The rival Sydney tournament has a lower cut off but Auckland's ASB Classic has more top 30 ranked players for this summer's ATP men's tennis tournament

The full field has been announced with the 19 direct acceptances inside the world's top 58 which compares to 48 for Sydney.

But tournament director Karl Budge has eight top 30 ranked players compared to five for Sydney.

And while Budge is disappointed to lose Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas who played here as a wildcard in January, he feels his lineup trumps Sydney.

He says if they look through the names on the list of the players he does have he wouldn't change.

World number ten John Isner is the ASB Classic top seed and the only top ten ranked player featuring in an ATP tournament the week before the Australian Open.

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