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Nadal, Jankovic top Aussie Open seedings


Australian Open chiefs confirmed the seedings for the Melbourne slam on Thursday, 24 hours before the draw for the first major of 200takes place.

Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic have been named as No.1 seeds for the men’s and women’s singles and both are going for their first Australian Open titles Jankovic is yet to win a grand slam despite occupying pole position on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour world rankings.

All but one of the top 32 men in the world are seeded, the exception being Russian Nikolay Davydenko who will be absent with a heel injury.

Thirty of the top 32 women are seeded missing from the Melbourne slam are Maria Sharapova with a shoulder injury and China’s Li Na, who has been sidelined with a knee injury.

The seeds

Men
1. Rafael Nadal (Spain)
2. Roger Federer (Switzerland)
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
4. Andy Murray (Britain)
5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)
6. Gilles Simon (France)
7. Andy Roddick (U.S.)
8. Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)
9. James Blake (U.S.)
10. David Nalbandian (Argentina)
11. David Ferrer (Spain)
12. Gael Monfils (France)
13. Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
14. Fernando Verdasco (Spain)
15. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)
16. Robin Soderling (Germany)
17. Nicolas Almagro (Spain)
18. Igor Andreev (Russia)
19. Marin Cilic (Croatia)
20. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
21. Tommy Robredo (Spain)
22. Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
23. Mardy Fish (U.S.)
24. Richard Gasquet (France)
25. Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)
26. Marat Safin (Russia)
27. Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
28. Paul-Henri Mathieu (France)
29. Dmitry Tursunov (Russia)
30. Rainer Schuettler (Germany)
31. Jurgen Melzer (Austria)
32. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany)

Women
1. Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)
2. Serena Williams (U.S.)
3. Dinara Safina (Russia)
4. Elena Dementieva (Russia)
5. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
6. Venus Williams (U.S.)
7. Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
10. Nadia Petrova (Russia)
11. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
12. Flavia Pennetta (Italy)
13. Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
14. Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)
15. Alize Cornet (France)
16. Marion Bartoli (France)
17. Anna Chakvetadze (Russia)
18. Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)
19. Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia)
20. Amelie Mauresmo (France)
21. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain)
22. Zheng Jie (China)
23. Agnes Szavay (Hungary)
24. Sybille Bammer (Austria)
25. Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
26. Ai Sugiyama (Japan)
27. Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
28. Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
29. Alisa Kleybanova (Russia)
30. Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada)
31. Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine)
32. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand)


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Tim Farthing, Tennishead Editorial Director & Owner, has been a huge tennis fan his whole life. He's a tennis journalist and entrepreneur as well as playing tennis to a national standard. He also helps manage his local club and volunteers for his local tennis organisation. He's a specialist in content about the administration of professional tennis and tennis coaching for all levels.