Hamburg, Jan 18 (DPA) Roger Federer of Switzerland took first place in the men’s tennis rankings into the Australian Open which started Monday.
Federer has 10,550 points in the ATP list issued on the day as he bids for his first Melbourne title since 2007.

Spanish rival Rafael Nadal, the defending Australian Open champion, has 9,310 points. The 2008 winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia ranks third with 8,310 points.

ATP top 10 as of Jan 18 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 10,550 points

2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 9,310

3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,310

4. (5) Andy Murray, Britain, 6,780

5. (4) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 6,580

6. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 4,930

7. (7) Andy Roddick, United States, 4,510

8. (8) Robin Soderling, Sweden, 3,410

9. (9) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,300

10. (10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 2,875