The main draw of the first Grand Slam of the season at Melbourne Park has just been released.
The World No. 1 and the six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic faces a qualifier in the opening round before the potential clash against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Denis Shapovalov in the next two matches.
Daniil Medvedev or David Goffin should be his rival in the fourth round before the quarter-final test against Kei Nishikori or Fabio Fognini.
The 6th seed and the last year's finalist Marin Cilic plays against Bernard Tomic and there are also Karen Khachanov, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nikoloz Basilashvili who will try to spoil the party for the favorites and the repeat of the last year's final, with Roger Federer leading the third quarter.
Full draw:
- [1]Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Qualifier
- [WC]Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Martin Klizan (SVK)
- Taro Daniel (JPN) vs Qualifier
- [25]Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Pablo Andujar (ESP)
- [21]David Goffin (BEL) vs Christian Garin (CHI)
- Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs Marius Copil (ROU)
- Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
- [15]Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs Qualifier
- [12]Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Jaume Munar (ESP)
- Nicolas Jarry (CHI) vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
- Ilya Ivashka (BLR) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN)
- [23]Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs Qualifier
- [32]Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [WC]Zhe Li (CHN)
- Guido Pella (ARG) vs Joao Sousa (POR)
- Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
- [8]Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs Qualifier
- [4]Alexander Zverev (GER) vs Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
- Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Ugo Humbert (FRA)
- [WC]Alex Bolt (AUS) vs [WC]Jack Sock (USA)
- [29]Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Qualifier
- [24]Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs Bradley Klahn (USA)
- Sam Querrey (USA) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
- [16]Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
- [11]Borna Coric (CRO) vs [PR]Steve Darcis (BEL)
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
- Laslo Djere (SRB) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
- [17]Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs Filip Krajinovic (SRB)
- [28]Lucas Pouille (FRA) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
- Maximilian Marterer (GER) vs Qualifier
- [WC]Alexei Popyrin (AUS) vs Mischa Zverev (GER)
- [7]Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)
- [6]Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Bernard Tomic (AUS)
- Andrey Rublev (RUS) vs Mackenzie McDonald (USA)
- Michael Mmoh (USA) vs Radu Albot (MDA)
- [26]Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs Qualifier
- [22]Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs [PR]Andy Murray (GBR)
- Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs John Millman (AUS)
- Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs Tennys Sandgren (USA)
- [10]Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER)
- [14]Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
- Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) vs Qualifier
- Guido Andreozzi (ARG) vs Qualifier
- [19]Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs Qualifier
- [30]Gael Monfils (FRA) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
- Cameron Norrie (GBR) vs Taylor Fritz (USA)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
- [3]Roger Federer (SUI) vs Denis Istomin (UZB)
- [5]Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
- Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Qualifier
- Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS)
- [31]Steve Johnson (USA) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)
- [20]Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [PR]Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
- Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
- [WC]Jason Kubler (AUS) vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)
- [9]John Isner (USA) vs Reilly Opelka (USA)
- [13]Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Tomas Berdych (CZE)
- Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Robin Haase (NED)
- [WC]Marc Polmans (AUS) vs Denis Kudla (USA)
- [18]Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Qualifier
- [27]Alex de Minaur (AUS) vs Pedro Sousa (POR)
- Mirza Basic (BIH) vs Qualifier
- Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
- [2]Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [WC]James Duckworth (AUS)
