Serbian tennis cutie pie, Jelena Jankovic, has received the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Australian Open slated to begin Jan 19 in Sidney. As the current No. 1 ranked female tennis player in the world, it makes sense to seed her No. 1 in the first Grand Slam of the year. Jankovic reached the semifinals of the Australian Open last year.
Noticeably absent from the tournament this year are No. 9 ranked Maria Sharapova due to a lingering shoulder problem, and No. 28 Na Li of China, because of a knee injury.
Listed below are all 32 seeds for the 2009 Australian Open.
1. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
2. Serena Williams (USA)
3. Dinara Safina (RUS)
4. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
5. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
6. Venus Williams (USA)
7. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
11. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
12. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
13. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
14. Patty Schnyder (SUI)
15. Alize Cornet (FRA)
16. Marion Bartoli (FRA)
17. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
18. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
19. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
20. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)
21. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
22. Jie Zheng (CHN)
23. Agnes Szavay (HUN)
24. Sybille Bammer (AUT)
25. Kaia Kanepi (EST)
26. Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
27. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
28. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
29. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
30. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
31. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
32. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
