
  26. Sebastian Baez
  27. Felix Auger-Aliassime
  28. Tallon Griekspoor
  29. Sebastian Korda
  30. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
  31. Alexander Bublik
  32. Jiri Lehecka
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 10: Iga Swiatek of Poland plays a backhand during a training session ahead of the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 10, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)
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Women

  1. Iga Swiatek
  2. Aryna Sabalenka
  3. Elena Rybakina
  4. Coco Gauff
  5. Jessica Pegula
  6. Ons Jabeur
  7. Marketa Vondrousova
  8. Maria Sakkari
  9. Barbora Krejcikova
  10. Beatriz Haddad Maia
  11. Jelena Ostapenko
  12. Zheng Qinwen
  13. Liudmila Samsonova
  14. Daria Kasatkina
  15. Veronika Kudermetova
  16. Caroline Garcia
  17. Ekaterina Alexandrova
  18. Victoria Azarenka
  19. Elina Svitolina
  20. Magda Linette
  21. Donna Vekic
  22. Sorana Cirstea
  23. Anastasia Potapova
  24. Anhelina Kalinina
  25. Elise Mertens
  26. Jasmine Paolini
  27. Emma Navarro
  28. Lesia Tsurenko
  29. Zhu Lin
  30. Wang Xinyu
  31. Marie Bouzkova
  32. Leylah Fernandez