MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep, as expected, were given the No. 1 seedings on Thursday when the Australian Open announced its singles seedings list.
Defending champion Roger Federer is seeded No. 3 after Rafael Nadal, while women's defending singles champion Caroline Wozniacki, who beat Halep in last year's final at Melbourne Park, is No. 3 behind second-seeded and 2016 champion Angelique Kerber.
Serena Williams, who won the Australian Open in 2017 while pregnant with daughter Alexis Olympia, returns as the 16th-seeded player after missing last year's tournament.
Fifth-ranked Juan Martin del Potro will miss the Australian Open while he recovers from a fractured right kneecap.
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Men's Singles=
- Novak Djokovic, Serbia
- Rafael Nadal, Spain
- Roger Federer, Switzerland
- Alexander Zverev, Germany
- Kevin Anderson, South Africa
- Marin Cilic, Croatia
- Dominic Thiem, Austria
- Kei Nishikori, Japan
- John Isner, United States
- Karen Khachanov, Russia
- Borna Coric, Croatia
- Fabio Fognini, Italy
- Kyle Edmund, Britain
- Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece
- Daniil Medvedev, Russia
- Milos Raonic, Canada
- Marco Cecchinato, Italy
- Diego Schwartzman, Argentina
- Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia
- GrigorDimitrov, Bulgaria
- David Goffin, Belgium
- Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain
- Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain
- HyeonChung, South Korea
- Denis Shapovalov, Canada
- Fernando Verdasco, Spain
- Alex de Minaur, Australia
- Lucas Pouille, France
- Gilles Simon, France
- Gael Monfils, France
- Steve Johnson, United States
- Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany
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Women's Singles=
- Simona Halep, Romania
- Angelique Kerber, Germany
- Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
- Naomi Osaka, Japan
- Sloane Stephens, United States
- Elina Svitolina, Ukraine
- Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic
- Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
- Kiki Bertens, Netherlands
- Daria Kasatkina, Russia
- Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus
- Elise Mertens, Belgium
- Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia
- Julia Goerges, Germany
- Ashleigh Barty, Australia
- Serena Williams, United States
- Madison Keys, United States
- Garbine Muguruza, Spain
- Caroline Garcia, France
- Anett Kontaveit, Estonia
- Wang Qiang, China
- JelanaOstapenko, Latvia
- Carla Suárez Navarro, Spain
- Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine
- Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania
- Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia
- CamilaGiorgi, Italy
- Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan
- Donna Vekic, Croatia
- Maria Sharapova, Russia
- Petra Martic, Croatia
- Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic
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