World’s best set for Australian Open 2022

Ash Barty and Novak Djokovic headline stellar player fields set to compete at Melbourne Park for Australian Open 2022, the first Grand Slam event of the season.

World No.1 Barty, who will attempt to become the first local player to win an Australian Open singles title in 44 years, leads a women’s field featuring all of the world’s top 40.

Defending champion Djokovic will play for an incredible 10th Australian Open trophy — and a men’s record 21st major singles title — and will be the favourite in a draw which showcases 49 of the world’s top 50 including world No.2 Daniil Medvedev, who beat top-ranked Djokovic in this year’s US Open final.

Defending champion Naomi Osaka is expected to return to action and will target a fifth career major singles title; and reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu will make her Australian Open debut, with the British teenager up to a career-high ranking of No.19.

Rafael Nadal, tied with Djokovic at 20 career major singles titles, will compete for the first time since August, while AO 2020 finalist Dominic Thiem will make his comeback after a six-month break to heal a wrist injury.

A notable absentee on the men’s side is 16th-ranked Roger Federer, who continues his rehabilitation following knee surgery. Fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka, the AO 2014 winner, will also miss the event as he too recovers from surgery.

World No.41 Serena Williams will not contest the women’s draw, with the seven-time AO champion withdrawing following advice from her medical team.

“While this is never an easy decision to make, I am not where I need to be physically to compete,” Williams said.

“Melbourne is one of my favorite cities to visit and I look forward to playing at the AO every year. I will miss seeing the fans, but am excited to return and compete at my highest level.”

Also withdrawing is 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu. The young Canadian star is taking a break from the tour, before targeting a comeback later in 2022.

