Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka have been confirmed as the top seeds for the Australian Open starting next week.
Australian Open organizers stuck closely to the latest rankings to seed 32 players for each of the men’s and women’s draws.
David Ferrer took the No. 4 seeding behind Djokovic, Roger Federer and U.S. Open champion Andy Murray to replace fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who has withdrawn due to injury.
On the women’s side, Azarenka is followed by French Open champion Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, the reigning Wimbledon, Olympic and U.S. Open champion.
Agnieszka Radwanska is seeded fourth, followed by Angelique Kerber and Li Na. American teenager Sloane Stephens got a seeding after moving up the rankings to No. 29.
List of seeds for 2013 Australian Open
List of men’s and women’s seeds for the Australian Open, starting Jan. 14
1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
2. Roger Federer, Switzerland
3. Andy Murray, Britain
4. David Ferrer, Spain
5. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic
6. Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina
7. Jo—Wilfried Tsonga, France
8. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia
9. Richard Gasquet, France
10. Nicolas Almagro, Spain
11. Juan Monaco, Argentina
12. John Isner, United States
13. Marin Cilic, Croatia
14. Milos Raonic, Canada
15. Gilles Simon, France
16. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland
17. Kei Nishikori, Japan
18. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany
19. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine
20. Tommy Haas, Germany
21. Sam Querrey, United States
22. Andreas Seppi, Italy
23. Fernando Verdasco, Spain
24. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia
25. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland
26. Florian Mayer, Germany
27. Jurgen Melzer, Austria
28. Martin Klizan, Slovakia
29. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus
30. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil
31. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic
32. Marcel Granollers, Spain.
1. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus
2. Maria Sharapova, Russia
3. Serena Williams, United States
4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland
5. Angelique Kerber, Germany
6. Li Na, China
7. Sara Errani, Italy
8. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic
9. Samantha Stosur, Australia
10. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark
11. Marion Bartoli, France
12. Nadia Petrova, Russia
13. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia
14. Maria Kirilenko, Russia
15. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia
16. Roberta Vinci, Italy
17. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic
18. Julia Goerges, Germany
19. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia
20. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium
21. Varvara Lepchenko, United States
22. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia
23. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic
24. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia
25. Venus Williams, United States
26. Hsieh Su—wei, Taiwan
27. Sorana Cirstea, Romania
28. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan
29. Sloane Stephens, United States
30. Tamira Paszek, Austria
31. Urszula Radwanska, Poland
32. Mona Barthel, Germany
