Pete Sampras, who has won a record-tying 12 Grand Slam titles but is still gunning for his first at Roland Garros, is seeded second among the men behind Agassi while fellow American and reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport is the second seed behind Hingis on the women's side.

Agassi became only the fifth men's tennis player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments by rallying from a two-set deficit to defeat Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine, 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, in last year's final. He joined legendary players Rod Laver, Don Budge, Roy Emerson and Fred Perry as the only men to win all four majors.

After triumphing in Paris, Agassi continued his Grand Slam success by winning two of the next three majors. He captured the U.S. Open title, reached the final at Wimbledon and started 2000 by winning the Australian Open for his sixth career Grand Slam title.

Hingis will not have to worry about Steffi Graf after losing to the now-retired German in last year's emotionally charged final.

The Swiss teenager was frustrated by close calls and a crowd that showed strong support for Graf, who captured her sixth French Open title with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory.

Hingis was so distraught after the match she needed her mother and coach, Melanie Molitor, to console her. She has lost in the French Open final two of the last three years and it is the only major that she has not won.

In January, Hingis was denied her fourth straight Australian Open title by Davenport, who also will look to complete her personal Grand Slam at Roland Garros. Hingis has five Grand Slam titles to her credit, while Davenport has won three of the four majors since 1998.

American women took three of the top four seeds as three-time champion Monica Seles and Venus Williams are seeded third and fourth, respectively. Venus' younger sister Serena, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is the eighth seed.

Jennifer Capriati, who reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, is seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 1993 at No. 16. After battling off-the-court problems in the mid 1990s, Capriati has climbed up the WTA rankings since the start of last season and has regained her focus on the sport she took by storm in the early 1990s.

Conchita Martinez of Spain, a three-time semifinalist, is seeded fifth, followed by Frenchwomen Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat, Serena Williams and three-time champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain.

Rounding out the 16 seeds are Amanda Coetzer of South Africa, Sandrine Testud of France, Anke Huber of Germany, Frenchwomen Julie Halard-Decugis and Amelie Mauresmo, Anna Kournikova of Russia and Capriati.

For the men, Magnus Norman of Sweden, who reached the Australian Open semifinals and won the Tennis Masters Series title in Rome twio weeks ago, is seeded third. Former champions Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil are seeded fourth and fifth, respectively. Rounding out the top eight seeds are Cedric Pioline of France, Nicolas Kiefer of Germany and Thomas Enqvist of Sweden.

Australian teenager Lleyton Hewitt, who leads the ATP Tour with three titles this season, is seeded ninth, followed by 1998 runner-up Alex Corretja of Spain, Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador and Marat Safin of Russia, who has enjoyed an impressive stretch in the claycourt season by winning two titles and reaching the final at Hamburg, Germany last week.

Completing the 16 seeds are Tim Henman of Britain, 1999 semifinalist Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia, Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco and Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain.