Australian Open Seeds: Nadal, Djokovic, Federer The Top Three For An Eighth Time

For the eighth time in 13 straight editions, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will be the top three seeds at the Australian Open. In each of those years, one of the ‘Big 3’ has gone on to win the title at the season’s first major:

Since 2004, when Roger Federer won his first of six Australian Open titles, only two other players have been the last man standing in Melbourne: Marat Safin in 2005 and Stan Wawrinka in 2014.

The Australian Open draw will be made on Thursday at 6pm AEDT in Melbourne.

The seeds are….

1. Rafael Nadal, Spain
2. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
3. Roger Federer, Switzerland
4. Daniil Medvedev, Russia
5. Dominic Thiem, Austria
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece
7. Alexander Zverev, Germany
8. Matteo Berrettini, Italy
9. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain
10. Gael Monfils, France
11. David Goffin, Belgium
12. Fabio Fognini, Italy
13. Denis Shapovalov, Canada
14. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina
15. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland
16. Karen Khachanov, Russia
17. Andrey Rublev, Russia
18. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria
19. John Isner, United States
20. Alex de Minaur, Australia
21. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada
22. Benoit Paire, France
23. Guido Pella, Argentina
24. Nick Kyrgios, Australia
25. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia
26. Borna Coric, Croatia
27. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia
28. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain
29. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France
30. Taylor Fritz, United States
31. Daniel Evans, Great Britain
32. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland