Defending champions Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi have been top seeded in men's doubles events of the US Open tennis championships in New York.

Bhupathi and Mirnyi, who won their first Grand Slam title as a pair at the Flushing Meadows last year, will take on Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Andre Sa of Brazil in the first round.

The Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike of the US, are the second seeds while Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Canadian Daniel Nestor are the third.

Wimbledon champions Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Australian Todd Woodbridge are seeded fourth.

David Rikl, who partnered Leader Paes this year, will pair up with Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov and the duo are seventh seed while last year's runners-up Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic are the 16th seeds in the 64-size draw.

The draw for the mixed-doubles is yet to be made.