Australian Open 2020 Seeds For Men And Women

Published 01/19/2020, 1:20 AM EST

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Australian Open 2020 has announced the full list of seedings for the men’s and women’s events.

Grand slam tournaments generally have 32 seedings. Their purpose is to list out the highest ranked players who are participating in the tournament. The draws are then created in such a way that the top seeded players don’t play each other in the initial stages of the tournament.

Let’s find out the seedings for men and women in the Australian Open 2020.

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The Top 32 Seeds For Women

Almost all top ranked women’s players are participating in the tournament. This includes the like of Barty, Osaka, Serena and Anisimova.

However, the women’s draw is still pretty wide open with a chance for surprise not a distant possibility. Here are the top 32 seeds for Australian Open 2020 –

1. Ashleigh Barty

2. Karolina Pliskova

3. Naomi Osaka

4. Simona Halep

5. Elina Svitolina

6. Belinda Bencic

7. Petra Kvitova

8. Serena Williams

9. Kiki Bertens

10. Madison Keys

11. Aryna Sabalenka

12. Johanna Konta

13. Petra Martic

14. Sofia Kenin

15. Marketa Vondrousova

16. Elise Mertens

17. Angelique Kerber

18. Alison Riske

19. Donna Vekic

20. Karolina Muchova

21. Amanda Anisimova

22. Maria Sakkari

23. Dayana Yastremska

24. Sloanne Stephens

25. Ekaterina Alexandrova

26. Danielle Collins

27. Wang Qiang

28. Anett Knotaveit

29. Elena Rybakina

30. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

31. Anastsija Sevastova

32. Barbora Strycova

The Top 32 Seeds For Men

The men’s competition is also spearheaded by some of the greatest stars like Federer and Nadal. However, conspicuous by his absence is the hometown star Alex De Minaur . The young lad suffered an extremely unfortunate injury before the start of the tournament.

Here’s the top 32 seeds for the men’s competition –

1. Rafael Nadal

2. Novak Djokovic

3. Roger Federer

4. Daniil Medvedev

5. Dominic Thiem

6. Setfanos Tsitsipas

7. Alexander Zverev

8. Matteo Berrettini

9. Roberto Bautista

10. Gael Monfils

11. David Goffin

12. Fabio Fognini

13. Denis Shapovalov

14. Diego Schwartzman

15. Stan Wawrinka

16. Karen Khachanov

17. Andrey Rublev

18. Grigor Dimitrov

19. John Isner

20. Felix Auger-Aliassime

21. Benoit Paire

22. Guido Pella

23. Nick Kyrgios

24. Dusan Lajovic

25. Borna Coric

26. Nikolaz Basilashvilli

27. Pablo Carreno Busta

28. Jo-Wilfred Tsonga

29. Taylor Fritz

30. Daniel Evans

31. Hubert Hurkacz

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32. Milos Raonic

Australian Open 2020 begins tomorrow. The tournament is supposed to be a barn burner with these top names.

Who do you think will win the Australian Open 2020?

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