By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Reigning Roland Garros champions Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek are the top singles seeds for next week's Australian Open.
Photo credit: Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy
There's a red reign at the top of Australian Open seeds.
Reigning Roland Garros champions and friends Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek are the top seeds for next week's Australian Open.
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See the complete Australian Open men's and women's seeds here.
The Australian Open starts on January 16th.
The AO draw is set for Thursday at 3 p.m. Melbourne time in the main Australian Open interview room.
A year ago, Nadal delivered the comeback of his career battling by Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 to capture a men’s record 21st Grand Slam title in an epic and astounding Australian Open final.
With world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz out nursing a right leg injury, Nadal moves into the top seed spot.
The 36-year-old Nadal aims to defend a hard-court major for the first time in his career and hold off Novak Djokovic's bid to capture a 22nd major crown and equal the Spanish superstar's men's mark.
Nine-time AO champion Djokovic rides a 21-match Melbourne winning streak into his return.
Australian Open Men's Seeds
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
Australian Open Women's Seeds
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. Shuai Zhang
24. Viktoria Azarenka
25. Marie Bouzkova
26. Elise Mertens
27. Irina-Camelia Begu
28. Amanda Anisimova
29. Qinwen Zheng
30. Karolina Pliskova
31. Kaia Kanepi
32. Jil Teichmann
Reigning US Open and Roland Garros champion Swiatek is playing for her third Grand Slam championship in her last four majors.
Swiatek's best AO result is a semifinal appearance last January where she lost to Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-1.