The Australian Open 2017 Draw was held on Friday 13 January at Melbourne Park. View the details including seedings, potential quarter-finals and first round matches to watch.
View the 2017 Australian Open Men’s Singles Draw
View the 2017 Australian Open Women’s Singles Draw
Men’s Draw
- World No.1 Andy Murray (his first tournament since earning the No.1 seeding in Bercy, Paris) has Federer and Nishikori in his quarter
- World No.2 Novak Djokovic has Thiem, Goffin and Dimitrov in his quarter
- Rafael Nadal is seeded 9 and comes in off a great run through to the quarter-finals in Brisbane after returning from injury, where he was defeated by Milos Raonic. He’s in the same quarter as Monfils, Zverev and Raonic.
- Roger Federer is seeded 17 due to absence from tennis since Wimbledon due to injury. He’ll play a qualifier in Round 1 after playing some solid matches to warm up via the Hopman Cup in Perth. Berdych, Murray and Nishikori are in his quarter.
Top 5 Men’s Seeds
1. Andy Murray
2. Novak Djokovic
3. Milos Raonic
4. Stan Wawrinka
5. Kei Nishikori
Projected Quarter-Finals (based on seeding)
- Murray v Nishikori
- Wawrinka v Cilic
- Monfils v Raonic
- Thiem v Djokovic
Round 1 Men’s Matches to Watch
- Djokovic v Verdasco
- Raonic v Brown
- Nadal v F Mayer
- Ferrer v Jasika
- Almagro v Chardy
- Nishikori v Kuznetsov
- Dolgopolov v Coric
- Haas v Paire
Women’s Draw
- Angelique Kerber (1) is in the top half with Muguruza
- Serena Williams (2) is in the bottom half with Cibulkova, Wozniaki and Konta
- Radwanska and Pliskova are also in Serena’s half of the draw
- Simona Halep has Venus Williams and Svitolina in her quarter.
Top 5 Women’s Seeds
- Angelique Kerber
- Serena Williams
- Aga Radwanska
- Simona Halep
- Karolina Pliskova
Projected Quarter Finals
- Kerber vs. Muguruza
- Halep vs. Kuznetsova
- Radwanska vs. Pliskova
- Cibulkova vs. Serena Williams
Round 1 Women’s Matches to Watch
- Konta v Flipkens
- Serena v Bencic
- Stosur v Watson
- Vandeweghe v Vinci
- Muguruza v Erakovic
- Radwanska v Pironkova
- Gavrilova v Broady
- Konjuh v Mladenovic
- Cornet v Georges
- Giorgi v Bacsinszky
- Errani v Ozaki
- Wickmayer v Safarova
Stay tuned for loads of Australian Open photos and updates over the next two weeks.
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