Caroline Wozniacki will be top seed at the Australian Open for the second year in a row.
It's a bit of a strange feeling to see Australian Open title predictions being made with no one mentioning the top seed but Wozniacki has grown used to that over the past couple of years. The Dane's extraordinary year-round consistency has seen her top of the rankings but she's rarely come close to claiming one of the major prizes.
Instead everyone will be looking at the second seed - Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. The Czech is the player to beat in women's tennis right now even if she's keen to play it down in front of the world's media.
After that you have to glance a little further down the list to find other real title contenders. Li Na (seeded 5) played superbly in Melbourne last year and she's coming into form at just the right time, winning all of her matches at last week's Hopman Cup.
And then there's the big duo - defending champion Kim Clijsters (seeded 12) and five-time winner Serena Williams (seeded 13). They've done it all before but both are still doubts for the tournament after suffering injuries last week.
US Open champion Sam Stosur (seeded 6) appears to be once again succumbing to the pressure of the Aussie media while Marion Bartoli (seeded 9) could be a dark horse after looking impressive in Perth last week.
