Australian Open, Australia - Original Cut Off: 100 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 - OUT 6 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 6 7 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 8 Roddick, Andy USA 8 9 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 9 10 Blake, James USA 10 11 Nalbandian, David ARG 11 12 Ferrer, David ESP 12 13 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 13 14 Monfils, Gael FRA 14 15 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 15 16 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 16 17 Soderling, Robin SWE 17 18 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 18 19 Andreev, Igor RUS 19 20 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20 21 Robredo, Tommy ESP 21 22 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22 23 Cilic, Marin CRO 23 24 Fish, Mardy USA 24 25 Gasquet, Richard FRA 25 26 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 26 27 Stepanek, Radek CZE 27 28 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28 29 Safin, Marat RUS 29 30 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 30 31 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 31 32 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 32 33 Schuettler, Rainer GER 33 34 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 34 35 Seppi, Andreas ITA 35 36 Ancic, Mario CRO 36 37 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 37 38 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 38 39 Querrey, Sam USA 39 40 Llodra, Michael FRA 40 41 Bolelli, Simone ITA 41 42 Moya, Carlos ESP 42 43 Benneteau, Julien FRA 43 44 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 44 45 Montanes, Albert ESP 45 46 Monaco, Juan ARG 46 47 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 47 48 Acasuso, Jose ARG 48 - OUT 49 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 49 50 Hanescu, Victor ROU 50 51 Ginepri, Robby USA 51 52 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52 53 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 53 54 Gicquel, Marc FRA 54 55 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 54@ - OUT 56 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 55 57 Granollers, Marcel ESP 56 58 Dent, Taylor USA 56@ 59 Troicki, Viktor SRB 57 60 Schwank, Eduardo ARG 58 61 Serra, Florent FRA 59 62 Calleri, Agustin ARG 60 63 Darcis, Steve BEL 61 64 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 62 65 Nishikori, Kei JPN 63 66 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 64 67 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 65 68 Koubek, Stefan AUT 65@ 69 Petzschner, Philipp GER 66 70 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 67 71 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 68 72 Rochus, Christophe BEL 69 73 Reynolds, Bobby USA 70 74 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 71 75 Starace, Potito ITA 72 76 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 73 77 Navarro, Ivan ESP 74 78 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 75 79 Spadea, Vincent USA 76 80 Massu, Nicolas CHI 77 81 Junqueira, Diego ARG 78 82 Canas, Guillermo ARG 79 83 Zverev, Mischa GER 80 84 Hernych, Jan CZE 81 85 Haas, Tommy GER 82 86 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 83 87 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 84 88 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 85 89 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 86 90 Daniel, Marcos BRA 87 91 Fognini, Fabio ITA 88 92 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 89 93 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 90 94 Karanusic, Roko CRO 91 95 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 92 96 Clement, Arnaud FRA 93 97 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 94 - OUT 98 Muller, Gilles LUX 95 99 Guccione, Chris AUS 96 100 Kendrick, Robert USA 97 101 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 98 102 Minar, Ivo CZE 99 103 Martin, Alberto ESP 100 104 Pavel, Andrei ROU 100@ 105 (Q) 106 (Q) 107 (Q) 108 (Q) 109 (Q) 110 (Q) 111 (Q) 112 (Q) 113 (Q) 114 (Q) 115 (Q) 116 (Q) 117 (Q) 118 (Q) 119 (Q) 120 (Q) 121 (WC)Istomin, Denis UZB 105 122 (WC)Mannarino, Adrian FRA 129 123 (WC)Isner, John USA 144 124 (WC)Ball, Carsten AUS 203 125 (WC)Klein, Brydan AUS 248 126 (WC)Ebelthite, Colin AUS 253 127 (WC)Groth, Samuel AUS 279 128 (WC)Tomic, Bernard AUS 764
Alternates 1. Andujar, Pablo ESP 101 - IN 2. Volandri, Filippo ITA 102 - OUT (replaced by lucky loser) 3. Dabul, Brian ARG 103 - IN 4. Anderson, Kevin RSA 104 - IN 5. Istomin, Denis UZB 105 6. Korolev, Evgeny RUS 106 7. Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 107 8. Horna, Luis PER 108 9. Beck, Andreas GER 109 10. Gil, Frederico POR 110 11. Capdeville, Paul CHI 111 12. Sela, Dudi ISR 112 13. Alves, Thiago BRA 113 14. Soeda, Go JPN 114 15. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 115
Australian Open Qualifying Entry Deadline: 22/12/2008
4 Protected rankings in the list - Chela, Dent, Koubek & Pavel
Mm, I wondor who is the Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of 2009, the player who will lurk outside the seeds, and you just do not want to get in round one !
Lleyton Hewitt is the name your looking for.
If his hip is all healed up and I've heard nothing to suggest it hasn't. His wife has just given birth to their second child, he will play Hopman cup and no matter who he gets in the first round he will play to a packed home crowd in Rod Laver.
He won't win it but if fit he's definately a top 20 player.
Yes i agree on a hard court Kohlshcrieber is a dangerous bannana skin, tho i also think my fellow scandinaaviaens are trouble like Jarko niemenan and solding your thoughts guys?