With the 2024 Australian Open draw ceremony being held on Thursday, the seeds for this yr’s first Grand Slam have been finalized following final week’s tournaments.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz prepared the ground because the No. 1 and No. 2 gamers on the planet, respectively, whereas Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner spherical out the highest 4. Different top-eight seeds embrace Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Holger Rune.
Though the top-four seeds clearly have essentially the most favorable path to the semifinals and past, there may very well be some robust checks alongside the way in which at Melbourne Park. If seeds maintain to kind by two rounds, the final 32 pits No. 1 by No. 8 in opposition to No. 25 by No. 32. That backside group is residence to Lorenzo Musetti, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Tallon Griekspoor, Sebastian Korda, and Alexander Bublik. Auger-Aliassime was an Aussie Open quarterfinalist in 2022; Korda reached the quarters final yr.
A 1-4 seed may additionally face No. 13 Grigor Dimitrov within the fourth spherical. Dimitrov is a former Australian Open semifinalist (2017) and has superior to the quarters on three different events. The in-form Bulgarian kicked off his 2024 marketing campaign with a title in Brisbane this previous week.
Listed here are the me’s singles seeds for the 2024 Australian Open:
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 Martin Etcheverry
31. Alexander Bublik
32. Jiri Lehecka