Graphic: Seeds sown for Murray's bogey event
The seeds have been set for next week's Australian Open with defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams on hand for the draw tomorrow.
Five-time champion Djokovic and Williams, who claimed her sixth Australian Open title in 2015, will attend the draw ceremony.
Play will begin at Melbourne Park for the year's first major tournament on Monday, with two names definitely not a part of the mix.
Richard Gasquet is the only member of the ATP World Tour's top 32 set to miss the Australian Open, after suffering a back injury.
The world No 9's absence moves John Isner into the top 10 seeds, while Portuguese world No 33 Joao Sousa collects the last of the seedings.
Reigning US Open champion Flavia Pennetta is also missing in Melbourne, having called time on her career shortly after winning the title in New York.
The Italian's absence, along with that of world No 9 Lucie Safarova, promotes Karolina Pliskova and Carla Suarez Navarro among the top 10 seeds.
Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko and Caroline Garcia of France, the world No.33 and No.34, are also seeded in Melbourne.
Australia's Bernard Tomic has secured a top-20 seeding at a Grand Slam for the first time.
The 23-year-old is the No 16 seed at the Australian Open, after reaching a career-high ranking of No 17 following his run to the semi-finals at the Brisbane International.
Nick Kyrgios will be seeded No 29 in the men's draw, while in the women's draw two-time former Grand Slam champion Samantha Stosur is the No 25 seed.
Former champions Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal are seeded No 3, No 4 and No 5 respectively.
On the women's side, 2008 champion Maria Sharapova is the No.5 seed, while two-time former champion Victoria Azarenka is seeded No 14.
Andy Murray, a four-time finalist in Melbourne, is the No 2 seed and is hoping to notice some chinks in Djokovic's armour.
The 28-year-old has lost four times in the Australian Open final including last year, where Djokovic defeated him to enjoy his current reign.
Murray said: "You just have to keep trying to learn, watch his matches, try and see if there's any sort of weaknesses there that you can capitalise on.
"Maybe he has a drop-off, as it's very difficult to maintain that level for such a long period. That's all you can do really."
Murray is looking to get his 2016 up and running by snaring that elusive Open crown next week - and then defend his title at the summer's Olympic Games in Rio.
He said: "My number one goal is to try and win here. I've been close many times. Also the Olympics this year in Rio.
"You know, it's different for us but I won the gold in London four years ago, so to try and defend that is another big goal for me. They would be the two main ones for me."
