{"id":408140,"date":"2026-01-14T07:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408140\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:17:06","slug":"australian-open-2026-seeds-ao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408140\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2026 seeds | AO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year at Melbourne Park, Sabalenka and Swiatek were one point away from facing off in a No.1 v No.2 final, a match-up that remains a possibility in 2026 given their top two seeding positions.<\/p>\n

The player who prevented that scenario in 2025 was Madison Keys, who saved match point to stun Swiatek in the semifinals, then upset two-time defending champion Sabalenka in the final, in a fairytale run to her first Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Sabalenka beats Keys in AO final rematch<\/a><\/p>\n

Keys returns as the defending champion and the No.9 seed, one of four American women among the top 10 seeds.<\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev is the third seed \u2013 marking the second straight year he, Alcaraz and Sinner make up the top three seeds \u2013 while 10-time champion Novak Djokovic begins his 21st AO campaign as the No.4 seed.<\/p>\n

Newly-minted top-five player Lorenzo Musetti rounds out the top five men\u2019s seeds.<\/p>\n

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Seeded sixth is Alex de Minaur, making him the highest-seeded Australian in AO men\u2019s singles in 20 years, while marking his third straight year as a top-10 seed.<\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s side, 30th seed Maya Joint is the first Australian woman to be seeded since Ash Barty won AO 2022 as the top seed.<\/p>\n

RELATED: De Minaur spearheading Aussie charge at AO 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Also seeded are other Grand Slam champions including Elena Rybakina (5), Naomi Osaka \u2013 who secured a notable top-16 seed \u2013 Jelena Ostapenko (24), Sofia Kenin (27), Emma Raducanu (28) and Marketa Vondrousova (32).<\/p>\n

On the men\u2019s side, 2021 US Open champion and last week\u2019s Brisbane winner Daniil Medvedev \u2013 a three-time AO finalist \u2013 is the only seeded player outside the top four to have won a major.<\/p>\n

SUMMER OF TENNIS: Five players showing great signs ahead of AO 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Main-draw seeds for AO 2026<\/p>\n

MEN<\/p>\n

SEED<\/p>\n

WOMEN<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner (ITA)<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Iga Swiatek (POL)<\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev (GER)<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Coco Gauff (USA)<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic (SRB)<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Amanda Anisimova (USA)<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Elena Rybakina (KAZ)<\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur (AUS)<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Jessica Pegula (USA)<\/p>\n

Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Jasmine Paolini (ITA)<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton (USA)<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Mirra Andreeva<\/p>\n

Taylor Fritz (USA)<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Madison Keys (USA)<\/p>\n

Alexander Bublik (KAZ)<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Belinda Bencic (SUI)<\/p>\n

Daniil Medvedev\u00a0<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Ekaterina Alexandrova\u00a0<\/p>\n

Casper Ruud (NOR)<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Elina Svitolina (UKR)<\/p>\n

Andrey Rublev<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Linda Noskova (CZE)<\/p>\n

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Clara Tauson (DEN)<\/p>\n

Karen Khachanov<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Emma Navarro (USA)<\/p>\n

Jakub Mensik (CZE)<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Naomi Osaka (JPN)<\/p>\n

Jiri Lehecka (CZE)<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

Victoria Mboko (CAN)<\/p>\n

Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

Liudmila Samsonova\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tommy Paul (USA)<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Karolina Muchova (CZE)<\/p>\n

Flavio Cobolli (ITA)<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Marta Kostyuk (UKR)<\/p>\n

Denis Shapovalov (CAN)<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

Elise Mertens (BEL)<\/p>\n

Luciano Darderi (ITA)<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

Leylah Fernandez (CAN)<\/p>\n

Tallon Griekspoor (NED)<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

Diana Shnaider<\/p>\n

Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)<\/p>\n

Learner Tien (USA)<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

Paula Badosa (ESP)<\/p>\n

Cameron Norrie (GBR)<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

Dayana Yastremska (UKR)<\/p>\n

Brandon Nakashima (USA)<\/p>\n

27<\/p>\n

Sofia Kenin (USA)<\/p>\n

Joao Fonseca (BRA)<\/p>\n

28<\/p>\n

Emma Raducanu (GBR)<\/p>\n

Frances Tiafoe (USA)<\/p>\n

29<\/p>\n

Iva Jovic (USA)<\/p>\n

Valentin Vacherot (MON)<\/p>\n

30<\/p>\n

Maya Joint (AUS)<\/p>\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)<\/p>\n

31<\/p>\n

Anna Kalinskaya\u00a0<\/p>\n

Corentin Moutet (FRA)<\/p>\n

32<\/p>\n

Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year at Melbourne Park, Sabalenka and Swiatek were one point away from facing off in a No.1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-408140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}