These are the eight main seeds for the Australian Open 2025

Carlos Navarro | 2 Jan 2025 | 17.17

Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev, seeded players in Australia. Source: Getty

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The arrival of the 2025 Australian Open is met by the tennis community with great anticipation. The excitement and tennis bug grip the fans, turning the first Grand Slam of the year into a moment of hope and joy; many players also kick off the season in full swing, benefiting from a long period of rest that allows them to showcase their best version in Melbourne. Of course, they will have to overcome great challenges, personified in the main rackets of the ATP rankings, whose top eight players we already know for the Australian event.

The truth is that the first week of competition has caused a slight change in the rankings. A racket usually among the top eight, always labeled as the perfect example of consistency, falls out of the top-8 and will have to face an additional level of difficulty if it aims to advance to its first Grand Slam semifinals. This is Andrey Rublev, who lost in the second round of the Hong Kong tournament and will lose 240 points this week, a circumstance seized by Alex de Miñaur to snatch the eighth spot in the rankings.

Therefore, the Australian will become the eighth seed for the first time in the Grand Slam held in his homeland, a significant circumstance as it positions him as a favorite to reach the quarterfinals for the first time on home soil. Additionally, he could be a potential opponent for Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals, although the name to avoid in that round is Novak Djokovic: the Serbian will be the seventh seed (regardless of what happens in Brisbane, where he is already in the quarterfinals) and could potentially have the Spaniard, the Italian... or even both on his side of the draw.

A POSSIBLE DEATH DRAW

Another nightmare that threatens to land in Carlos or Jannik's draw is Daniil Medvedev. The Russian's slump at the end of last year, coupled with his prolonged streak without ATP titles, has relegated him to fifth place in the rankings, which could bring him many headaches in upcoming Grand Slams. Aware that he is defending the points from the 2024 final, this Grand Slam is crucial for the Russian if he doesn't want to fall behind the leading pack. Taylor Fritz will look to make the most of the turmoil as the fourth seed, as he could avoid Sinner and Alcaraz until a potential final, whichever side of Alexander Zverev he ends up on, who missed his last match in the United Cup due to injury.

As you can see, the draw will be crucial: it will bring order to a cast of great stars who arrive at various fitness levels, even though several proven stars in this particular tournament are far from the top of the rankings (top-4) due to a lack of matches and results in recent months. Will someone outside the top-8 make it among the best? Will we see Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev, and Djokovic together on one side in a potential death draw? We are getting closer to finding out.

TOP-8 SEEDS AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2025