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The world’s top 99 men and 99 of the top 100 women will descend on Melbourne Park in January for Australian Open 2016.

World No.1s Serena Williams (USA) and Novak Djokovic (SRB) will lead the all-star player field, with retiring world No.8 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) the only name missing from the women’s top 100 and current world No.100 Dudi Sela (ISR) just missing the men’s direct entry cut-off.

Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley said fans could expect two weeks of world class tennis when the event gets under way on Monday 18 January.

“The field for Australian Open 2016 is looking stronger than ever and with little more than a month until the tournament begins, our preparations are in full swing,” Tiley said.

“We’re looking forward to former world No.2 Tommy Haas (GER) returning to the tournament after being sidelined by a shoulder injury for most of 2014 and the first half of this year.”

Also returning from injury on protected rankings are Julien Benneteau (FRA), Janko Tipsarevic (SRB), Brian Baker (USA) and Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) in the men’s draw, and Petra Cetkovska (CZE), Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ), Vania King (USA), Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) and Victoria Duval (USA) in the women’s draw.

Australia’s Casey Dellacqua has officially withdrawn from the Australian Open due to post-concussion syndrome following an on-court fall this year.

“Casey is such an integral member of our tennis family and a fan favourite, especially when playing here at home. We wish her the very best for a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing her back on court soon,” Tiley said.

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

Main draw women’s wildcards will be awarded as follows: Tammi Patterson (Australian Pro Tour), Han Xinyun (CHN, Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off), Samantha Crawford (USA, US Open reciprocal), Australian Open 2016 Play-off winner, 18/u Australian Championships winner, Roland Garros reciprocal and two discretionary wildcards TBC.

Main draw men’s wildcards will be awarded as follows: Lleyton Hewitt (discretionary), Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN, Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off), Noah Rubin (USA, US Open reciprocal), Roland Garros reciprocal, Australian Open 2016 Play-off winner and three discretionary wildcards TBC.

 

