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Top 100 Men and 98 Women are Confirmed for 2018 Australian Open

December 8, 2017 By Tennis Panorama News

 

 

World’s best ready for Australian Open 2018

 

(December 8, 2017) The world’s top 100 men and 98 women are confirmed for Australian Open 2018.

 

Reigning champion Serena Williams (USA) is anticipated to return after giving birth to her first child in September. She also has an eye on the record books as she begins her campaign for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles and seventh Australian Open title.

 

New world No.1 Simona Halep (ROU) and sixteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will be top seeds in Melbourne.

 

The all-star player field will also feature the return of Novak Djokovic (SRB), Andy Murray (GBR), Kei Nishikori (JPN) and Stan Wawrinka (SUI).

 

Missing from the women’s draw are No.12 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) who withdrew following wrist surgery and Saisai Zheng (CHN) with a continuing right knee injury.

 

Players expected to use protected rankings include Queensland’s John Millman (AUS), Ricardas Berankis (LTU), Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) and Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN).

 

On the women’s side Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER), Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) and Kristina Kucova (SVK) will enter on protected rankings.

 

Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley is looking forward to welcoming the world’s best players to Melbourne in January.

 

“We have yet another strong field for Australian Open 2018 led by new world number one Simona Halep and former champion Rafa Nadal.

 

“Last year’s tournament broke all of the records and we look forward to welcoming back new mum Serena [Williams] as she attempts to equal Margaret Court’s 24 Grand Slams.

 

“We are definitely a family friendly event and many players including reigning champion Roger Federer travel with their children to Melbourne so we remain optimistic that she will return.

 

“We have been in regular contact with Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka, who are all set for the Aussie summer. They will all have lower rankings meaning there’s a real chance we’ll finally see a breakthrough from one of the rising stars like Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem or David Goffin.

 

“The player facilities have been extensively upgraded with a new hub located within Rod Laver Arena. New player services for 2018 include a fully underground drop-off area with two new entry points as well as all services centralised to make it even easier to cater for players’ needs,” Tiley continued.

 

There will be 16 male qualifiers and 12 female qualifiers added to each draw, along with eight wildcards.

 

Women’s Main Draw Wildcards (As at 8 December 2017)

US reciprocal: KRISTY AHN (USA)
French reciprocal: JESSICA PONCHET (FRA)
Asia Pacific Play-off: XINYU WANG (CHN)
Australian Pro Tour: OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS)
18/u Australian Girls’: TBC
Play-off: TBC
Discretionary x 2: TBC

 

Men’s Main Draw Wildcards (As at 8 December 2017)

US reciprocal: TIM SMYCZEK (USA)
French reciprocal: CORENTIN MOUTET (FRA)
Asia Pacific Play-off: SOON WOO KWON (KOR)
Discretionary: THANASI KOKKINAKIS (AUS)
Play-off TBC
Discretionary x 3: TBC

 

Women’s main draw acceptance list

WTA RANK FIRST NAME LAST NAME NATION
1 SIMONA HALEP ROU
2 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA ESP
3 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI DEN
4 KAROLINA PLISKOVA CZE
5 VENUS WILLIAMS USA
6 ELINA SVITOLINA UKR
7 JELENA OSTAPENKO LAT
8 CAROLINE GARCIA FRA
9 JOHANNA KONTA GBR
10 COCO VANDEWEGHE USA
11 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC FRA
13 SLOANE STEPHENS USA
14 JULIA GOERGES GER
15 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA RUS
16 ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA LAT
17 ASHLEIGH BARTY AUS
18 ELENA VESNINA RUS
19 MADISON KEYS USA
20 MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA SVK
21 ANGELIQUE KERBER GER
22 SERENA WILLIAMS USA
23 BARBORA STRYCOVA CZE
24 DARIA KASATKINA RUS
25 DARIA GAVRILOVA AUS
26 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA SVK
27 SHUAI PENG CHN
28 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA POL
29 PETRA KVITOVA CZE
30 LUCIE SAFAROVA CZE
31 KIKI BERTENS NED
32 MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI CRO
33 EKATERINA MAKAROVA RUS
34 ANETT KONTAVEIT EST
35 SHUAI ZHANG CHN
36 ELISE MERTENS BEL
37 SORANA CIRSTEA ROU
38 ALIZÉ CORNET FRA
39 TIMEA BACSINSZKY SUI
40 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO ESP
41 SAMANTHA STOSUR AUS
42 LESIA TSURENKO UKR
43 IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU ROU
44 ANA KONJUH CRO
45 QIANG WANG CHN
46 TATJANA MARIA GER
47 MONA BARTHEL GER
48 KATERINA SINIAKOVA CZE
49 LAUREN DAVIS USA
50 CARINA WITTHOEFT GER
50* ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM GER
51 YULIA PUTINTSEVA KAZ
52 MARIA SAKKARI GRE
53 ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC SRB
54 DONNA VEKIC CRO
55 NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA RUS
56 TIMEA BABOS HUN
57 MONICA PUIG PUR
58 SHELBY ROGERS USA
59 MIHAELA BUZARNESCU ROU
60 MARIA SHARAPOVA RUS
61 CATHERINE BELLIS USA
62 KRISTYNA PLISKOVA CZE
62* MARGARITA GASPARYAN RUS
63 VARVARA LEPCHENKO USA
64 CHRISTINA MCHALE USA
65 JENNIFER BRADY USA
66 ZARINA DIYAS KAZ
67 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA CZE
68 NAOMI OSAKA JPN
69 LAURA SIEGEMUND GER
70 ALISON RISKE USA
71 BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA BRA
72 MAGDA LINETTE POL
73 ARYNA SABALENKA BLR
74 HEATHER WATSON GBR
75 KIRSTEN FLIPKENS BEL
76 ALISON VAN UYTVANCK BEL
77 VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG PAR
78 MONICA NICULESCU ROU
79 CAMILA GIORGI ITA
80 PAULINE PARMENTIER FRA
81 JOHANNA LARSSON SWE
82 EUGENIE BOUCHARD CAN
83 SU-WEI HSIEH TPE
84 MADISON BRENGLE USA
85 LARA ARRUABARRENA ESP
86 OCEANE DODIN FRA
87 KATERYNA KOZLOVA UKR
88 ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH BLR
89 ONS JABEUR TUN
90 PETRA MARTIC CRO
91 YING-YING DUAN CHN
92 FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE ITA
93 KATERYNA BONDARENKO UKR
95 TAYLOR TOWNSEND USA
95* KRISTINA KUCOVA SVK
96 EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA RUS
97 NAO HIBINO JPN
98 BELINDA BENCIC SUI
99 ANDREA PETKOVIC GER
100 KAIA KANEPI EST
101 POLONA HERCOG SLO
102 KURUMI NARA JPN
103 JANA FETT CRO
104 SARA SORRIBES TORMO ESP
105 ANA BOGDAN ROU
106 RICHEL HOGENKAMP NED
107 MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO COL

