
Andy Murray will use his protected ranking of world number two to gain entry to January's Australian Open.
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The Briton, 31, ended his season early to focus on making "big improvements", having played in six events since returning from hip surgery in June.
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He will join last year's semi-finalist Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie in the field for the men's singles.
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Serena Williams will return to Melbourne for the first time since winning while pregnant in 2017.
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The American reached the finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2018 and will attempt to equal Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand Slam singles victories.
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Katie Boulter will make her debut in the main draw of the women's singles, with Johanna Konta and Heather Watson the other British players to make the cut.
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Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray, now ranked 259th in the world, has not played since losing to Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the Shenzhen Open in September.
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His protected ranking affords him direct entry in up to nine tournaments from the point he returned from 11 months out in June.
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However, Murray will not be seeded in Melbourne.
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