Men’s main draw – ATP

RANK FIRST NAME LAST NAME NATION

1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC SRB

2 ANDY MURRAY GBR

3 ROGER FEDERER SUI

4 STAN WAWRINKA SUI

5 RAFAEL NADAL ESP

6 TOMAS BERDYCH CZE

7 DAVID FERRER ESP

8 KEI NISHIKORI JPN

9 RICHARD GASQUET FRA

10 JO-WILFRIED TSONGA FRA

11 JOHN ISNER USA

12 KEVIN ANDERSON RSA

13 MARIN CILIC CRO

14 MILOS RAONIC CAN

15 GILLES SIMON FRA

16 DAVID GOFFIN BEL

17 FELICIANO LOPEZ ESP

18 BERNARD TOMIC AUS

19 BENOIT PAIRE FRA

20 DOMINIC THIEM AUT

21 FABIO FOGNINI ITA

22 VIKTOR TROICKI SRB

23 IVO KARLOVIC CRO

24 GAEL MONFILS FRA

25 ROBERTO BAUTISTA AGUT ESP

25 PR TOMMY HAAS GER

26 JACK SOCK USA

27 GUILLERMO GARCIA-LOPEZ ESP

28 GRIGOR DIMITROV BUL

29 ANDREAS SEPPI ITA

30 NICK KYRGIOS AUS

31 JEREMY CHARDY FRA

32 STEVE JOHNSON USA

33 JOAO SOUSA POR

34 PHILIPP KOHLSCHREIBER GER

35 LEONARDO MAYER ARG

36 ALEXANDR DOLGOPOLOV UKR

37 THOMAZ BELLUCCI BRA

38 GILLES MULLER LUX

39 VASEK POSPISIL CAN

39 PR JULIEN BENNETEAU FRA

39 PR JANKO TIPSAREVIC SRB

40 PABLO CUEVAS URU

41 JIRI VESELY CZE

42 TOMMY ROBREDO ESP

43 MARTIN KLIZAN SVK

44 BORNA CORIC CRO

45 ALJAZ BEDENE GBR

46 MARCOS BAGHDATIS CYP

47 ADRIAN MANNARINO FRA

48 DONALD YOUNG USA

49 FERNANDO VERDASCO ESP

50 TEYMURAZ GABASHVILI RUS

51 HYEON CHUNG KOR

52 FEDERICO DELBONIS ARG

53 JUAN MONACO ARG

54 ALBERT RAMOS-VINOLAS ESP

55 LUKAS ROSOL CZE

56 VICTOR ESTRELLA BURGOS DOM

56 PR BRIAN BAKER USA

57 JERZY JANOWICZ POL

58 SIMONE BOLELLI ITA

59 SAM QUERREY USA

60 SAM GROTH AUS

61 DENIS ISTOMIN UZB

62 SERGIY STAKHOVSKY UKR

63 ANDREAS HAIDER-MAURER AUT

64 PABLO ANDUJAR ESP

65 MIKHAIL KUKUSHKIN KAZ

66 ROBIN HAASE NED

67 PABLO CARRENO BUSTA ESP

68 PAOLO LORENZI ITA

69 DENIS KUDLA USA

70 SANTIAGO GIRALDO COL

71 NICOLAS MAHUT FRA

72 INIGO CERVANTES ESP

73 NICOLAS ALMAGRO ESP

74 GUIDO PELLA ARG

75 DANIEL MUÑOZ DE LA NAVA ESP

76 DUSAN LAJOVIC SRB

77 YEN-HSUN LU TPE

78 LUCAS POUILLE FRA

79 ANDREY KUZNETSOV RUS

80 THANASI KOKKINAKIS AUS

81 ERNESTS GULBIS LAT

82 DAMIR DZUMHUR BIH

83 ALEXANDER ZVEREV GER

84 MARCEL GRANOLLERS ESP

85 RICARDAS BERANKIS LTU

86 STEVE DARCIS BEL

87 IVAN DODIG CRO

88 DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN ARG

89 RAJEEV RAM USA

89 PR DMITRY TURSUNOV RUS

90 MARCO CECCHINATO ITA

91 EVGENY DONSKOY RUS

92 JOHN MILLMAN AUS

93 YUKI BHAMBRI IND

94 ILLYA MARCHENKO UKR

95 PAUL-HENRI MATHIEU FRA

96 TARO DANIEL JPN

97 BENJAMIN BECKER GER

98 DANIEL GIMENO-TRAVER ESP

99 THIEMO DE BAKKER NED

 

Women’s main draw – WTA

RANK FIRST NAME LAST NAME NATION

1 SERENA WILLIAMS USA

2 SIMONA HALEP ROU

3 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA ESP

4 MARIA SHARAPOVA RUS

5 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA POL

6 PETRA KVITOVA CZE

7 VENUS WILLIAMS USA

9 LUCIE SAFAROVA CZE

10 ANGELIQUE KERBER GER

11 KAROLINA PLISKOVA CZE

12 TIMEA BACSINSZKY SUI

13 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO ESP

14 BELINDA BENCIC SUI

15 ROBERTA VINCI ITA

16 ANA IVANOVIC SRB

17 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI DEN

18 MADISON KEYS USA

19 ELINA SVITOLINA UKR

20 SARA ERRANI ITA

21 JELENA JANKOVIC SRB

22 VICTORIA AZARENKA BLR

23 EKATERINA MAKAROVA RUS

24 ANDREA PETKOVIC GER

25 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA RUS

26 ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA SVK

27 SAMANTHA STOSUR AUS

28 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA RUS

29 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC FRA

30 SLOANE STEPHENS USA

31 IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU ROU

32 SABINE LISICKI GER

33 LESIA TSURENKO UKR

34 CAROLINE GARCIA FRA

35 CAMILA GIORGI ITA

36 DARIA GAVRILOVA AUS

37 COCO VANDEWEGHE USA

38 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA SVK

39 MONICA NICULESCU ROU

40 MADISON BRENGLE USA

41 YANINA WICKMAYER BEL

42 BARBORA STRYCOVA CZE

43 ALIZÉ CORNET FRA

44 ALISON VAN UYTVANCK BEL

45 MONA BARTHEL GER

46 TELIANA PEREIRA BRA

47 VARVARA LEPCHENKO USA

48 JOHANNA KONTA GBR

49 EUGENIE BOUCHARD CAN

50 JULIA GOERGES GER

51 KARIN KNAPP ITA

52 ZARINA DIYAS KAZ

53 LUCIE HRADECKA CZE

54 MISAKI DOI JPN

55 HEATHER WATSON GBR

56 JOHANNA LARSSON SWE

56 SR PETRA CETKOVSKA CZE

57 DANKA KOVINIC MNE

58 ANNIKA BECK GER

59 TSVETANA PIRONKOVA BUL

60 BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS USA

61 MARGARITA GASPARYAN RUS

62 DENISA ALLERTOVA CZE

63 CHRISTINA MCHALE USA

64 CARINA WITTHOEFT GER

64 SR GALINA VOSKOBOEVA KAZ

65 AJLA TOMLJANOVIC AUS

66 NAO HIBINO JPN

67 YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA KAZ

68 MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI CRO

69 ALEXANDRA DULGHERU ROU

70 TIMEA BABOS HUN

71 TATJANA MARIA GER

72 OLGA GOVORTSOVA BLR

73 SAISAI ZHENG CHN

73 SR VANIA KING USA

74 POLONA HERCOG SLO

75 DARIA KASATKINA RUS

76 IRINA FALCONI USA

77 YULIA PUTINTSEVA KAZ

78 MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO COL

79 BOJANA JOVANOVSKI SRB

80 MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA SVK

81 KURUMI NARA JPN

82 ANA KONJUH CRO

83 DANIELA HANTUCHOVA SVK

84 JELENA OSTAPENKO LAT

85 KIRSTEN FLIPKENS BEL

86 LARA ARRUABARRENA ESP

87 EVGENIYA RODINA RUS

87 SR ALISA KLEYBANOVA RUS

88 LAUREN DAVIS USA

89 KATERYNA BONDARENKO UKR

90 MAGDA LINETTE POL

91 ANETT KONTAVEIT EST

92 MONICA PUIG PUR

92 SR VICTORIA DUVAL USA

93 SU-WEI HSIEH TPE

94 URSZULA RADWANSKA POL

95 ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM GER

96 ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC SRB

97 ANDREEA MITU ROU

98 ALISON RISKE USA

99 LAURA SIEGEMUND GER

100 KLARA KOUKALOVA CZE

101 LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO ESP

102 ANNA TATISHVILI USA

103 KATERINA SINIAKOVA CZE

104 DONNA VEKIC CRO

 

 

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