Veteran Swiss great Roger Federer also drew a relatively unknown opponent, in Frenchman Benoit Paire, at the glamorous Australian Open draw at Melbourne's Crown Casino on Friday.
Federer also drew on the same half as British champion Andy Murray, who will face Dutch World No.54 Robin Haase in the first tie.
In sobering news for in-form Aussie battler Lleyton Hewitt, the veteran drew a seeded player for his first-up clash, in World No.8 Janko Tipseravic.
Hewitt also drew on the same side as Serbian superstar Djokovic, in what shapes as a difficult run in his 17th Australian Open campaign.
Wayward Australian talent Bernard Tomic will face Argentine Leonardo Mayer in his first-round tie, while Australian No.1 Marinko Matosevic will meet Marin Cilic.
Australian Open men's draw - 2013:
Round 1
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1]
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Ryan Harrison (USA)
Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Qualifier
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Viktor Troicki (SRB)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) [31]
Sam Querrey (USA) [20]
Qualifier
Qualifier
Brian Baker (USA)
Tobias Kamke (GER)
Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
Qualifier
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [15]
Juan Monaco (ARG) [11]
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
Kevin Anderson (RSA)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Pablo Andujar (ESP)
David Goffin (BEL)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [22]
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26]
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
Qualifier
Guillaume Rufin (FRA)
Michael Russell (USA)
Tomas Berdych (CZE) [5]
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David Ferrer (ESP) [4]
Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Qualifier
John Millman (AUS)
Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
Albert Ramos (ESP)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) [28]
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [23]
Matthew Ebden (AUS)
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
Adrian Ungur (ROU)
Qualifier
Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) [16]
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) [10]
Qualifier
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Bjorn Phau (GER)
Somdev Devvarman (IND)
Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) [24]
Julien Benneteau (FRA) [32]
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
Qualifier
Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Gilles Muller (LUX)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) [8]
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Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [6]
Qualifier
Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
Benjamin Becker (GER)
Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
Qualifier
Grega Zemlja (SLO)
Marcel Granollers (ESP) [30]
Andreas Seppi (ITA) [21]
Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Igor Sijsling (NED)
Denis Istomin (UZB)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Qualifier
Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
Marin Cilic (CRO) [12]
Gilles Simon (FRA) [14]
Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Tommy Robredo (ESP)
Jesse Levine (CAN)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)
Gael Monfils (FRA)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) [18]
Florian Mayer (GER) [25]
Rhyne Williams (USA)
Qualifier
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Joao Sousa (POR)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
Robin Haase (NED)
Andy Murray (GBR) [3]
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [7]
Michael Llodra (FRA)
Go Soeda (JPN)
Luke Saville (AUS)
James Duckworth (AUS)
Benjamin Mitchell (AUS)
Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) [29]
Tommy Haas (GER) [19]
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Di Wu (CHN)
Josselin Ouanna (FRA)
Alejandro Falla (COL)
Albert Montanes (ESP)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) [9]
Milos Raonic (CAN) [13]
Jan Hajek (CZE)
Qualifier
Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Qualifier
Guido Pella (ARG)
Steve Darcis (BEL)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [17]
Martin Klizan (SVK) [27]
Qualifier
Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Qualifier
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Benoit Paire (FRA)
Roger Federer (SUI) [2]