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

Belinda Bencic was the victim of the biggest shock of the Australian Open so far as the 10th seed fell to a second-round defeat to 19-year-old Czech qualifier Nikola Bartunkova. Bencic was one of the in-form players in the women’s draw, having beaten Iga Swiatek on her way to starting the season 6-0, but was stunned by Bartunkova 6-3 0-6 6-4 on Thursday.

Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds for the tournament, with Jannik Sinner and 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 third round vs. Corentin Moutet [32]

2. Jannik Sinner

Plays third round vs. v Eliot Spizzirri

3. Alexander Zverev

Plays third round vs. Cameron Norrie [26]

4. Novak Djokovic

Plays third round vs. Botic van de Zandschulp

5. Lorenzo Musetti

Plays third round vs. Tomas Machac

6. Alex de Minaur

Plays third round vs. Frances Tiafoe [29]

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

8. Ben Shelton

Plays third round vs. Valentin Vacherot [30]

9. Taylor Fritz

Plays third round vs. Stan Wawrinka [WC]

10. Alexander Bublik

Plays third round vs. Tomas Martín Etcheverry

11. Daniil Medvedev

Plays third round vs. Fabian Marozsan

12. Casper Ruud

Plays third round vs. Marin Cilic

13. Andrey Rublev

Plays third round vs. Francisco Cerúndolo [18]

14. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Plays third round vs. Tommy Paul [19]

15. Karen Khachanov

Plays third round vs. Luciano Darderi [22]

16. Jakub Mensik

Plays third round vs. Ethan Quinn

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

18. Francisco Cerundolo

Plays third round vs. Andrey Rublev [13]

19. Tommy Paul

Plays third round vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [14]

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

❌ 21. Denis Shapovalov - knocked out second round vs Marin Cilic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

22. Luciano Darderi

Plays third round vs. Karen Khachanov [15]

❌ 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 third round vs. Nuno Borges

26. Cameron Norrie

Plays third round vs. Alexander Zverev [3]

❌ 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 third round vs. Alex de Minaur [6]

30. Valentin Vacherot

Plays third round vs. Ben Shelton [8]

❌ 31. Stefanos Tsitsipas - knocked out second round vs. Tomas Machac, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).

32. Corentin Moutet

Plays third round vs. Carlos Alcaraz [1]

1. Aryna Sabalenka

Plays third round vs. Anastasia Potapova

2. Iga Swiatek

Plays third round vs. Anna Kalinskaya [31]

3. Coco Gauff

Plays third round vs. Hailey Baptiste

4. Amanda Anisimova

Plays third round vs. Peyton Stearns

5. Elena Rybakina

Plays third round vs. Tereza Valentova

6. Jessica Pegula

Plays third round vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva

7. Jasmine Paolini

Plays third round vs. Iva Jovic [29]

8. Mirra Andreeva

Plays third round vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse

9. Madison Keys

Plays third round vs. Karolína Plískova

❌ 10. Belinda Bencic - knocked out second round by Nikola Bartunkova [Q], 6-3, 0-6, 6-4.

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

12. Elina Svitolina

Plays third round vs. Diana Shnaider [23]

13. Linda Noskova

Plays third round vs. Wang Xinyu

14. Clara Tauson

Plays third round vs. vs. Victoria Mboko [17]

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

16. Naomi Osaka

Plays third round vs. Maddison Inglis [Q]

17. Victoria Mboko

Plays third round vs. Clara Tauson [14]

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

19. Karolina Muchova

Plays third round vs. Magda Linette

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

21. Elise Mertens

Plays third round vs. vs.Nikola Bartůňková [Q]

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

23. Diana Shnaider

Plays third round vs. Elina Svitolina [12]

❌ 24. Jelena Ostapenko - knocked out second round vsWang Xinyu, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

❌ 25. Paula Badosa - knocked out second round vs Oksana Selekhmeteva, 6-4, 6-4.

❌ 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 - knocked out second round by Anastasia Potapova, 7-6 6-2

29. Iva Jovic

Plays third round vs. Jasmine Paolini [7]

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

31. Anna Kalinskaya

Plays third round vs. Iga Swiatek [2]

❌ 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.