For the first time in his career, Australia’s Bernard Tomic has secured a top-20 seeding in a grand slam tournament. Tomic is the No. 16 seed at the Australian Open 2016 following his semifinal finish at the 2016 Brisbane International.

Tomic is currently playing at the 2016 Apia International Sydney. He will play Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili for a place in the semifinals at Ken Rosewall Arena today at 10:30 a.m. local time.

The 23-year-old also moved up the world rankings to World No. 17 after his run to the final four of the Brisbane tournament. Australia has not had a player inside the top 10 of the world rankings since June 2006 when Lleyton Hewitt was ranked ninth. Hewitt is playing for his final tournament before retirement at the Australian Open 2016 where he was awarded one of the five Aussie wildcards alongside James Duckworth, Matthew Ebden, Omar Jasika, and Jordan Thompson.

Meanwhile, Canberra native Nick Kyrgios will be No. 29 seed in the men’s draw. In the women’s draw, Australia’s top-ranked female tennis player Samantha Stosur will be seeded No. 25. Aussies Kimberly Birrell, Priscilla Hon, Maddison Inglis, Tammi Patterson, and Storm Sanders will be the wild cards in the women’s singles event.

Five-time champion Novak Djokovic and six-time champion Serena Williams were installed as the top seeds in Melbourne. The main draw ceremony will take place today at 10:15 a.m. ahead of the tournament, which kicks off on Jan. 18.

Top 20 Seeds Men’s Singles

1. Novak Djokovic

2. Andy Murray

3. Roger Federer

4. Stan Wawrinka

5. Rafael Nadal

6. Tomas Berdych

7. Kei Nishikori

8. David Ferrer

9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

10. John Isner

11. Kevin Anderson

12. Marin Cilic

13. Milos Raonic

14. Gilles Simon

15. David Goffin

16. Bernard Tomic

17. Benoit Paire

18. Feliciano Lopez

19. Dominic Thiem

20. Fabio Fognini

Top 20 Seeds Women’s Singles

1. Serena Williams

2. Simona Halep

3. Garbine Muguruza

4. Agnieszka Radwanska

5. Maria Sharapova

6. Petra Kvitova

7. Angelique Kerber

8. Venus Williams

9. Karolina Pliskova

10. Carla Suarez Navarro

11. Timea Bacsinszky

12. Belinda Bencic

13. Roberta Vinci

14. Victoria Azarenka

15. Madison Keys

16. Caroline Wozniacki

17. Sara Errani

18. Elina Svitolina

19. Jelena Jankovic

20. Ana Ivanovic

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