Australian Open 2010 Seeds

The Monday rankings before a Grand Slam is important because with the exception of Wimbledon, it is used by Grand Slam tournaments to determine the seedings. The seedings in turn determine where players are placed on the men and ladies singles draw. The list below contains the men's and women's ranking as of the week of January 11, 2010.

Australian Open 2010 Men's Draw - List of Seeds
Seed - Player
1 - Roger Federer
2 - Rafael Nadal
3 - Novak Djokovic
4 - Juan Martin Del Potro
5 - Andy Murray
6 - Nikolay Davydenko
7 - Andy Roddick
8 - Robin Soderling
9 - Fernando Verdasco
10 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
11 - Fernando Gonzalez
12 - Gael Monfils
13 - Radek Stepanek
14 - Marin Cilic
15 - Gilles Simon
16 - Tommy Robredo
17 - David Ferrer
18 - Tommy Haas
19 - Stanislas Wawrinka
20 - Mikhail Youzhny
21 - Tomas Berdych
22 - Lleyton Hewitt
23 - Juan Carlos Ferrero
24 - Ivan Ljubicic
25 - Sam Querrey
26 - Nicolas Almagro
27 - Jurgen Melzer
27 - Philipp Kohlschreiber
29 - Viktor Troicki
30 - Juan Monaco
31 - Albert Montanes
32 - Jeremy Chardy

* American John Isner is the highest ranked player at #33 not to be seeded.
* Andy Murray, who chose not to defend his Doha title went one spot down in the seedings to #5. This means that he can play Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic, as early as the quarterfinal stage. Those three players have won the last 4 Australian Open titles.

Australian Open 2010 Women's Draw - List of Seeds
Seed - Player
1 - Williams, Serena
2 - Safina, Dinara
3 - Kuznetsova, Svetlana
4 - Wozniacki, Caroline
5 - Dementieva, Elena
6 - Williams, Venus
7 - Azarenka, Victoria
8 - Jankovic, Jelena
9 - Zvonareva, Vera
10 - Radwanska, Agnieszka
11 - Bartoli, Marion
12 - Pennetta, Flavia
13 - Stosur, Samantha
14 - Sharapova, Maria
15 - Clijsters, Kim
16 - Wikmayer, Yanina (*if she passes through qualifying)
17 - Li, Na
18 - Schiavone, Francesca
19 - Razzano, Virginie
20 - Petrova, Nadia
21 - Ivanovic, Ana
22 - Lisicki, Sabine
23 - Hantuchova, Daniela
24 - Cibulkova, Dominika
25 - Martinez Sanchez, Maria Jose
26 - Medina Garrigues, Anabel
27 - Rezai, Aravane
28 - Kleybanova, Alisa
29 - Vesnina, Elena
30 - Peer, Shahar
31 - Bondarenko, Kateryna
32 - Bondarenko, Alona

* If Yanina Wickmayer does not qualify for the main draw, #33 ranked Carla Suarez Navarro will be seeded.
* By winning the Brisbane title, Clijsters went from #18 to #15. This means she won't face any of the top 10 players in the first 3 rounds.
* The most dangerous floater in the draw would be Justine Henin. A Serena Williams-Justine Henin first round match is not impossible, but the odds of that happening is very low.
* The earliest the Bondarenko sisters will each other would be in the fourth round. It would be the quarterfinals for the Williams sisters.