As anticipated, Marion has been allocated much sought after top 16 seeding for the Australian Open. She is seeded 16 out of 32 overall seeds.
Marion is ranked 17 in the world, but due to the withdrawal of titleholder Maria Sharapova from the tournament, Marion makes the top 16 of the 128 player women's draw.
Allocation of seeding follows ranking at all the Grand Slams except Wimbledon, which reserves different criteria.
The benefit of seeding for a player is that they avoid clashes in the early rounds of the tournament with other high ranking players.
Woman's Seeds
1. Jelena Jankovic SRB
2. Serena Williams USA
3. Dinara Safina RUS
4. Elena Dementieva RUS
5. Ana Ivanovic SRB
6. Venus Williams USA
7. Vera Zvonareva RUS
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS
9. Agnieszka Radwanska POL
10. Nadia Petrova RUS
11. Caroline Wozniacki DEN
12. Flavia Pennetta ITA
13. Victoria Azarenka BLR
14. Patty Schnyder SUI
15. Alize Cornet FRA
16. Marion Bartoli FRA
17. Anna Chakvetadze RUS
18. Dominika Cibulkova SVK
19. Daniela Hantuchova SVK
20. Amelie Mauresmo FRA
21. Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
22. Jie Zheng CHN
23. Agnes Szavay HUN
24. Sybille Bammer AUT
25. Kaia Kanepi EST
26. Ai Sugiyama JPN
27. Maria Kirilenko RUS
28. Francesca Schiavone ITA
29. Alisa Kleybanova RUS
30. Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
31. Alona Bondarenko UKR
32. Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
