The Australian Open seedings have been announced today. As expected Federer, Roddick and Hewitt lead the men's seedings.
The three Frenchmen seeded are Gasquet, Monfils (#22) and Grosjean (#25)
Richard is making his third appearance at the Australian Open and will be hoping to progress past the first round, a feat which he failed to achieve on his first two occasions in Melbourne in 2003 and 2004. Richard is now much more experienced, and despite being on a rocky comeback road from injury, a seeding will boost his chances this year.
The Australian Open Draw will take place at the Melbourne Park Function Centre on Friday 13 January from 10.30am (local time) onwards.
Cick here for the full seedings list