The best men's players in the world have received seedings for the main draw of Australian Open 2024.
Seedings ensure that the best players are generally shielded from playing other strong players until the latter rounds.
The likes of Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Stefanos Tsitspas and Alex de Minaur were all seeded at the first major of the year.
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Men's Australian Open 2024 seedings and eliminations
No. Seed | Player | Nationality | Ranking |
1 | Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 1 |
2 | Carlos Alcaraz | Spain | 2 |
3 | Daniil Medvedev | 3 | |
4 | Jannik Sinner | Italy | 4 |
5 | Andrey Rublev | 5 | |
6 | Alexander Zverev | Germany | 6 |
7 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | Greece | 7 |
8 | Holger Rune | Denmark | 8 |
9 | Hubert Hurkacz | Poland | 9 |
10 | Alex de Minaur | Australia | 10 |
11 | Casper Ruud | Norway | 11 |
12 | Taylor Fritz | USA | 12 |
13 | Grigor Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 13 |
14 | Tommy Paul | USA | 14 |
15 | Karen Khachanov | 15 | |
16 | Ben Shelton | USA | 16 |
17 | Frances Tiafoe | USA | 17 |
18 | Chile | 18 | |
19 | Cameron Norrie | Great Britain | 19 |
20 | Adrian Mannarino | France | 20 |
21 | Ugo Humbert | France | 21 |
22 | Francisco Cerundolo | Argentina | 22 |
23 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | Spain | 23 |
24 | Jan Lennard Struff | Germany | 24 |
25 | Lorenzo Musetti | Italy | 25 |
26 | Sebastian Baez | Argentina | 26 |
27 | Felix Auger-Aliassime | Canada | 27 |
28 | Tallon Griekspoor | Netherlands | 28 |
29 | Sebastian Korda | USA | 29 |
30 | Tomas Etcheverry | Argentina | 30 |
31 | Kazakhstan | 31 | |
32 | Jiri Lehecka | Czechia | 32 |
How do the Australian Open seedings work?
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Just like the other three Grand Slams, the Australian Open uses the current ATP men's rankings to determine the men's seed order - which is 32 players.
Organisers usually take the ATP rankings from the previous Monday before the tournament begins.
French Open and US Open have had the same system for seedings in recent times, but Wimbledon only recently moved over to it in 2021.
Until the 2021 tournament, Wimbledon organisers had used a computer-based system favouring grass court results to decide the seedings, giving players who had gone far at Wimbledon the previous year an advantage.
Tennis rankings Australian Open 2024
With no men's Australian Open withdrawals from the top 32 players, the seedings match the current rankings.
Novak Djokovic will be the number one seed, while last year's top dog Rafael Nadal is absent through injury.
Australia's Alex de Minaur will compete as a top 10 seed for the first time.
When is Australian Open 2024?
Australian Open 2024 will commence on Sunday, January 14 and become a 15-day event for the first time, finishing on Sunday, January 28.
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