Australian Open Seeds: Nadal, Djokovic, Federer The Top Three For An Eighth Time

  • Posted: Jan 15, 2020

Australian Open Seeds: Nadal, Djokovic, Federer The Top Three For An Eighth Time

Draw to be made on Thursday evening in Melbourne

For the eighth time in 13 straight editions, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will be the top three seeds at the Australian Open. In each of those years, one of the ‘Big 3’ has gone on to win the title at the season’s first major:

Year  No. 1  No. 2  No. 3  Final 
2008  Federer  Nadal Djokovic Djokovic d. Tsonga
2009 Nadal Federer Djokovic Nadal d. Federer
2010 Federer Nadal Djokovic Federer d. Murray
2011 Nadal Federer Djokovic Djokovic d. Murray
2012 Djokovic Nadal Federer Djokovic d. Nadal
2015 Djokovic Federer Nadal Djokovic d. Murray
2019 Djokovic Nadal Federer Djokovic d. Nadal
2020 Nadal Djokovic Federer ??

Since 2004, when Roger Federer won his first of six Australian Open titles, only two other players have been the last man standing in Melbourne: Marat Safin in 2005 and Stan Wawrinka in 2014.

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The Australian Open draw will be made on Thursday at 6pm AEDT in Melbourne.

The seeds are….

1. Rafael Nadal, Spain
2. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
3. Roger Federer, Switzerland
4. Daniil Medvedev, Russia
5. Dominic Thiem, Austria
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece
7. Alexander Zverev, Germany
8. Matteo Berrettini, Italy
9. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain
10. Gael Monfils, France
11. David Goffin, Belgium
12. Fabio Fognini, Italy
13. Denis Shapovalov, Canada
14. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina
15. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland
16. Karen Khachanov, Russia
17. Andrey Rublev, Russia
18. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria
19. John Isner, United States
20. Alex de Minaur, Australia
21. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada
22. Benoit Paire, France
23. Guido Pella, Argentina
24. Nick Kyrgios, Australia
25. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia
26. Borna Coric, Croatia
27. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia
28. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain
29. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France
30. Taylor Fritz, United States
31. Daniel Evans, Great Britain
32. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland

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