Melbourne: As the seedings of the first Grand Slam of the year -- Australian Open – released on Thursday, tournament organisers and local fans were quite jubilated with the fact that at least two Australians have made it into the list, for the first time since 2004.


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Bernard Tomic (16) and Nick Kyrgios (29) are the two Australians who have entered the seeding list.


Last time when two Aussies were part of seeding was way back in 2004, when Mark Philippoussis and Lleyton Hewitt cracked into the list.


For the records, the last Australian man to win the Open was Mark Edmondson back in 1976.


However, the last Australian to make the final was Hewitt 11 years ago in 2005, when he lost to Russian Marat Safin.


Tomic and Kyrgios have displayed good form in lead-up tournaments, with Tomic blazing his way through the Sydney International as the top seed, while Kyrgios played a great hand in helping Australia win the Hopman Cup in Perth last week.


However, Kyrgios suffered a minor injury setback on Wednesday, pulling out of the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne with an Achilles' complaint. However, in a press conference following his retirement, Kyrgios said he would be fine for the Australian Open.


Fellow Aussie Samantha Stosur was the only local woman to be seeded. She is ranked 25th going into the tournament.


Following are the seeding lists.


Men's


1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia


2. Andy Murray, Britain


3. Roger Federer, Switzerland


4. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland


5. Rafael Nadal, Spain


6. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic


7. Kei Nishikori, Japan


8. David Ferrer, Spain


9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France


10. John Isner, United States


11. Kevin Anderson, South Africa


12. Marin Cilic, Croatia


13. Milos Raonic, Canada


14. Gilles Simon, France


15. David Goffin, Belgium


16. Bernard Tomic, Australia


17. Benoit Paire, France


18. Feliciano Lopez, Spain


19. Dominic hiem, Austria


20. Fabio Fognini, Italy


21. Viktor Troicki, Serbia


22. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia


23. Gael Monfils, France


24. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain


25. Jack Sock, United States


26. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain


27. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria


28. Andreas Seppi, Italy


29. Nick Kyrgios, Australia


30. Jeremy Chardy, France


31. Steve Johnson, United States


32. Joao Sousa, Portugal