Also the Hopman Cup team event is off and running in Perth, Australia with no points on offer but Roger Federer the highlight for fans.
Brisbane, Australia is a major drawing point for both men and women players, keen to hone their games in readiness for bigger glory down south in Melbourne for the Australian Open beginning mid January.
The seedings are as follows:
1 Grigor Dimitrov }
2 Andy Murray. }All with
3 Nick Kyrgios }first round byes
4 Milos Raonic.
5 Gilles Muller - playing Hyeon Chung in the first round
6 Diego Schwartzman - playing Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round
7 Damir Dzumhur -playing Denis Istomin in the first round
8 Mischa Zverev - playing a qualifier in the first round
1 Garbine Muguruza }Both with
2 Karolina Pliskova }first round byes
3 Elina Svitolina - playing Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round
4 Caroline Garcia - playing Alize Cornet in the first round
5 Johanna Konta - playing Madison Keys in the first round
6 Kristina Mladenovic - playing a qualifier in the first round
7 Anastasija Sevastova - playing Samantha Stosur in the first round
8 Ash Barty - playing Lesia Tsurenko in the first round
Men are also playing in Doha, Qatar and Pune, India.
Seedings in Doha are:
1 Dominic Thiem - playing Evgeny Donskoy in the first round
2 Pablo Carreno Busta - playing Borna Coric in the first round
3 Tomas Berdych - playing Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round
4 Albert Ramos-Vinolas - playing Guido Pella in the first round
5 Richard Gasquet - playing Victor Estrella Burgos in the first round
6 Filip Krajinovic - playing Peter Gojowczyk in the first round
7 Fernando Verdasco - playing Dudi Sela in the first round
8 Feliciano Lopez - playing Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Seedings in Pune:
1 Marin Cilic. }
2 Kevin Anderson }All with
3 Roberto Bautista Agut }first round byes
4 Benoit Paire. }
5 Robin Haase. - playing Blaz Kavcic in the first round
6 Jiri Vesely - playing a qualifier in the first round
7 Mikhail Kukushkin - playing Radu Albot in the first round
8 Pierre-Hugues Herbert - playing Marco Cecchinato in the first round
Women are playing in Auckland and Shenzhen
Seedings in Auckland:
1 Caroline Wozniacki - playing Madison Brengle in the first round
2 Julia Goerges - playing Monica Puig in the first round
3 Barbora Strycova - playing Sara Errani in the first round
4 Agnieszka Radwanska - playing Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round
5 Lauren Davis - playing a qualifier in the first round
6 Yulia Putintseva - playing a qualifier in the first round
7 Mona Barthel - playing Varvara Lepchenko in the first round
8 Donna Vekic - playing Kirsten Flipkens in the first round
Seedings in Shenzhen:
1 Simona Halep - playing Nicole Gibbs in the first round
2 Jelena Ostapenko - playing Kristyna Pliskova in the first round
3 Shuai Zhang - playing a qualifier in the first round
4 Irina-Camelia Begu - playing Fangzhou Liu in the first round
5 Qiang Wang - playing Alison Riske in the first round
6 Katerina Siniakova - playing Ons Jabeur in the first round
7 Maria Sakkari - playing a qualifier in the first round
8 Tímea Babos - playing Xiyu Wang in the first round
