Australian Open 2026: Men’s and Women’s Seeding List and Tracking Table

Felix Auger-Aliassime has become the Australian Open’s biggest casualty so far, with the seventh seed withdrawing from his first-round match with a thigh injury. The Canadian, who reached the U.S. Open semifinals last season, retired 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 behind Portugal’s Nuno Borges.

Carlos Alcaraz and Alina Sabalenka is the top seed in the tournament, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek The second-seeded player in the first Grand Slam of the year is about to begin.

Alcaraz and Sinner could become the first men to reach four consecutive Grand Slam finals Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal did the same in 2011-2012. Alcaraz is competing for his first Australian Open title – who would become the youngest man ever to complete a career Grand Slam – while Sinner would score a hat-trick in Melbourne.

U.S. Open champion Sabalenka and Wimbledon champion Swiatek, Have yet to meet in a Grand Slam final. Swiatek is one Australian Open title away from completing a career Grand Slam, while Sabalenka will be looking to regain the crown after losing to Madison Keys in last year’s final.

Elsewhere, Coco Gauff starts this year’s Grand Slam opening as third seed, with defending champion Keys ranked ninth on the women’s side. Djokovic, a ten-time Melbourne champion who is ranked fourth in men’s tennis, is expected to face Sinner in the semi-finals if he reaches the semi-finals.

man seed

1. Carlos Alcaraz

✅ Defeated Adam Walton in the first round

2. Jannik Sinner

First round match against Hugo Gaston

3. Alexander Zverev

✅ Defeat Gabriel Diallo in the first round

4. Novak Djokovic

First round vs. Pedro Martinez

5. Lorenzo Musetti

First round match against Raphael Collignon

6. Alex de Minaur

✅ Defeated Mackenzie McDonald in the first round

❌ 7. Felix Auger-Aliassime – eliminated by Nuno Borges in the first round, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 0-0, came back.

8. Ben Shelton

First round vs. Ugo Humbert

9. Taylor Fritz

First round match against Valentin Royer

10. Alexander Bublik

✅ Defeated against Jenson Brooksby in the first round

11. Daniil Medvedev

✅ Defeat Jesper de Jong in the first round

12. Casper Luther

First round match against Mattia Bellucci

13. Andrei Rublev

✅ Defeated Matteo Arnaldi in the first round

14. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

✅ Defeated Filip Misolic in the first round

15. Karen Khachanoff

First round vs. Alex Michelson

16. Jakub Mencik

First round vs. Pablo Carreno Busta

17. Jiri Lehka

First round match against Arthur Gea [Q]

18. Francisco Cerundolo

✅ Defeat Zhang Zhizhen in the first round

19. Tommy Paul

✅ Defeated against Alexander Kovacevic in the first round

❌ 20. Flavio Cobolli – defeated Arthur Fery in the first round [Q] 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-1

21. Denis Shapovalov

First round match against Buyunchaoket [WC]

22. Luciano Dadelli

First round vs. Christian Garin

23. Taron Greek Spurs

First round vs. Ethan Quinn

❌ 24. Arthur Rinderknech – Knocked out Fabian Marozsan in the first round, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4.

25. Learner’s Field

First round match against Marcos Giron

26. Cameron Norrie

✅ Won against Benjamin Bonzi in the first round

27. Brandon Nakajima

First round match against Botik van der Zandschulp

28. Joao Fonseca

First round vs. Elliot Spitzri

29.Francis Tiafoe

✅ Won against Jason Kubler in the first round [Q]

30. Valentin Vachero

First round vs. Martin Damm [Q]

31. Stefanos Tsitsipas

First round against Shintaro Mochizuki

32. Colentinmutai

✅ Defeated Tristan Schoolkate in the first round

woman seed

1. Alina Sabalenka

✅ Defeat Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah in the first round [WC]

2..Iga Swiatek

Play against Yuan Yue in the first round [Q]

3. Coco Gough

✅ Defeated Kamila Rashimova in the first round

4.Amanda Anisimova

✅ Defeated Simona Waltert in the first round

5.Elena Rybakina

First round vs. Kaja Juwan

6. Jessica Pegula

✅ Defeated Anastasia Zakharova in the first round

7. Jasmine Paolini

✅ Defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round [Q]

8. Mira Andreeva

First round match against Donna Vekic

9. Madison Keys

First round match against Oleksandra Olynikova

10. Belinda Bencic

First round vs. Katie Boult

❌ 11. Ekaterina Alexandrova – Knocked out in the first round by Zeynep Sonmez [Q] 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

12. Elena Svitolina

✅ Defeated Cristina Bucsa in the first round

13. Linda Noskova

First round against Darja Semenistaj

14. Clara Towson

✅ Defeated Dalma Galfi in the first round

❌ 15. Emma Navarro – Knocked out in the first round by Magda Linette 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

16. Naomi Osaka

First round match against Antonia Ruzic

17. Victoria Mboko

First round vs. Emerson Jones [WC]

18. Lyudmila Samsonova

Round 1 vs. Laura Sigmund

19. Karolina Muchova

First round vs. Jacqueline Christian

❌ 20. Marta Kostyuk – eliminated by Elsa Jacquemot in the first round, 6-7 7-6 7-6

21. Elise Mertens

First round match against Lanlana Talaroudi [Q]

22. Leila Fernandez

First round vs. Janice Tjen

23. Diana Schneider

First round match against Barbora Krejcikova

24. Jelena Ostapenko

First round match against Rebecca Slamkova

25. Paola Badosa

First round vs. Zarina Dias [WC]

❌ 26. Dayana Yastremska – eliminated by Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the first round, 6-4, 7-5

❌ 27. Sofia Kenin – Knocked out in the first round by Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-2.

28. Emma Raducanu

✅ Defeated Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the first round [PR]

29. Eva Jovich

Round 1 vs. Katie Wolinec

30. Maya Joint

First round match against Theresa Valentova

31. Anna Kalinskaya

First round match against Sonai Kartar

❌ 32. Marketa Vondrousova – Withdrew before first round match against Hailey Baptiste

Is the Australian Open on TV?

The game will be broadcast live online on TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the UK.

In the United States, ESPN and Tennis Channel will broadcast live.