*Denotes protected ranking

 

Men’s main draw acceptance list

ATP RANK FIRST NAME LAST NAME NATION
1 RAFAEL NADAL ESP
2 ROGER FEDERER SUI
3 GRIGOR DIMITROV BUL
4 ALEXANDER ZVEREV GER
5 DOMINIC THIEM AUT
6 MARIN CILIC CRO
7 DAVID GOFFIN BEL
8 JACK SOCK USA
9 STAN WAWRINKA SUI
10 PABLO CARRENO BUSTA ESP
11 JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO ARG
12 NOVAK DJOKOVIC SRB
13 SAM QUERREY USA
14 KEVIN ANDERSON RSA
15 JO-WILFRIED TSONGA FRA
16 ANDY MURRAY GBR
17 JOHN ISNER USA
18 LUCAS POUILLE FRA
19 TOMAS BERDYCH CZE
20 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT ESP
21 NICK KYRGIOS AUS
22 KEI NISHIKORI JPN
23 ALBERT RAMOS-VINOLAS ESP
24 MILOS RAONIC CAN
25 GILLES MULLER LUX
26 DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN ARG
27 FABIO FOGNINI ITA
28 ADRIAN MANNARINO FRA
29 PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER GER
30 DAMIR DZUMHUR BIH
31 RICHARD GASQUET FRA
32 PABLO CUEVAS URU
33 MISCHA ZVEREV GER
34 FILIP KRAJINOVIC SRB
35 FERNANDO VERDASCO ESP
36 FELICIANO LOPEZ ESP
37 DAVID FERRER ESP
38 ALEXANDR DOLGOPOLOV UKR
39 ANDREY RUBLEV RUS
40 YUICHI SUGITA JPN
41 BENOIT PAIRE FRA
42 ROBIN HAASE NED
43 PAOLO LORENZI ITA
44 STEVE JOHNSON USA
45 KAREN KHACHANOV RUS
46 GAEL MONFILS FRA
47 RYAN HARRISON USA
48 BORNA CORIC CRO
49 ALJAZ BEDENE GBR
50 KYLE EDMUND GBR
51 DENIS SHAPOVALOV CAN
52 LEONARDO MAYER ARG
53 JAN-LENNARD STRUFF GER
54 JARED DONALDSON USA
55 VIKTOR TROICKI SRB
56 JULIEN BENNETEAU FRA
57 JOAO SOUSA POR
58 HYEON CHUNG KOR
59 NIKOLOZ BASILASHVILI GEO
60 PETER GOJOWCZYK GER
61 DONALD YOUNG USA
62 JIRI VESELY CZE
63 DENIS ISTOMIN UZB
63* ANDREAS HAIDER-MAURER AUT
64 GUIDO PELLA ARG
65 DANIIL MEDVEDEV RUS
66 HORACIO ZEBALLOS ARG
66* YOSHIHITO NISHIOKA JPN
67 DUDI SELA ISR
68 FEDERICO DELBONIS ARG
69 FLORIAN MAYER GER
70 GUILLERMO GARCIA-LOPEZ ESP
71 YEN-HSUN LU TPE
72 EVGENY DONSKOY RUS
73 THOMAS FABBIANO ITA
74 MIKHAIL KUKUSHKIN KAZ
75 DUSAN LAJOVIC SRB
76 MATTHEW EBDEN AUS
77 STEVE DARCIS BEL
78 JEREMY CHARDY FRA
79 FRANCES TIAFOE USA
80 IVO KARLOVIC CRO
81 PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT FRA
81* JOHN MILLMAN AUS
82 CEDRIK-MARCEL STEBE GER
83 VICTOR ESTRELLA BURGOS DOM
84 MIKHAIL YOUZHNY RUS
85 MARTON FUCSOVICS HUN
86 ANDREAS SEPPI ITA
87 RADU ALBOT MDA
88 LASLO DJERE SRB
89 GILLES SIMON FRA
90 MAXIMILIAN MARTERER GER
91 STEFANOS TSITSIPAS GRE
92 LUKAS LACKO SVK
93 MARIUS COPIL ROU
93* RICARDAS BERANKIS LTU
94 JORDAN THOMPSON AUS
95 NICOLAS KICKER ARG
96 TENNYS SANDGREN USA
97 BLAZ KAVCIC SLO
98 MALEK JAZIRI TUN
99 TARO DANIEL JPN
100 NICOLAS JARRY CHI

*Denotes protected ranking

 

Australian Open 2018, will take place at Melbourne Park from 15-28 January.

 

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