Andy Murray is seeded No 1 in a Grand Slam for the first time

Andy Murray is the top seed in Melbourne

Andy Murray has been named as the top seed for the Australian Open which starts next week, the first time the Scot has been ranked No 1 in a Grand Slam.

Murray, a five-time finalist, will be chasing his first Melbourne title while his main rival will be six-time winner Novak Djokovic - the No 2 seed.

Roger Federer, who returned to competitive action last week following a six-month injury lay-off, is seeded No 17.

In the women's singles, defending champion and world No 1 Angelique Kerber leads the way followed by 22-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams.

Britain's Johanna Konta, a semi-finalist at Melbourne Park 12 months ago, is the No 9 seed.

Konta is the No 9 seed

Seedings:

Men

1 Andy Murray (Gbr)

2 Novak Djokovic (Srb)

3 Milos Raonic (Can)

4 Stan Wawrinka (Swi)

5 Kei Nishikori (Jpn)

6 Gael Monfils (Fra)

7 Marin Cilic (Cro)

8 Dominic Thiem (Aut)

9 Rafael Nadal (Esp)

10 Tomas Berdych (Cze)

11 David Goffin (Bel)

12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)

13 Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp)

14 Nick Kyrgios (Aus)

15 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)

16 Lucas Pouille (Fra)

17 Roger Federer (Swi)

18 Richard Gasquet (Fra)

19 John Isner (USA)

20 Ivo Karlovic (Cro)

21 David Ferrer (Esp)

22 Pablo Cuevas (Uru)

23 Jack Sock (USA)

24 Alexander Zverev (Ger)

25 Gilles Simon (Fra)

26 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Esp)

27 Bernard Tomic (Aus)

28 Feliciano Lopez (Esp)

29 Viktor Troicki (Srb)

30 Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp)

31 Sam Querrey (USA)

32 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger)

Women

1 Angelique Kerber (Ger)

2 Serena Williams (USA)

3 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)

4 Simona Halep (Rom)

5 Karolina Pliskova (Cze)

6 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk)

7 Garbine Muguruza (Esp)

8 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)

9 Johanna Konta (Gbr)

10 Carla Suarez Navarro (Esp)

11 Elina Svitolina (Ukr)

12 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi)

13 Venus Williams (USA)

14 Elena Vesnina (Rus)

15 Roberta Vinci (Ita)

16 Barbora Strycova (Cze)

17 Caroline Wozniacki (Den)

18 Sam Stosur (Aus)

19 Kiki Bertens (Ned)

20 Zhang Shuai (Chi)

21 Caroline Garcia (Fra)

22 Daria Gavrilova (Aus)

23 Daria Kasatkina (Rus)

24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)

25 Timea Babos (Hun)

26 Laura Siegemund (Ger)

27 Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom)

28 Alize Cornet (Fra)

29 Monica Puig (Fra)

30 Ekaterina Makarova (Rus)

31 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz)

32 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat)