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Tennis-Australian Open women's first round draw

Jan 13 (Reuters) - First round draw for the women's singles at the Australian Open after qualifying and the withdrawal of Jamie Hampton (U.S.). The tournament begins in Melbourne on Monday (prefix denotes seeding): 1-Serena Williams (U.S) v Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Vesna Dolonc (Serbia) v Lara Arruabarrena (Spain) Pauline Parmentier (France) v Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) Heather Watson (Britain) v 31-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 17-Samantha Stosur (Australia) v Klara Zakapalova (Czech Republic) Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) v Silvia Soler-Espinosa (Spain) Annika Beck (Germany) v Petra Martic (Croatia) Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) v 14-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 12-Roberta Vinci (Italy) v Zheng Jie (China) Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Austria) v Madison Keys (U.S.) Casey Dellacqua (Australia) v Vera Zvonareva (Russia) Laura Robson (Britain) v 18-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 30-Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) v Tang Hao Chen (China) Alison Van Uytvanck (Belgium) v Virgine Razzano (France) Sachia Vickery (U.S.) v Lauren Davis (U.S.) Julia Goerges (Germany) v 7-Sara Errani (Italy) 4-Li Na (China) v Ana Konjuh (Croatia) Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) v Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) Donna Vekic (Croatia) v Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) Julia Glushko (Israel) v 26-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 22-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) v Venus Williams (U.S.) Anabel Medina-Garrigues (Spain) v Irina Falconi (U.S.) Shahar Peer (Israel) v Monica Niculescu (Romania) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) v 15-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 9-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) Caroline Garcia (France) v Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) Dinah Pfizenmaier (Germany) v Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) Alison Riske (U.S.) v 23-Elena Vesnina (Russia) 28-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) v Alexandra Cadantu (Romania) Monica Puig (Puerto Rica) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Zhang Shuai (China) v Mona Barthel (Germany) Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) v 6-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 8-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) v Misaki Doi (Japan) Nadiya Kichenok (Ukraine) v Ayumi Morita (Japan) Kurumi Nara (Japan) v Peng Shuai (China) Andrea Petkovic (Germany) v 32-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 21-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) v Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) v Katerina Sinakova (Czech Republic) Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) v Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) Katarzyna Piter (Poland) v 11-Simona Halep (Romania) 16-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) v Vania King (U.S.) Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan) v Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) Kristina Mladenovic (France) v Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) Francesca Schiavone (Italy) v 20-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 25-Alize Cornet (France) v Polona Hercog (Slovenia) Camila Giorgi (Italy) v Storm Sanders (Australia) Paula Ormaechea (Argentina) v Karin Knapp (Italy) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) v 3-Maria Sharapova (Russia) 5-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v Yulia Putintseva (Kazhakstan) Olgo Gorovtsova (Belarus) v Duan Ying-ying (China) Carina Witthoeft (Germany) v Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) Teliana Pereira (Brail) v 29-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 24-Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) v Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Timea Babos (Hungary) v Anna Schmiedlova (Slovakia) Christina McHale (U.S.) v Chan Yung-Jan (Taiwan) Lourdes Domingues Lino (Spain) v 10-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 13-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) v Yaroslave Shedova (Kazakhstan) Tadeja Majeric (Slovenia) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Croatia) Olivia Rogowska (Australia) v Mariana Duque-Marino (Colombia) Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v 19-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 33-Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) v Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) v Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) Hseih Su-Wei (Taiwan) v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Czech Republic) 2-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Johanna Larsson (Sweden) (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury and Nick Mulvenney, editing by Patrick Johnston)