Australian Open 2022 main draw entry list

WOMEN			MEN
1	Ashleigh Barty	AUS	1	Novak Djokovic	SRB
2	Aryna Sabalenka	BLR	2	Daniil Medvedev	RUS
3	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	3	Alexander Zverev	GER
4	Karolina Pliskova	CZE	4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	GRE
5	Barbora Krejcikova	CZE	5	Andrey Rublev	RUS
6	Maria Sakkari	GRE	6	Rafael Nadal	ESP
7	Anett Kontaveit	EST	7	Matteo Berrettini	ITA
8	Paula Badosa	ESP	8	Casper Ruud	NOR
9	Iga Swiatek	POL	9	Hubert Hurkacz	POL
10	Ons Jabeur	TUN	10	Jannik Sinner	ITA
11	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	RUS	11	Felix Auger-Aliassime	CAN
12	Sofia Kenin	USA	12	Cameron Norrie	GBR
13	Naomi Osaka	JPN	13	Diego Schwartzman	ARG
14	Elena Rybakina	KAZ	14	Denis Shapovalov	CAN
15	Elina Svitolina	UKR	15	Dominic Thiem	AUT
16	Angelique Kerber	GER	17	Cristian Garin	CHI
17	Petra Kvitova	CZE	18	Aslan Karatsev	RUS
18	Jessica Pegula	USA	19	Roberto Bautista Agut	ESP
19	Emma Raducanu	GBR	20	Pablo Carreno Busta	ESP
20	Simona Halep	ROU	21	Gael Monfils	FRA
21	Elise Mertens	BEL	22	Nikoloz Basilashvili	GEO
22	Cori Gauff	USA	23	Taylor Fritz	USA
23	Belinda Bencic	SUI	24	John Isner	USA
24	Leylah Fernandez	CAN	25	Daniel Evans	GBR
25	Jennifer Brady	USA	26	Reilly Opelka	USA
26	Daria Kasatkina	RUS	27	Lorenzo Sonego	ITA
27	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	28	Grigor Dimitrov	BUL
28	Jelena Ostapenko	LAT	29	Karen Khachanov	RUS
29	Danielle Collins	USA	30	Marin Cilic	CRO
30	Tamara Zidansek	SLO	31	Lloyd Harris	RSA
31	Veronika Kudermetova	RUS	32	Carlos Alcaraz	ESP
32	Karolina Muchova	CZE	33	Dusan Lajovic	SRB
33	Ekaterina Alexandrova	RUS	34	Alex de Minaur	AUS
34	Camila Giorgi	ITA	35	Ugo Humbert	FRA
35	Marketa Vondrousova	CZE	36	Alexander Bublik	KAZ
36	Sara Sorribes Tormo	ESP	37	Fabio Fognini	ITA
37	Jil Teichmann	SUI	38	Frances Tiafoe	USA
38	Sorana Cirstea	ROU	39	David Goffin	BEL
39	Liudmila Samsonova	RUS	40	Marton Fucsovics	HUN
40	Shelby Rogers	USA	41	Sebastian Korda	USA
42	Yulia Putintseva	KAZ	42	Filip Krajinovic	SRB
43	Viktorija Golubic	SUI	43	Tommy Paul	USA
44	Clara Tauson	DEN	44	Federico Delbonis	ARG
45	Ajla Tomljanovic	AUS	45	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	ESP
47	Ann Li	USA	46	Benoit Paire	FRA
48	Tereza Martincova	CZE	47	Kei Nishikori	JPN
49	Katerina Siniakova	CZE	48	Ilya Ivashka	BLR
50	Marta Kostyuk	UKR	49	James Duckworth	AUS
51	Alison Riske	USA	50	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	ESP
52	Anhelina Kalinina	UKR	51	Jan-Lennard Struff	GER
53	Jasmine Paolini	ITA	52	Laslo Djere	SRB
54	Petra Martic	CRO	53	Soonwoo Kwon	KOR
55	Camila Osorio	COL	54	Dominik Koepfer	GER
56	Madison Keys	USA	55	Mackenzie McDonald	USA
57	Magda Linette	POL	56	Jenson Brooksby	USA
58	Madison Brengle	USA	57	Botic van de Zandschulp	NED
59	Alizé Cornet	FRA	58	Arthur Rinderknech	FRA
60	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	59	Lorenzo Musetti	ITA
61	Mayar Sherif	EGY	60	Pedro Martinez	ESP
62	Shuai Zhang	CHN	61	Alexei Popyrin	AUS
63	Arantxa Rus	NED	62	Gianluca Mager	ITA
64	Sloane Stephens	USA	63	Federico Coria	ARG
65	Nuria Parrizas Diaz	ESP	64	Benjamin Bonzi	FRA
66	Ana Konjuh	CRO	65	Tallon Griekspoor	NED
67	Donna Vekic	CRO	66	Marcos Giron	USA
68	Alison Van Uytvanck	BEL	67	Hugo Gaston	FRA
69	Anastasia Potapova	RUS	68	Brandon Nakashima	USA
70	Anastasija Sevastova	LAT	69	Miomir Kecmanovic	SRB
71	Jaqueline Cristian	ROU	70	Milos Raonic	CAN
72	Heather Watson	GBR	71	Adrian Mannarino	FRA
73	Kaia Kanepi	EST	72	John Millman	AUS
74	Caroline Garcia	FRA	73	Borna Coric	CRO
75	Greet Minnen	BEL	75	Jordan Thompson	AUS
76	Andrea Petkovic	GER	76	Facundo Bagnis	ARG
77	Clara Burel	FRA	77	Jaume Munar	ESP
78	Amanda Anisimova	USA	78	Stefano Travaglia	ITA
79	Varvara Gracheva	RUS	79	Roberto Carballes Baena	ESP
80	Saisai Zheng	CHN	80	Kevin Anderson	RSA
81	Maryna Zanevska	BEL	81	Yoshihito Nishioka	JPN
82	Beatriz Haddad Maia	BRA	83	Jiri Vesely	CZE
83	Nadia Podoroska	ARG	84	Daniel Altmaier	GER
84	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	SVK	85	Steve Johnson	USA
85	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	ROU	86	Peter Gojowczyk	GER
86	Rebecca Peterson	SWE	87	Richard Gasquet	FRA
87	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	88	Alex Molcan	SVK
88	Lauren Davis	USA	89	Thiago Monteiro	BRA
89	Marie Bouzkova	CZE	90	Juan Manuel Cerundolo	ARG
90	Oceane Dodin	FRA	91	Pablo Andujar	ESP
91	Anna Bondar	HUN	92	Corentin Moutet	FRA
92	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	BLR	93	Nick Kyrgios	AUS
93	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA	94	Mikael Ymer	SWE
94	Bernarda Pera	USA	95	Emil Ruusuvuori	FIN
95	Claire Liu	USA	96	Tennys Sandgren	USA
96	Panna Udvardy	HUN	97	Henri Laaksonen	SUI
97	Danka Kovinic	MNE	98	Pablo Cuevas	URU
97SR*	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL	99	Sebastian Baez	ARG
98	Kristina Kucova	SVK	100	Marco Cecchinato	ITA
99	Astra Sharma	AUS	101	Oscar Otte	GER
100	Dayana Yastremska	UKR	102	Andreas Seppi	ITA
100SR*	Tatjana Maria	GER	103	Holger Rune	DEN
101	Kaja Juvan	SLO	104	Ricardas Berankis	LTU
102	Xinyu Wang	CHN	105	Denis Kudla	USA
103	Zarina Diyas	KAZ	106	Feliciano Lopez	ESP
104	Magdalena Frech	POL	108	Sam Querrey	USA