Australian Open: Who are the confirmed 32 seeds for the 2024 Grand Slam and when will the draw take place?

Published 08/01/2024 at 22:37 GMT

Who are the confirmed 32 singles seeds at the 2024 Australian Open and what could their path be to the final? Novak Djokovic will lead the men's seeds while Iga Swiatek will be top seed on the women's side. The first Grand Slam of the season starts on Sunday, January 14, live on Eurosport and discovery+. Djokovic is a 10-time champion in Melbourne and will be aiming for a 25th major title.

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The 32 singles seeds have been confirmed for the 2024 Australian Open.

The first Grand Slam of the season will start on Sunday, January 14, live on Eurosport and discovery+.

Novak Djokovic will lead the men’s seeds as he looks to defend his title, while Iga Swiatek will be the No. 1 seed in the women’s draw.

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But who are the other 31 seeds in each draw and what does their positioning mean for their chances at the Grand Slam?

Who are the 2024 Australian Open men’s seeds?

1. Novak Djokovic
2. Carlos Alcaraz
3. Daniil Medvedev
4. Jannik Sinner
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Alexander Zverev
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas
8. Holger Rune
9. Hubert Hurkacz
10. Alex de Minaur
11. Casper Ruud
12. Taylor Fritz
13. Grigor Dimitrov
14. Tommy Paul
15. Karen Khachanov
16. Ben Shelton
17. Frances Tiafoe
18. Nicolas Jarry
19. Cameron Norrie
20. Adrian Mannarino
21. Ugo Humbert
22. Francisco Cerundolo
23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
24. Jan-Lennard Struff
25. Lorenzo Musetti
26. Sebastian Baez
27. Felix Auger-Aliassime
28. Tallon Griekspoor
29. Sebastian Korda
30. Tomas Etcheverry
31. Alexander Bublik
32. Jiri Lehecka

Who are the 2024 Australian Open women's seeds?

1. Iga Swiatek
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Elena Rybakina
4. Coco Gauff
5. Jessica Pegula
6. Ons Jabeur
7. Marketa Vondrousova
8. Maria Sakkari
9. Barbora Krejcikova
10. Beatriz Haddad Maia
11. Jelena Ostapenko
12. Qinwen Zheng
13. Liudmila Samsonova
14. Daria Kasatkina
15. Veronika Kudermetova
16. Caroline Garcia
17. Ekaterina Alexandrova
18. Victoria Azarenka
19. Elina Svitolina
20. Magda Linette
21. Donna Vekic
22. Sorana Cirstea
23. Anastasia Potapova
24. Anhelina Kalinina
25. Elise Mertens
26. Jasmine Paolini
27. Emma Navarro
28. Lesia Tsurenko
29. Lin Zhu
30. Xinyu Wang
31. Marie Bouzkova
32. Leylah Fernandez

What are seedings and why do they matter?

Seedings are given to the top-32 ranked players in the world ahead of Grand Slams.

They are used to ensure the highest-ranked players avoid each other in the early rounds when the draw is made.

The top seed is the No. 1-ranked player ahead of the tournament, and cannot meet the second seed until the final as they are placed on opposite sides of the draw.

The top four seeds can only meet in the semi-finals and if the seeds hold, then the top eight seeds would all reach the quarter-finals.

The draw is expected to take place on Thursday, January 11 as each player learns their potential path to glory.

Who are the seeds to look out for?

Alexander Zverev has moved up to the sixth seed after helping Germany to win the United Cup.

Alex de Minaur also performed well at the tournament and moved up into the top 10 for the first time in his career.

In the absence of Nick Kyrgios, who will be joining Eurosport's commentary team, De Minaur will be the biggest home hope at the Australian Open – and he is determined to go far.

“I see all the reasons why I’m not going to be a good player [on social media], why I’m not going to make it or why I’m not going to improve,” he said at the United Cup.

“I store it in the back of my head, and I use it as motivation. Ultimately, it’s my drive that has put me in this position and I want to get the absolute most out of myself.

“I’m very happy with how 2024 is going and hopefully I can keep it going.”

Felix Auger-Aliassime could be a dangerous early opponent, having dropped down to No. 27, and so could Sebastian Korda, who upset Daniil Medvedev on his way to the quarter-finals last year.

On the women’s side, Elena Rybakina returned to world No. 3 following her impressive title run in Brisbane.

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Coco Gauff is just behind her following her Auckland success, while two top-20 names to watch could be Victoria Azarenka and Elina Svitolina.

Caroline Garcia might also be one to keep an eye on.

The former world No. 4 hasn’t made it past the fourth round of the Australian Open but had some good results at the United Cup this month.

HOW TO WATCH AND STREAM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN

You can watch every day of the 2024 Australian Open live on Eurosport, while you can enjoy all the action on discovery+, the Eurosport app and eurosport.com.