Australian Open 2023: Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek are No 1 seeds

James Richardson
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The seeds for Australian Open 2023 have been set ahead he official draw that will take place at Melbourne Park on Thursday 12 January.

The draw will be conducted from 04:00 GMT (3:00pm AEDT) from the main interview room at Melbourne Park.

Of course what we know from the seedings are who occupy the top and bottom brackets of the men’s and women’s draws.

WTA World No 1 Iga Swiatek heads into the Australian Open under an injury cloud but is the big favourite in the field nontheless.

Ons Jabeur will anchor the women’s draw having done enough in Adelaide to hold onto her World No 2 ranking ahead of United Cup winner Jessica Pegula.

France’s Caroline Garcia completes the top four seeds of the women’s draw and, according to rankings at least, the dream semi-finalists.

Sadly the men’s draw is bereft of World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz who suffered an early season injury setback.

However, that opens the door for his compatriot Rafael Nadal to be the top seed and defending champion.

If the tournament does run according to seeding we will see a repeat of the 2022 French Open final in Melbourne as Casper Ruud holds the No 2 berth.

The withdrawal also means that Novak Djokovic will be seeded in the top four for a Grand Slam for the first time since his bid to clinch a calendar slam was thwarted by Daniil Medvedev at Flushing Meadows in 2021.

World No 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas is the No 3 seed and among those out to cause an upset.
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In truth any outcome other than Djokovic lifting the Australian Open trophy come 29 January would probably rank as a shock.

It seems that only injury could prevent Djokovic from taking a tenth Australian Open title.

Who are the 2023 Australian Open seeds?

Men
Seed First name Last name Nation
1 Rafael Nadal ESP
2 Casper Ruud NOR
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE
4 Novak Djokovic SRB
5 Andrey Rublev
6 Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN
7 Daniil Medvedev
8 Taylor Fritz USA
9 Holger Rune DEN
10 Hubert Hurkacz POL
11 Cameron Norrie GBR
12 Alexander Zverev GER
13 Matteo Berrettini ITA
14 Pablo Carreno Busta ESP
15 Jannik Sinner ITA
16 Frances Tiafoe USA
17 Marin Cilic CRO
18 Lorenzo Musetti ITA
19 Karen Khachanov
20 Nick Kyrgios AUS
21 Denis Shapovalov CAN
22 Borna Coric CRO
23 Alex de Minaur AUS
24 Diego Schwartzman ARG
25 Roberto Bautista Agut ESP
26 Daniel Evans GBR
27 Miomir Kecmanovic SRB
28 Grigor Dimitrov BUL
29 Francisco Cerundolo ARG
30 Sebastian Korda USA
31 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ESP
32 Yoshihito Nishioka JPN
Women
Seed  First name Last name Nation
1 Iga Swiatek POL
2 Ons Jabeur TUN
3 Jessica Pegula USA
4 Caroline Garcia FRA
5 Aryna Sabalenka
6 Maria Sakkari GRE
7 Coco Gauff USA
8 Daria Kasatkina
9 Veronika Kudermetova  
10 Madison Keys USA
11 Paula Badosa ESP
12 Belinda Bencic SUI
13 Danielle Collins USA
14 Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA
15 Petra Kvitova CZE
16 Anett Kontaveit EST
17 Jelena Ostapenko LAT
18 Liudmila Samsonova
19 Ekaterina Alexandrova  
20 Barbora Krejcikova CZE
21 Martina Trevisan ITA
22 Elena Rybakina KAZ
23 Shuai Zhang CHN
24 Victoria Azarenka
25 Marie Bouzkova CZE
26 Elise Mertens BEL
27 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU
28 Amanda Anisimova USA
29 Qinwen Zheng CHN
30 Karolina Pliskova CZE
31 Kaia Kanepi EST
32 Jil Teichmann SUI

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