Australian Open Draw

11th January, 2008

British number one and ninth-seed Andy Murray will face rising French star Tsonga in the first round of the Australian Open.

"He's obviously playing really well right now," Murray said of Tsonga.

"In the next month or so (his ranking) will probably get him seeded at slams, so it's a tough match.

"He has a good serve, is a good athlete, hits the ball pretty hard from the baseline and it's going to be a hard match for me. But if I play like I have been, I have a good chance to win."

Australian Open Men's Draw:

(Seed #) wc - wild card

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, vs. Diego Hartfield, Argentina
Fabrice Santoro, France vs. John Isner, United States
Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia vs. wc-Joseph Sirianni, Australia
Thierry Ascione, France vs. Fernando Verdasco (25), Spain
Juan Monaco (21), Argentina, vs. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina
Robert Kendrick, United
States vs. Qualifier
Oscar Hernandez, Spain, vs. Ivo Minar, Czech Republic
Werner Eschauer, Austria vs. Tomas Berdych (13), Czech Republic
James Blake (12), United States, vs. Nicolas Massu, Chile
Michael Russell, United States, vs. Fabio Fognini, Italy
Sebastien Grosjean, France, vs. Filippo Volandri, Italy
Qualifier vs. Ivan Ljubicic (17), Croatia
Nicolas Almagro (27), Spain vs. Marin Cilic, Croatia
Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, vs. Jurgen Melzer, Austria
Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, vs. Chris Guccione, Australia
Qualifier vs. Fernando Gonzalez (7), Chile
Novak Djokovic (3) Serbia vs. Benjamin Becker, Germany
Qualifier vs. Simone Bolelli, Italy
Sam Querrey, United States, vs. Olivier Rochus, Belgium
Xavier Malisse, Belgium, vs. Dmitry Tursunov (23), Russia
Lleyton Hewitt (19), Australia, vs. Steve Darcis, Belgium
wc-Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, vs. Qualifier
Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, vs. Marat Safin, Russia
Thomas Johansson, Sweden, vs. Marcos Baghdatis (15), Cyprus
David Nalbandian (10), Argentina, vs. Robert Smeets, Australia
Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, vs. Peter Luczak, Australia
wc-Alun Jones, Australia, vs. Albert Montanes, Spain
Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (22), Spain
Radek Stepanek (30), Czech Republic, vs. Vincent Spadea, United States
Qualifier vs. Sergio Roitman, Argentina
Santiago Ventura, Spain, vs. Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina
Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, vs. David Ferrer (5), Spain
Richard Gasquet (8), France, vs. wc-Nick Lindahl, Australia
Feliciano Lopez, Spain, vs. Qualifier
Kristof Vliegen, Belgium vs. Olivier Patience, France
Andrei Pavel, Romania vs. Igor Andreev (31), Russia
Juan Ignacio Chela (18), Argentina vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain
Alejandro Falla, Colombia vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Juan Pablo Brzezicki, Argentina
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France vs. Andy Murray (9), Britain
Mikhail Youzhny (14), Russia vs. wc-Mathieu Montcourt, France
Qualifier vs. Andreas Seppi, Italy
Dudi Sela, Israel vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia
Stanislas Wawrinka (26), Switzerland vs. Julien Benneteau, France
Lu Yen-hsun, Taiwan, vs. Marc Gicquel, France
Nicolas Mahut, France, vs. Jose Acasuso, Argentina
Michael Llodra, France, vs. Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia
Andy Roddick (6), United States, vs. Qualifier
Donald Young, United States, vs. Michael Berrer, Germany
Evgeny Korolev, Russia, vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (29), Germany
Jarkko Nieminen, (24), Finland, vs. Frank Dancevic, Canada
wc-Jesse Levine, United States, vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina
Mardy Fish, United States, vs. Boris Pashanski, Serbia
Mischa Zverev, Germany, vs. Tommy Robredo (11), Spain
Carlos Moya (16), Spain, vs. Stefan Koubek, Austria
Luis Horna, Peru, vs. Agustin Calleri, Argentina
Paul Capdeville, Chile, vs. wc-Brydan Klein, Australia
Victor Hanescu, Romania, vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (23), France
Gilles Simon, France, vs. Bobby Reynolds, United States
Arnaud Clement, France, vs. Rainer Schuettler, Germany
Florent Serra, France, vs. Florian Mayer, Germany
Qualifier vs. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain.

