Australian Open men’s and women’s seed list and tracker

Felix Auger-Aliassime is the biggest casualty of the Australian Open after the first round of the tournament as the seventh seed retired after suffering with cramp. The Canadian, who reached the semi-finals of the US Open last season, was trailing Portugal’s Nuno Borges 3-6 6-4 6-4 when he retired.

Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds for the tournament, with Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek the second seeds as the first grand slam of the year gets underway.

Alcaraz and Sinner could become the first men to play in four consecutive grand slam finals since Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal did so between 2011 and 2012. Alcaraz is bidding for his first Australian Open title - which would make the youngest man of all time to complete the career grand slam - while Sinner is on for a hat-trick of titles in Melbourne.

Sabalenka, the US Open champion, and Swiatek, the Wimbledon champion, have yet to meet in a grand slam final. Swiatek is also an Australian Open title away from completing the career grand slam while Sabalenka will be out to regain her crown after a shock defeat to Madison Keys in last year’s final.

Elsewhere, Coco Gauff begins the opening grand slam of the year as the third seed, with defending champion Keys ninth on the women’s side. Djokovic, the record 10-time champion in Melbourne, is seeded fourth on the men’s side and would expect to face Sinner in the semi-finals if he gets there.

1. Carlos Alcaraz

Plays second round vs. Yannick Hanfmann

2. Jannik Sinner

Plays second round vs. James Duckworth [WC]

3. Alexander Zverev

Plays second round vs. Alexandre Müller

4. Novak Djokovic

Plays second round vs. Francesco Maestrelli [Q]

5. Lorenzo Musetti

Plays second round vs. Lorenzo Sonego

6. Alex de Minaur

Second round vs. Hamad Medjedovic

❌ 7. Felix Auger-Aliassime - knocked out first round by Nuno Borges, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 0-0, ret.

8. Ben Shelton

Plays second round vs. Dane Sweeny [Q]

9. Taylor Fritz

Plays second round vs. Vít Kopriva

10. Alexander Bublik

Plays second round vs. Márton Fucsovics

11. Daniil Medvedev

Plays second round vs. Quentin Halys

12. Casper Ruud

Plays second round vs. Jaume Munar

13. Andrey Rublev

Plays second round vs. Jaime Faria [Q]

14. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Plays second round vs. Reilly Opelka

15. Karen Khachanov

Plays second round vs. Nishesh Basavareddy [Q]

16. Jakub Mensik

Plays second round vs. Rafael Jódar [Q]

❌ 17. Jiri Lehecka - knocked out first round vs Arthur Gea [Q]

18. Francisco Cerundolo

Plays second round vs. Damir Džumhur

19. Tommy Paul

Plays second round vs. Thiago Agustín Tirante

❌ 20. Flavio Cobolli - knocked out first round vs Arthur Fery [Q] , 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-1

21. Denis Shapovalov

Plays second round vs. Marin Cilic

22. Luciano Darderi

Plays second round vs. Sebastián Báez

❌ 23. Tallon Griekspoor - knocked out first round vs Ethan Quinn

❌ 24. Arthur Rinderknech - knocked out first round vs Fabian Marozsan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4.

25. Learner Tien

Plays second round vs. Alexander Shevchenko

26. Cameron Norrie

Plays second round vs. Emilio Nava

❌ 27. Brandon Nakashima - knocked out first round vs Botic van de Zandschulp

❌ 28. Joao Fonseca - knocked out first round vs Eliot Spizzirri

29. Frances Tiafoe

Plays second round vs. Francisco Comesana

30. Valentin Vacherot

Plays second round vs. Rinky Hijikata [WC]

31. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Plays second round vs. Tomas Machac

32. Corentin Moutet

Plays second round vs. Michael Zheng [Q]

1. Aryna Sabalenka

Plays second round vs. Bai Zhuoxuan [Q]

2. Iga Swiatek

Second round vs. Marie Bouzkova

3. Coco Gauff

Plays second round vs. Olga Danilovic

4. Amanda Anisimova

Plays second round vs. Katerina Siniakova

5. Elena Rybakina

Plays second round vs. Varvara Gracheva

6. Jessica Pegula

Plays second round vs. McCartney Kessler

7. Jasmine Paolini

Plays second round vs. Magdalena Frech

8. Mirra Andreeva

Plays second round vs. Maria Sakkari

9. Madison Keys

Plays second round vs. Ashlyn Krueger

10. Belinda Bencic

Plays second round vs. Nikola Bartunkova [Q]

❌ 11. Ekaterina Alexandrova - knocked out in first round by Zeynep Sonmez [Q] 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

12. Elina Svitolina

Plays second round vs. Linda Klimovičová [Q]

13. Linda Noskova

Plays second round vs. Taylah Preston [WC]

14. Clara Tauson

Plays second round vs. Polina Kudermetova

❌ 15. Emma Navarro - knocked out in first round by Magda Linette, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

16. Naomi Osaka

Plays second round vs. Sorana Cîrstea

17. Victoria Mboko

Plays second round vs. Caty McNally

❌ 18. Liudmila Samsonova - knocked out first round by Laura Siegemund, 0-6, 7-5, 6-4.

19. Karolina Muchova

Plays second round vs. Alycia Parks

❌ 20. Marta Kostyuk - knocked out first round by Elsa Jacquemot, 6-7 7-6 7-6

21. Elise Mertens

Plays second round vs. Moyuka Uchijima

❌ 22. Leylah Fernandez - knocked out first round vs Janice Tjen

23. Diana Shnaider

Plays second round vs. Talia Gibson [WC]

24. Jelena Ostapenko

Plays second round vs. Wang Xinyu

25. Paula Badosa

Plays second round vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva

❌ 26. Dayana Yastremska - knocked out first round by Elena-Gabriela Ruse, 6-4, 7-5

❌ 27. Sofia Kenin - knocked out first round by Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-2.

28. Emma Raducanu

Plays second round vs. Anastasia Potapova

29. Iva Jovic

Plays second round vs. Priscilla Hon [WC]

❌ 30. Maya Joint - knocked out first round vs Tereza Valentova

31. Anna Kalinskaya

Plays second round vs. Julia Grabher

❌ 32. Marketa Vondrousova - withdrew before first round vs Hailey Baptiste

The tournament will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK as well as online on Discovery+.

In the US, it will be shown live on ESPN and Tennis Channel.