No surprises in Australian Open men’s singles entry list

James Richardson 09 Dec 2022 10:34 AM

After the announcement that Novak Djokovic would have his visa ban overturned there were no surprises in the Australian Open men’s singles entry list.

As expected the list of men granted main draw entry to the Australian Open is headlined by World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz.

The entire top ten of the ATP Rankings have entered the Australian Open and this extends as far as the Top 50 in fact.

It remains to be seen if all the entered players are able to make it to Melbourne.

Cameron Norrie heads a five man British contingent that also includes, Dan Evans, Jack Draper, Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund, who enters with the aid of a protected ranking.

Former French Open champion Stan Wawrinka also enters with a protected ranking while Lloyd Harris, Hugo Dellien, Guido Pella and Jeremy Chardy all entered into the main draw in this fashion.

Alcaraz will be the top seed while compatriot Nadal will anchor the draw as the second seed.

Prior to the draw the only guarantees we have are that the Spaniards won’t be able to meet until the final in Melbourne.

The Australian Open singles draw will be conducted during a special event at Margaret Court Arena on Thursday 10 January 2023.

Novak Djokovic is likely to catch the fifth seeding for the tournament which will leave a potential quarter-final booby trap for one of the top four men.

While Nadal is the defending champion, the rest of the top four have a mixed record at the Australian Open.

Casper Ruud’s best effort in Melbourne was his run to the Round of 16 in 2021 while World No 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas has reached the last four on three occassions.

While Djokovic might be a distraction for the other top players, the Serb’s pursuit of his tenth title Downunder can only be a success if he maintains his focus in every match.

Djokovic had a very good 2022 but his losses to up-and-coming players like Holger Rune and earlier in the year, Alcaraz will serve as inspiration to the young guns and journeymen alike.

If he can win a record-extending tenth Australian Open title, Djokovic will also draw level with defending champion Nadal on 22 Grand Slams and become the firm favourite to end up as the all-time record holder.

Nadal holds the World No 2 spot but his recent form doesn’t suggest that he will be a force in Australia.

However the same thing could have been said before Nadal won in 2022.

In 2023, the field has a different look to it and a wounded Nadal won’t be able to hold back the tide if he isn’t able to play his best tennis.

The Australian Open starts on 16 January and the men’s singles champion will be crowned on Sunday 29 January.

