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Tournament Name: AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Dates: 19 JANUARY-1 FEBRUARY 2009
Prize Money: AUS$22,000,000
128 DRAW

SITE: MELBOURNE PARK
BATMAN AVENUE, MELBOURNE
VICTORIA 3000 AUSTRALIA
SURFACE: PLEXICUSHION
BALL: WILSON WILSON AUSTRALIAN OPEN BALL
PRIZE MONEY: AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS
WEB SITE: www.AustralianOpen.com

Qualifying draw: Tuesday, January 13, TBA
Main draw: Friday, January 16, TBA
Men's doubles draw: TBA (Entry deadline: Monday, January 12, 4:00 p.m.)
Mixed doubles draw: Wednesday, January 21, 4:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 2000
F: 1200
SF: 720
QF: 360
R16: 180
R32: 90
R64: 45
R128: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q32: 14
Q64: 8
Q128: 0

Entry deadline: December 8, 2008
Seeding: January 12, 2009

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
2 Federer, Roger SUI 2
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
4 Murray, Andy GBR 4
OUT Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5
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
OUT Acasuso, Jose ARG 48
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
OUT Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG @54
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
OUT Mahut, Nicolas FRA 94
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)
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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) Ball, Carsten AUS
122 (WC) Klein, Brydan AUS
123 (WC) Groth, Samuel AUS
124 (WC) Tomic, Bernard AUS
125 (WC) Ebelthite, Colin AUS (TA Play-off Champion)
126 (WC) Istomin, Denis UZB (ATF)
127 (WC) Mannarino, Adrian FRA (FFT)
128 (WC) Isner, John USA (USTA)