2018 Australian Open Draw Results
Written by MaxFM on January 11, 2018
2018 Australian Open Draw Results
World No 1, Rafael Nadal opens against Victor Estrella Burgos, while defending champion and second seed, Roger Federer plays Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene in the first round of the 2018 Australian Open Competition.
Belinda Becic played her first round match last year against Serena Williams and this time Venus is her 1st round opponent. Top seed Halep, takes on Aussie teenager Destanee in the first round.
Belinda Becic played her first round match last year against Serena Williams and this tie Venus is her 1st round opponent. Top seed, Halep, takes on Aussie teenager Destanee Aiava.
Here how the seeds feature in the draw:
MEN
TOP HALF:
Q1 Nadal (1), Clinic (6)
Q2 Dimitrov (3), Sock (8)
BOTTOM HALF:
Q3 A Zverev (4), Thiem (5)
Q4 Federer (2), Goffin (7)
WOMEN
TOP HALF:
Q1 Halep (1), Ka Pliskova (6)
Q2 Muguruza (3), C Garcia (8)
BOTTOM HALF:
Q3 Svitolina (4), V Williams (5)
Q4 Wozniacki (2), Ostapenko (7)
Marquee 1st Round Matches:
Women:
Destanee Aiava v Simona Halep
Andrea Petkovic v Petra Kvitova
Karolina Pliskova v Veronica Cepede Royg
Venus Williams v Belinda Bencic
Maria Sharapova v Maria Tatjana
Jelena Ostapenko v Francesa Schiavoni
CoCo Vandeweghe v Timea Babos
Sloane Stephene v Shuai Zhang
Caroline Wozniacki v Mihaela Buzarnescu
Garbine Muguruza v Jessika Ponchet
Men:
Rafael Nadal v Victor Estrella Burgos
Marin Cilic v Yen-Hsun Lu
Grogor Dimitrov v qualifier
Jo-Wilfred Tsonga v qualifier
Jack Sock v Yuichi Sugita
Kevin Anderson v Kyle Edmund
Dominic Thiem v Guido Pella
Roberta Bautista Agut v Fernando Verdasco
Stan Wawrinka v Ricardas Berankis
Sam Querrey v Feliciano Lopez
Novak Djokovic v Donald Young
Roger Federer v Aljaz Bedene