Australian Open entry lists

Women			Men
1	Iga Swiatek	POL		1	Carlos Alcaraz	ESP
2	Ons Jabeur	TUN		2	Rafael Nadal	ESP
3	Jessica Pegula	USA		3	Casper Ruud	NOR
4	Caroline Garcia	FRA		4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	GRE
4SR	Sofia Kenin	USA		5	Novak Djokovic	SRB
5	Aryna Sabalenka			6	Felix Auger-Aliassime	CAN
6	Maria Sakkari	GRE		7	Daniil Medvedev
7	Coco Gauff	USA		8	Andrey Rublev
8	Daria Kasatkina			9	Taylor Fritz	USA
9	Veronika Kudermetova			10	Hubert Hurkacz	POL
11	Madison Keys	USA		11	Holger Rune	DEN
12	Belinda Bencic	SUI		12	Alexander Zverev	GER
13	Paula Badosa	ESP		13	Pablo Carreno Busta	ESP
14	Danielle Collins	USA		14	Cameron Norrie	GBR
15	Beatriz Haddad Maia	BRA		15	Jannik Sinner	ITA
16	Petra Kvitova	CZE		16	Matteo Berrettini	ITA
17	Anett Kontaveit	EST		17	Marin Cilic	CRO
18	Jelena Ostapenko	LAT		18	Denis Shapovalov	CAN
19	Ekaterina Alexandrova			19	Frances Tiafoe	USA
20	Liudmila Samsonova			20	Karen Khachanov
21	Barbora Krejcikova	CZE		21	Roberto Bautista Agut	ESP
21SR	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova			22	Nick Kyrgios	AUS
22	Elena Rybakina	KAZ		22PR	Stan Wawrinka	SUI
22SR	Karolina Muchova	CZE		23	Lorenzo Musetti	ITA
23	Amanda Anisimova	USA		24	Alex de Minaur	AUS
24	Shuai Zhang	CHN		25	Diego Schwartzman	ARG
25	Marie Bouzkova	CZE		26	Borna Coric	CRO
26	Victoria Azarenka			27	Daniel Evans	GBR
27	Qinwen Zheng	CHN		28	Grigor Dimitrov	BUL
28	Martina Trevisan	ITA		29	Miomir Kecmanovic	SRB
29	Elise Mertens	BEL		30	Francisco Cerundolo	ARG
30	Aliaksandra Sasnovich			31	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	ESP
31	Karolina Pliskova	CZE		32	Tommy Paul	USA
32	Kaia Kanepi	EST		33	Sebastian Korda	USA
32SR	Marketa Vondrousova	CZE		34	Maxime Cressy	USA
33	Ajla Tomljanovic	AUS		35	Botic van de Zandschulp	NED
34	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU		36	Yoshihito Nishioka	JPN
35	Jil Teichmann	SUI		37	Alexander Bublik	KAZ
36	Alizé Cornet	FRA		38	Reilly Opelka	USA
37	Sloane Stephens	USA		39	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	ESP
38	Sorana Cirstea	ROU		40	Emil Ruusuvuori	FIN
39	Petra Martic	CRO		41	John Isner	USA
39SR	Nadia Podoroska	ARG		42	Jack Draper	GBR
40	Leylah Fernandez	CAN		43	Sebastian Baez	ARG
41	Alison Riske-Amritraj	USA		44	Arthur Rinderknech	FRA
42	Naomi Osaka	JPN		45	Lorenzo Sonego	ITA
43	Anastasia Potapova			46	Adrian Mannarino	FRA
44	Bernarda Pera	USA		47PR	Lloyd Harris	RSA
45	Bianca Andreescu	CAN		47	Brandon Nakashima	USA
46	Shelby Rogers	USA		48	Jenson Brooksby	USA
47	Katerina Siniakova	CZE		48PR	Kyle Edmund	GBR
48	Ana Bogdan	ROU		49	Andy Murray	GBR
49	Magda Linette	POL		50	Alex Molcan	SVK
50	Xiyu Wang	CHN		51	Corentin Moutet	FRA
51	Yulia Putintseva	KAZ		53	David Goffin	BEL
52	Mayar Sherif	EGY		54	Filip Krajinovic	SRB
53	Anhelina Kalinina	UKR		55	Fabio Fognini	ITA
55	Alison Van Uytvanck	BEL		56	Marc-Andrea Huesler	SUI
56	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP		57	Pedro Cauchin	ARG
57	Danka Kovinic	MNE		58	Jaume Munar	ESP
57SR	Laura Siegemund	GER		59	Aslan Karatsev
58	Lucia Bronzetti	ITA		60	Benjamin Bonzi	FRA
59	Madison Brengle	USA		61	Marcos Giron	USA
60	Anna Kalinskaya			62	Pedro Martinez	ESP
61	Claire Liu	USA		63	Mackenzie McDonald	USA
62	Sara Sorribes Tormo	ESP		64	Quentin Halys	FRA
63	Jasmine Paolini	ITA		65	Constant Lestienne	FRA
64	Lin Zhu	CHN		66	J.J. Wolf	USA
65	Rebecca Marino	CAN		67	Daniel Elahi Galan	COL
65SR	Jaqueline Cristian	ROU		68	Richard Gasquet	FRA
65SR	Patricia Maria Tig	ROU		69	Mikael Ymer	SWE
66	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	ITA		70	Laslo Djere	SRB
67	Julie Niemeier	GER		71	Thiago Monteiro	BRA
68	Camila Giorgi	ITA		72	Bernabe Zapata Miralles	ESP
69	Donna Vekic	CRO		73PR	Hugo Dellien	BOL
70	Tatjana Maria	GER		73	Ilya Ivashka
71	Marta Kostyuk	UKR		74	Roberto Carballes Baena	ESP
72	Nuria Parrizas Diaz	ESP		75	Federico Coria	ARG
73	Tereza Martincova	CZE		75PR	Guido Pella	ARG
73SR	Evgeniya Rodina			76	Oscar Otte	GER
74	Tamara Korpatsch	GER		77	Kamil Majchrzak	POL
75	Emma Raducanu	GBR		78	Christopher O’Connell	AUS
76	Viktorija Golubic	SUI		79	Tomas Martin Etcheverry	ARG
77	Linda Fruhvirtova	CZE		80	Dusan Lajovic	SRB
78	Yue Yuan	CHN		81	Jiri Lehecka	CZE
79	Anna Bondar	HUN		82	Joao Sousa	POR
80	Anna Blinkova			83	Soonwoo Kwon	KOR
81	Camila Osorio	COL		84	Jordan Thompson	AUS
82	Maryna Zanevska	BEL		85	Cristian Garin	CHI
83	Julia Grabher	AUT		86	Ugo Humbert	FRA
84	Dalma Galfi	HUN		87	Chun-Hsin Tseng	TPE
85	Tamara Zidansek	SLO		88PR	Jeremy Chardy	FRA
86	Xinyu Wang	CHN		88	Marton Fucsovics	HUN
87	Lauren Davis	USA		89	Roman Safiullin
88	Panna Udvardy	HUN		90	Facundo Bagnis	ARG
89	Kaja Juvan	SLO		91	Gregoire Barrere	FRA
89SR	Saisai Zheng	CHN		92	Nikoloz Basilashvili	GEO
90	Viktoriya Tomova	BUL		93	Taro Daniel	JPN
90SR	Kristina Kucova	SVK		94	Thanasi Kokkinakis	AUS
91	Qiang Wang	CHN		95	Daniel Altmaier	GER
92	Kamilla Rakhimova			96	Tallon Griekspoor	NED
93	Catherine McNally	USA		97	Ben Shelton	USA
94	Varvara Gracheva			98	Tomas Machac	CZE
95	Ysaline Bonaventure	BEL		99	Nuno Borges	POR