Australian Open Main Draw 2024,Aussie Sensation Nick Kyrgios notable absentee

Australian Open main draw 2024 entry list was unveiled for the men’s and women’s singles,Aussie Sensation Nick Kyrgios was a notable absentee

Kyrgios has long been hoping to make his return at his home grand slam after a lengthy absence due to multiple injuries, but appears no certainty to make an appearance at Melbourne Park in January.

The Aussie star admitted last month that the “stars have to align a little bit” for him to return to the form which saw him make a Wimbledon final in 2022.

“Obviously, you know how injuries are every day, just doing the rehab, doing the gym work.”

While Kyrgios’ name was a glaring omission, two-time Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal was included on the men’s list with a protected ranking of No.9.

A protected or special ranking is often used for players coming back from a long-term injury and is based on a player’s average ranking in the first three months of their injury.

Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic was named in the women’s main draw with a special ranking of No.33, while two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka also received a special ranking of No.46.

Nadal was one of five players in the men’s draw to receive a protected ranking, joining Marin Cilic (21), Denis Shapovalov (27), Milos Raonic (33) and Reilly Opelka (33).

The other players in the women’s draw to receive a special ranking are Jennifer Brady (14) and Angelique Kerber (31).

Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic is the top-ranked male player while Poland’s Iga Swiatek is the top-ranked women’s player, with last year’s champion Aryna Sabalenka in the No.2 spot.

Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin and Max Purcell were all included in the men’s entry list, with de Minaur the top-ranked Aussie at No.12.

The 2024 Australian Open will get underway on Sunday, January 14 and will wrap up with the men’s singles final on the night of Sunday, January 28.

