Nadal and Swiatek lead seedings for 2023 Australian Open

The seedings for the 2023 Australian Open have been confirmed, with the men’s defending champion and the women’s No 1 leading the packs

January 10, 2023: RAFAEL NADAL (ESP) practising on Rod Laver Arena ahead of the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. Sydney Low/Cal Sport Media (Zuma/Panoramic)

Carrie Dunn

January 11, 2023

The seedings have been announced for the first Grand Slam of the year, with Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek the top seeds going into the Australian Open.

Nadal is also the defending champion – and nine-time winner Novak Djokovic is seeded fourth. The only other former Grand Slam champion in the top ten seeds is Daniil Medvedev, seeded seventh.

Australia’s highest hope comes in at seed No 20, Nick Kyrgios, followed quickly by Alex de Minaur, seeded 23rd.

Men

Rafael Nadal ESP
Casper Ruud NOR
Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE
Novak Djokovic SRB
Andrey Rublev
Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN
Daniil Medvedev
Taylor Fritz USA
Holger Rune DEN
Hubert Hurkacz POL
Cameron Norrie GBR
Alexander Zverev GER
Matteo Berrettini ITA
Pablo Carreno Busta ESP
Jannik Sinner ITA
Frances Tiafoe USA
Marin Cilic CRO
Lorenzo Musetti ITA
Karen Khachanov
Nick Kyrgios AUS
Denis Shapovalov CAN
Borna Coric CRO
Alex de Minaur AUS
Diego Schwartzman ARG
Roberto Bautista Agut ESP
Daniel Evans GBR
Miomir Kecmanovic SRB
Grigor Dimitrov BUL
Francisco Cerundolo ARG
Sebastian Korda USA
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ESP
Yoshihito Nishioka JPN

Last year’s champion Ash Barty has, of course, retired; last year’s runner-up Danielle Collins is seeded 13th. Former Grand Slam champions seeded in Melbourne include Petra Kvitova (15), Jelena Ostapenko (17), Barbora Krejcikova (20), Elena Rybakina (22) and Victoria Azarenka (24). WTA year-end champion Caroline Garcia is seeded fourth.