Because the defending champion, Kyren Wilson has the honour of being the highest seed.
World primary Judd Trump is the second seed, with four-time champions John Higgins and Mark Selby third and fourth respectively.
Higgins beat Selby in the Tour Championship final earlier in April to maneuver above him within the listings.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, bidding for an eighth title to surpass the file he shares with Stephen Hendry, is seeded fifth.
The 49-year-old is seeded to play twelfth seed Zhang Anda within the second spherical, Selby within the quarter-finals and Wilson within the semi-finals.
Full seedings:
1) Kyren Wilson, 2) Judd Trump, 3) John Higgins, 4) Mark Selby
5) Ronnie O’Sullivan, 6) Mark Williams, 7) Luca Brecel, 8) Mark Allen
9) Neil Robertson, 10) Ding Junhui, 11) Barry Hawkins, 12) Zhang Anda
13) Si Jiahui 14) Xiao Guodong, 15) Shaun Murphy, 16) Jak Jones
