Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will head the seedings in the men’s and women’s singles draws at the upcoming Olympic Tennis Event in Rio.
Djokovic and No.2 seed Andy Murray will head the men’s draw, the two players who utterly dominated in 2016 – they faced off in both the Australian and French Open finals (both won by Djokovic), while Murray won the Wimbledon title.
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Meanwhile, the top three seeds in the women’s draw have swept the year’s three Grand Slam trophies so far – behind Wimbledon winner Williams is Australian Open titlist Angelique Kerber (seeded No.2) and reigning Roland Garros champion Garbine Muguruza (No.3).
The International Tennis Federation announced the men’s and women’s singles seeds on Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s draw ceremony, which will take place in Rio at 11am local time (Friday 12am AEST).
| MEN | seed | WOMEN |
| Novak Djokovic | 1 | Serena Williams |
| Andy Murray | 2 | Angelique Kerber |
| Rafael Nadal | 3 | Garbine Muguruza |
| Kei Nishikori | 4 | Agnieszka Radwanska |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 5 | Venus Williams |
| Gael Monfils | 6 | Roberta Vinci |
| David Ferrer | 7 | Madison Keys |
| David Goffin | 8 | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| Marin Cilic | 9 | Carla Suarez Navarro |
| Roberto Bautista Agut | 10 | Johanna Konta |
| Pablo Cuevas | 11 | Petra Kvitova |
| Steve Johnson | 12 | Timea Bacsinszky |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | 13 | Sam Stosur |
| Jack Sock | 14 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
| Gilles Simon | 15 | Elina Svitolina |
| Benoit Paire | 16 | Barbora Strycova |
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