MELBOURNE, Australia - The official seeds for the 2018 Australian Open, which begins next week, have been released. Romanian World No.1 Simona Halep heads the field, which also includes last year's runner-up Venus Williams at No.5 and 2016 champion Angelique Kerber at No.21. The full list of seeds is as follows:

1. Simona HALEP (ROU)
2. Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN)
3. Garbiñe MUGURUZA (ESP)
4. Elina SVITOLINA (UKR)
5. Venus WILLIAMS (USA)
6. Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE)
7. Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT)
8. Caroline GARCIA (FRA)
9. Johanna KONTA (GBR)
10. CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA)
11. Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA)
12. Julia GOERGES (GER)
13. Sloane STEPHENS (USA)
14. Anastasija SEVASTOVA (LAT)
15. Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)
16. Elena VESNINA (RUS)
17. Madison KEYS (USA)
18. Ashleigh BARTY (AUS)
19. Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (SVK)
20. Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE)
21. Angelique KERBER (GER)
22. Daria KASATKINA (RUS)
23. Daria GAVRILOVA (AUS)
24. Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK)
25. PENG Shuai (CHN)
26. Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL)
27. Petra KVITOVA (CZE)
28. Mirjana LUCIC-BARONI (CRO)
29. Lucie SAFAROVA (CZE)
30. Kiki BERTENS (NED)
31. Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS)
32. Anett KONTAVEIT (EST)