Australian Open men’s and women’s seed list and tracker
Coco Gauff is seeded third at the Australian Open behind Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, and could play Venus Williams in round two (Getty Images)Jamie BraidwoodThu, January 15, 2026 at 11:27 AM UTC·4 min read
Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds for the Australian Open, with Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek the second seeds as the first grand slam of the year gets underway.
Alcaraz and Sinner could become the first men to play in four consecutive grand slam finals since Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal did so between 2011 and 2012. Alcaraz is bidding for his first Australian Open title - which would make the youngest man of all time to complete the career grand slam - while Sinner is on for a hat-trick of titles in Melbourne.
Sabalenka, the US Open champion, and Swiatek, the Wimbledon champion, have yet to meet in a grand slam final. Swiatek is also an Australian Open title away from completing the career grand slam while Sabalenka will be out to regain her crown after a shock defeat to Madison Keys in last year’s final.
Elsewhere, Coco Gauff begins the opening grand slam of the year as the third seed, with defending champion Keys ninth on the women’s side.
Djokovic, the record 10-time champion in Melbourne, is seeded fourth on the men’s side and would expect to face Sinner in the semi-finals if he gets there.
First round vs Adam Walton
First round vs Hugo Gaston
First round vs Gabriel Diallo
First round vs Pedro Martínez
First round vs Raphael Collignon
First round vs Matteo Berrettini
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime
First round vs Nuno Borges
First round vs Ugo Humbert
First round vs Valentin Royer
10. Alexander Bublik
First round vs Jenson Brooksby
First round vs Jesper de Jong
First round vs Mattia Bellucci
First round vs Matteo Arnaldi
14. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
First round vs Filip Misolic
First round vs Alex Michelsen
First round vs Pablo Carreno Busta
First round vs Arthur Gea [Q]
18. Francisco Cerundolo
First round vs Zhang Zhizhen
First round vs Aleksandar Kovacevic
First round vs Arthur Fery [Q]
21. Denis Shapovalov
First round vs Bu Yunchaokete [WC]
First round vs Cristian Garin
23. Tallon Griekspoor
First round vs Ethan Quinn
24. Arthur Rinderknech
First round vs Fabian Marozsan
First round vs Marcos Giron
First round vs Benjamin Bonzi
27. Brandon Nakashima
First round vs Botic van de Zandschulp
First round vs Eliot Spizzirri
First round vs Jason Kubler [Q]
30. Valentin Vacherot
First round vs Martin Damm [Q]
31. Stefanos Tsitsipas
First round vs Shintaro Mochizuki
First round vs Tristan Schoolkate
First round vs Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah [WC]
First round vs Yuan Yue [Q]
First round vs Kamilla Rakhimova
First round vs Simona Waltert
First round vs Kaja Juvan
First round vs Anastasia Zakharova
First round vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich [Q]
First round vs Donna Vekić
First round vs Oleksandra Oliynykova
First round vs Katie Boulter
11. Ekaterina Alexandrova
First round vs Zeynep Sonmez [Q]
First round vs Cristina Bucsa
First round vs. Darja Semenistaja
First round vs Dalma Galfi
First round vs Magda Linette
First round vs Antonia Ruzic
First round vs Emerson Jones [WC]
18. Liudmila Samsonova
First round vs Laura Siegemund
19. Karolina Muchova
First round vs Jaqueline Cristian
First round vs Elsa Jacquemot
First round vs Lanlana Tararudee [Q]
22. Leylah Fernandez
First round vs Janice Tjen
First round vs Barbora Krejcikova
24. Jelena Ostapenko
First round vs Rebecca Sramkova
First round vs Zarina Diyas [WC]
26. Dayana Yastremska
First round vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse
First round vs Peyton Stearns
First round vs Mananchaya Sawangkaew [PR]
First round vs Katie Volynets
First round vs Tereza Valentova
First round vs Sonay Kartal
32. Marketa Vondrousova
First round vs Hailey Baptiste
The tournament will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK as well as online on Discovery+.
In the US, it will be shown live on ESPN and Tennis Channel.
