Australia’s top male tennis players are primed to deliver on home soil with the seeding for next week’s Australian Open imminent.

For the first time since 1982, three Aussie men will be seeded at the Australian Open.

On Monday, the ATP Tour men’s singles rankings were released following the first week of the new year.

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These rankings will be used for the seedings at the Australian Open.

Australia will have three seeded players at the tournament with Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin and Jordan Thompson ranked inside the top 32.

As a result, the trio will be protected from facing another top-ranked opponent in the draw until at least the third round.

De Minaur will be the highest-ranked Australian man as a top-eight seed.

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The 25-year-old rose one rank this week following Andrey Rublev’s upset defeat in the opening round at the Hong Kong Open on Thursday.

De Minaur now will not face a higher-ranked player until the quarter-finals.

After three straight fourth-round finishes at Melbourne Park, if he were to progress to the final eight, he would become the first Australian man to do so since Nick Kyrgios in 2015.

As de Minaur has never defeated a seed nor a higher-ranked player at the Australian Open, his seeding will provide a greater sense of security.

As a top-eight seed, there is a chance that de Minaur could face off against an Aussie seed in the third round.

Popyrin is likely to be seeded 25th with Thompson 27th.

Popyrin dropped a rank after he was knocked out of the Brisbane International in the round of 32 before Czech Jiri Lehecka clinched the title to surge to No.24.

The last time three Australian men were seeded at a grand slam was Lleyton Hewitt, Mark Philippoussis and Pat Rafter at Wimbledon in 2000.

The feat reflects the surge in Australian men’s tennis after 10 athletes were ranked inside the top 100 for the first time since 1982 last August.

Tournament organisers will officially confirm the 32 men’s and women’s singles seeds ahead of Thursday afternoon’s draw.