Women's champion Serena Williams, world number one Justine Henin and men's number two Rafael Nadal will headline the action on day one of the Australian Open on Monday. Williams, seeded seventh, will open proceedings on Rod Laver Arena against Australian wildcard Jarmila Gajdosova, a curtain-raiser before tournament favourite Henin meets Aiko Nakamura of Japan.

Britain's ninth seed Andy Murray ends the day session on Rod Laver Arena when he plays France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while Nadal plays under the lights when he faces Serbian qualifier Viktor Troicki.

Last year's beaten finalist Maria Sharapova and world number six Andy Roddick will also be in action. Russian fifth seed Sharapova takes on Croatia's Jelena Kostanic Tosic, while Roddick is up against Czech qualifier Lukas Dlouhy.