Australian Open Women's Draw:

Justine Henin (1), Belgium, vs. Aiko Nakamura, Japan
Monique Adamczak, Australia, vs. Olga Poutchkova, Russia
Maret Ani, Estonia, vs. Angelique Kerber, Germany
Emilie Loit, France vs. Francesca Schiavone (25), Italy
Sybille Bammer (19), Austria, vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic
Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, vs. Aravane Rezai, France
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, vs. Tatiana Golovin (13), France
Elena Dementieva (11), Russia, vs. Tzipora Obziler, Israel
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, vs. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic
wc-Jessica Moore, Australia, vs. Julie Ditty, United States
Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, vs. Shahar Peer (17), Israel
Julia Vakulenko (32), Ukraine, vs. Elena Vesnina, Russia
Jill Craybas, United States, vs . Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan
Lindsay Davenport, United States, vs. Sara Errani, Italy
Jelena Kostanic Tosic, Croatia, vs. Maria Sharapova (5), Russia
Jelena Jankovic (3), Serbia, vs. Tamira Paszek, Austria
Stephanie Dubois, Canada, vs. Edina Gallovits, Romania
Flavia Pennetta, Italy, vs. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia
Ashley Harkleroad, United States, vs. Virginie Razzano (30), France
Amelie Mauresmo (18), France, vs. Tatiana Poutchek , Belarus
Yaroslava Shvedova, Russia, vs. Tatjana Malek, Germany
Casey Dellacqua, Australia, vs. Karin Knapp, Italy
Lilia Osterloh, United States, vs. Patty Schnyder (15), Switzerland
Nicole Vaidisova (12), Czech Republic, vs. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania
Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, vs. Alicia Molik, Australia
wc-Madison Brengle, United States, vs. Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine
Ai Sugiyama, Japan, vs. Vera Zvonareva (23), Russia
Victoria Azarenka (23), Belarus, vs. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan
Qualifier vs. Qualifier
Qualifier vs. Qualifier
wc-Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, vs. Serena Williams (7), United States
Venus Williams (8), United States, vs. Yan Zi, China
Camille Pin, France, vs. Qualifier
wc-Sophie Ferguson, Australia, vs. Qualifier
wc-Iroda Tulyaganova, Uzbekistan, vs. Sania Mirza (31), India
Li Na (24), China, vs. Severine Bremond, France
Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, vs. wc-Christina Wheeler, Australia
wc-Mathilde Johansson, France, vs. Qualifier
Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, vs. Marion Bartoli (10), France
Dinara Safina (16), Russia, vs. Qualifier
Maria Emilia Salerni , Argentina vs. Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine
Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, vs. Gisela Dulko, Argentina
Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, vs. Alona Bondarenko (21), Ukraine
Katarina Srebotnik (28), Slovenia, vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain
Qualifier vs. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia
Tathiana Garbin, Italy, vs. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, vs. Ana Ivanovic (4), Serbia
Anna Chakvetadze (6), Russia, vs. Andrea Petkovic, Germany
Peng Shuai, China, vs. Qualifier
Akiko Morigami, Japan, vs. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands
Meilen Tu, United States, vs. Maria Kirilenko (27), Russia
Lucie Safarova (22), Czech Republic, vs. Catalina Castano, Colombia
Roberta Vinci, Italy, vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain
Alize Cornet, France, vs. Clarisa Fernandez, Argentina
Vania King, United States, vs. Daniela Hantuchova (9), Slovakia
Nadia Petrova (14), Russia, vs. Nicole Pratt, Australia
Evgenia Linetskaya, Israel, vs. Anne Kremer, Luxembourg
Laura Granville, United States, vs. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria
Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, vs. Agnes Szavay (20), Hungary
Agnieszka Radwanska (29), Poland, vs. Olga Savchuk, Ukraine
Martina Muller, Germany, vs. Pauline Parmentier, France
Olga Govortsova, Belarus, vs. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria
Nathalie Dechy, France, vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (2), Russia

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