(January 13, 2016) Tennis Australia has announced the seeds for the 2016 Australian Open. The seeds are as follows:
| Men’s seeds | Women’s seeds |
| 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 1. Serena Williams (USA) |
| 2. Andy Murray (GBR) | 2. Simona Halep (ROU) |
| 3. Roger Federer (SUI) | 3. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) |
| 4. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) | 4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) |
| 5. Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 5. Maria Sharapova (RUS) |
| 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) | 6. Petra Kvitova |
| 7. Kei Nishikori (JPN) | 7. Angelique Kerber (GER) |
| 8. David Ferrer (ESP) | 8. Venus Williams (USA) |
| 9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) | 9. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) |
| 10. John Isner (USA) | 10. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) |
| 11. Kevin Anderson (RSA) | 11. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) |
| 12. Marin Cilic (CRO) | 12. Belinda Bencic (SUI) |
| 13. Milos Raonic (CAN) | 13. Roberta Vinci (ITA) |
| 14. Gilles Simon (FRA) | 14. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) |
| 15. David Goffin (BEL) | 15. Madison Keys (USA) |
| 16. Bernard Tomic (AUS) | 16. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) |
| 17. Benoit Paire (FRA) | 17. Sara Errani (ITA) |
| 18. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) | 18. Elina Svitolina (UKR) |
| 19. Dominic Thiem (AUT) | 19. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) |
| 20. Fabio Fognini (ITA) | 20. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) |
| 21. Viktor Troicki (SRB) | 21. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) |
| 22. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) | 22. Andrea Petkovic (GER) |
| 23. Gael Monfils (FRA) | 23. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) |
| 24. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) | 24. Sloane Stephens (USA) |
| 25. Jack Sock (USA) | 25. Samantha Stosur (AUS) |
| 26. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) | 26. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) |
| 27. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) | 27. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) |
| 28. Andreas Seppi (ITA) | 28. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) |
| 29. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) | 29. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) |
| 30. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) | 30. Sabine Lisicki (GER) |
| 31. Steve Johnson (USA) | 31. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) |
| 32. Joao Sousa (POR) | 32. Caroline Garcia (FRA) |
The official draw for Australian Open 2016 will take place at Melbourne Park on Friday 16 January at 10.15am. Australian Open defending champions Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic will attend.