Australian Open Main Draw 2024

Women			Men
1	Iga Swiatek	POL	1		Novak Djokovic		SRB
2	Aryna Sabalenka		2		Carlos Alcaraz		ESP
3	Coco Gauff	USA	3		Daniil Medvedev
4	Elena Rybakina	KAZ	4		Jannik Sinner		ITA
5	Jessica Pegula	USA	5		Andrey Rublev
6	Ons Jabeur	TUN	6		Stefanos Tsitsipas		GRE
7	Marketa Vondrousova	CZE	7		Alexander Zverev		GER
8	Karolina Muchova	CZE	8		Holger Rune		DEN
9	Maria Sakkari	GRE	9		Hubert Hurkacz		POL
10	Barbora Krejcikova	CZE	9PR		Rafael Nadal		ESP
11	Beatriz Haddad Maia	BRA	10		Taylor Fritz		USA
12	Madison Keys	USA	11		Casper Ruud		NOR
13	Jelena Ostapenko	LAT	12		Alex de Minaur		AUS
14	Petra Kvitova	CZE	13		Tommy Paul		USA
14SR	Jennifer Brady	USA	14		Grigor Dimitrov		BUL
15	Qinwen Zheng	CHN	15		Karen Khachanov
16	Liudmila Samsonova		16		Frances Tiafoe		USA
18	Daria Kasatkina		17		Ben Shelton		USA
19	Veronika Kudermetova		18		Cameron Norrie		GBR
20	Caroline Garcia	FRA	19		Nicolas Jarry		CHI
21	Ekaterina Alexandrova		20		Ugo Humbert		FRA
22	Victoria Azarenka		21		Francisco Cerundolo		ARG
23	Donna Vekic	CRO	21PR		Marin Cilic		CRO
24	Magda Linette	POL	22		Adrian Mannarino		FRA
25	Elina Svitolina	UKR	23		Tallon Griekspoor		NED
26	Sorana Cirstea	ROU	24		Sebastian Korda		USA
27	Anhelina Kalinina	UKR	25		Jan-Lennard Struff		GER
28	Anastasia Potapova		26		Alejandro Davidovich Fokina		ESP
29	Elise Mertens	BEL	27		Lorenzo Musetti		ITA
30	Jasmine Paolini	ITA	27PR		Denis Shapovalov		CAN
31	Lesia Tsurenko	UKR	28		Sebastian Baez		ARG
31SR	Angelique Kerber	GER	29		Felix Auger-Aliassime		CAN
32	Emma Navarro	USA	30		Tomas Martin Etcheverry		ARG
33	Sofia Kenin	USA	31		Jiri Lehecka		CZE
33SR	Ajla Tomljanovic	AUS	32		Alexander Bublik		KAZ
34	Marie Bouzkova	CZE	33		Laslo Djere		SRB
35	Leylah Fernandez	CAN	33PR		Milos Raonic		CAN
36	Xinyu Wang	CHN	33PR		Reilly Opelka		USA
37	Lin Zhu	CHN	34		Christopher Eubanks		USA
38	Karolina Pliskova	CZE	35		Aslan Karatsev
39	Marta Kostyuk	UKR	36		Arthur Fils		FRA
40	Petra Martic	CRO	37		Borna Coric		CRO
41	Linda Noskova	CZE	38		Daniel Evans		GBR
42	Martina Trevisan	ITA	39		Roman Safiullin
43	Varvara Gracheva	FRA	40		Alexei Popyrin		AUS
44	Caroline Dolehide	USA	41		Mackenzie McDonald		USA
45	Katerina Siniakova	CZE	42		Andy Murray		GBR
46	Sloane Stephens	USA	43		Sebastian Ofner		AUT
46 SR	Naomi Osaka	JPN	44		Matteo Arnaldi		ITA
47	Sara Sorribes Tormo	ESP	45		Max Purcell		AUS
48	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	ITA	46		Lorenzo Sonego		ITA
49	Peyton Stearns	USA	47		Yoshihito Nishioka		JPN
50	Anna Blinkova		48		Alexander Shevchenko
51	Arantxa Rus	NED	49		Stan Wawrinka		SUI
51SR	Shelby Rogers	USA	50		Botic van de Zandschulp		NED
52	Danielle Collins	USA	51		Yannick Hanfmann		GER
53	Camila Giorgi	ITA	52		Dusan Lajovic		SRB
54	Tatjana Maria	GER	53		J.J. Wolf		USA
55	Katie Boulter	GBR	54		Miomir Kecmanovic		SRB
56	Mirra Andreeva		55		Jordan Thompson		AUS
57	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova		56		Daniel Altmaier		GER
58	Mayar Sherif	EGY	57		Roberto Bautista Agut		ESP
59	Greet Minnen	BEL	58		Zhizhen Zhang		CHN
60	Clara Burel	FRA	59		Marton Fucsovics		HUN
61	Lucia Bronzetti	ITA	60		Marcos Giron		USA
61SR	Amanda Anisimova	USA	61		Jack Draper		GBR
62	Alycia Parks	USA	62		Aleksandar Vukic		AUS
63	Magdalena Frech	POL	63		Roberto Carballes Baena		ESP
64	Rebeka Masarova	ESP	64		Fabian Marozsan		HUN
65	Paula Badosa	ESP	65		Thanasi Kokkinakis		AUS
66	Ana Bogdan	ROU	66		Nuno Borges		POR
67	Bernarda Pera	USA	67		Pavel Kotov
68	Yulia Putintseva	KAZ	68		Christopher O’Connell		AUS
69	Nadia Podoroska	ARG	69		Emil Ruusuvuori		FIN
70	Lauren Davis	USA	70		Pedro Cachin		ARG
71	Xiyu Wang	CHN	71		Rinky Hijikata		AUS
71SR	Caty McNally	USA	72		Borna Gojo		CRO
72	Yanina Wickmayer	BEL	73		Benjamin Bonzi		FRA
73	Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	SVK	74		Gael Monfils		FRA
74	Elina Avanesyan		75		Taro Daniel		JPN
75	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	76		Richard Gasquet		FRA
76	Anna Kalinskaya		77		Dominik Koepfer		GER
77	Yue Yuan	CHN	78		Tomas Machac		CZE
78	Camila Osorio	COL	79		Thiago Seyboth Wild		BRA
79	Viktoriya Tomova	BUL	80		Bernabe Zapata Miralles		ESP
80	Taylor Townsend	USA	80		Soonwoo Kwon		KOR
81	Ashlyn Krueger	USA	81		Alexandre Muller		FRA
82	Clara Tauson	DEN	82		Cristian Garin		CHI
83	Tamara Korpatsch	GER	83		Juan Pablo Varillas		PER
84	Viktorija Golubic	SUI	84		Gregoire Barrere		FRA
85	Zhuoxuan Bai	CHN	85		Alejandro Tabilo		CHI
86	Laura Siegemund	GER	86		Jaume Munar		ESP
87	Emina Bektas	USA	87		Constant Lestienne		FRA
88	Diana Shnaider		88		Federico Coria		ARG
89	Kayla Day	USA	89		Albert Ramos-Vinolas		ESP
90	Cristina Bucsa	ESP	90		Luca Van Assche		FRA
91	Jaqueline  Cristian	ROU	91		Maximilian Marterer		GER
92	Aliaksandra Sasnovich		92		Matteo Berrettini		ITA
93	Linda Fruhvirtova	CZE	93		Daniel Elahi Galan		COL
94	Diane Parry	FRA	94		Dominic Stricker		SUI
95	Nao Hibino	JPN	94PR		Jiri Vesely		CZE
97	Oceane Dodin	FRA	95		Facundo Diaz Acosta		ARG
98	Jodie Burrage	GBR	96		Arthur Rinderknech		FRA
99	Claire Liu	USA	97		Alex Michelsen		USA