Nadal and Wozniacki Top Seeds for 2011 Australian Open

For the 2011 Australian Open, Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki have been named top seeds on the men’s and women’s sides respectively, as the event begins next week, Jan. 17-30 at Melbourne Park. Nadal leads the men’s rankings over number two Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic (number three) and Sweden’s Robin Soderling (fourth). Wozniacki heads the women’s seedings over Vera Zvonareva (second), Kim Clijsters (third) and Venus Williams (fourth).

2011 Australian Open Men’s Seedings

1. Rafael Nadal, Spain

2. Roger Federer, Switzerland

3. Novak Djokovic, Serbia

4. Robin Soderling, Sweden

5. Andy Murray, Britain

6. Thomas Berdych, Czech Republic

7. David Ferrer, Spain

8. Andy Roddick, United States

9. Fernando Verdasco, Spain

10. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia

11. Jurgen Melzer, Austria

12. Gael Monfils, France

13. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France

14. Nicolas Almagro, Spain

15. Marin Cilic, Croatia

16. Mardy Fish, United States

17. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia

18. Sam Querrey, United States

19. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland

20. John Isner, United States

21. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyrus

22. Michael Llodra, France

23. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia

24. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia

25. Albert Montanes, Spain

26. Juan Monaco, Argentina

27. David Nalbandian, Argentina

28. Richard Gasquet, France

29. Viktor Troicki, Serbia

30. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil

31. Feliciano Lopez, Spain

32. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain

2011 Australian Open Women’s Seedings

1. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark

2. Vera Zvonareva, Russia

3. Kim Clijsters, Belgium

4. Venus Williams, United States

5. Samantha Stosur, Australia

6. Francesca Schiavone, Italy

7. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia

8. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus

9. Li Na, China

10. Shahar Peer, Israel

11. Justine Henin, Belgium

12. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland

13. Nadia Petrova, Russia

14. Maria Sharapova, Russia

15. Marion Bartoli, France

16. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia

17. Aravane Rezai, France

18. Maria Kirilenko, Russia

19. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia

20. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia

21. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium

22. Flavia Pennetta, Italy

23. Svetlanda Kuznetsova, Russia

24. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia

25. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic

26. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain

27. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania

28. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia

29. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia

30. Andrea Petkovic, Germany

31. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic

32. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria

For more information, visit www.australianopen.com.