2015 ATP China Open: Analyzing the Men's Singles Draws

Defending Champion Novak Djokovic will be looking to capture yet another China Open Title.

Defending Champion Novak Djokovic will be gunning for yet another China Open title, when he opens his capaign on Monday. Djokovic is seeded number 1 for the tournament, which will be held between the 5th and 11th of October in Beijing. Djokovic is expected to have an easier draw, while fourth seeded Spaniard David Ferrer will have a tougher opening draw, when he faces unseeded Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. Out-of-form top player Rafael Nadal, who is seeded third, will face Chinese Di Wu. Czech number 2 seed Tomas Berdych will start against unseeded Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas. Seventh seeded David Goffin will face a tough opponent in Italian Andreas Seppi. Frenchman Jo Wilfred Tsonga, who is seeded eight for the tournament, will face off against Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer. Fifth seeded Milos Raonic is also set to have a tough opening match against unseeded Serb ViktorTroicki. The US$ 2.5million tournament will see 32 players in action in the singles format, beginning on Monday.

PLAYER	RANK	SEED
Novak Djokovic	1	1
Tomas Berdych	5	2
Rafael Nadal	7	3
David Ferrer	8	4
Milos Raonic	9	5
John Isner	13	6
David Goffin	15	7
Jo-Wilfred Tsonga	16	8

SERIAL NUMBER	DRAWS
1	Djokovic v Qualifier-1
2	Qualifier-2 v Ze Zhang
3	Qualifier-3 v Tommy Robredo
4	Dominic Thiem v John Isner
5	David Ferrer v Thomaz Bellucci
6	Qualifier-4 v Lukas Rosol
7	Yen-Hsun Lu v Adrian Mannarino
8	Viktor Troicki v Milos Raonic
9	Jo-Wilfred Tsonga v Andreas Haider-Maurer
10	Jack Sock v Teymuraz Gabashvili
11	Vasek Pospisil v Victor Estrella Burgos
12	Di Wu v Rafael Nadal
13	David Goffin v Andreas Seppi
14	Fabio Fognini v Martin Klizan
15	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez v Ivo Karlovic
16	Pablo Cuevas v Tomas Berdych