2024 Australian Open men’s singles seeds: Novak Djokovic ends Carlos Alcaraz’s streak, five Americans make cut

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Novak Djokovic will be the top seed at a Grand Slam for the first time since June 2022 after his status for the 2024 Australian Open was confirmed.

As per tradition, Australian Open organisers follow the official rankings and Djokovic currently sits at No 1 in the ATP Rankings and the 10-time champion is followed by Carlos Alcaraz with the Spaniard named the second seed for the season-opening Grand Slam at Melbourne Park.

It means they will go in the opposite sides of the draw and they can only face each other in the final, should they both reach the showpiece match on January 28.

Alcaraz was the top seed at three of the four Grand Slams in 2023 as he was No 1 ahead of the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.

In fact, he was also due to be the top seed at last year’s Australian Open, but ended up missing the tournament due to injury and the No 1 seed status went to Rafael Nadal.

The last time Djokovic was top seed at a Grand Slam was at Wimbledon in 2022 and he went all the way at SW19 as he won the grass-court major for a seventh time.

Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune Hubert Hurkacz and Alex de Minaur complete the top 10 for this year’s Australian Open.

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Taylor Fritz is the highest-seeded America at No 12 with Tommy Paul (14), Ben Shelton (16), Frances Tiafoe (17) and Sebastian Korda (29) also seeded.

The 21-year-old Shelton, who reached the US Open semi-final last year, is seeded for the first time at a Grand Slam following his incredible rise in 2023.

Only one British player has made the cut as Cameron Norrie is seeded No 19 although the likes of Dan Evans, Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Liam Broady will all feature in the main draw.

2024 Australian Open men’s singles seeds:

1. Novak Djokovic Serbia
2. Carlos Alcaraz Spain
3. Daniil Medvedev –
4. Jannik Sinner Italy
5. Andrey Rublev –
6. Alexander Zverev Germany
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas Greece
8. Holger Rune Denmark
9. Hubert Hurkacz Poland
10. Alex de Minaur Australia
11. Casper Ruud Norway
12. Taylor Fritz United States
13. Grigor Dimitrov Bulgaria
14. Tommy Paul United States
15. Karen Khachanov –
16. Ben Shelton United States
17. Frances Tiafoe United States
18. Nicholas Jarry Chile
19. Cameron Norrie Great Britain
20. Adrian Mannarino France
21. Ugo Humbert France
22. Francisco Cerundolo Argentina
23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Spain
24. Jan-Lennard Struff Germany
25. Lorenzo Musetti Italy
26. Sebastian Baez Argentina
27. Felix Auger-Aliassime Canada
28. Tallon Griekspoor Netherlands
29. Sebastian Korda United States
30. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Argentina
31. Alexander Bublik Kazakhstan
32. Jiri Lehecka Czech Republic

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