MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka have been formally named the highest seeds for the Australian Open, which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park.
Wednesday’s announcement comes the day earlier than the match drawing.
Two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner is seeded second, Alexander Zverev third and 10-time champion Novak Djokovic fourth. Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are the highest three seeds within the ladies’s draw for the second 12 months in a row.
Madison Keys returns because the defending champion and is the No. 9 seed, one in every of 4 American ladies seeded within the prime 10.
Males’s singles seeding rights
1. Carlos Alcaraz, Spain
2. Jannik Sinner, Italy
3. Alexander Zverev, Germany
4. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
5. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)
6. Alex de Minaur, Australia
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada
8. Ben Shelton, USA
9. Taylor Fritz, USA
10. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
11. Daniil Medvedev
12. Casper Rood, Norway
13. Andrei Rublev
14. Alejandro Davidovic Fokina, Spain
15. Karen Khachanov
16. Jakub Mencik, Czech Republic
17. Jiri Rehecca, Czech Republic
18. Francisco Cerundro, Argentina
19. Tommy Paul, USA
20. Flavio Cobolli (Italy)
21. Denis Shapovalov, Canada
22. Luciano Daldelli, Italy
23. Talon Greek Spoor, Netherlands
24. Arthur Rinderkneck, France
25. Lerner Tien, USA
26. Cameron Norrie, UK
27. Brandon Nakashima, USA
28. João Fonseca, Brazil
29. Francis Tiafoe, USA
30. Valentin Vacherot, Monaco
31. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece
32. Corentin Moutet, France
Girls’s singles seeding rights
1. Arina Sabalenka
2. Iga Świętek, Poland
3. Coco Gauff, USA
4. Amanda Anisimova, USA
5. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan
6. Jessica Pegula, USA
7. Jasmine Paolini, Italy
8. Mila Andreeva
9. Madison Key, USA
10. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland
11. Ekaterina Alexandrova
12. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine
13. Linda Noskova, Czech Republic
14. Clara Thorson, Denmark
15. Emma Navarro, USA
16. Naomi Osaka, Japan
17. Victoria Mboko, Canada
18. Liudmila Samsonova
19. Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic
20. Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine
21. Elise Mertens, Belgium
22. Leila Fernandes, Canada
23. Diana Schneider
24. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia
25. Paula Badosa, Spain
26. Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine
27. Sofia Kenin, USA
28. Emma Laducanu, UK
29. Iva Jovic, USA
30. Maya Joint, Australia
31. Anna Kalinskaya
32. Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic
