Tania Bailey of England, seeded eighth for the Games.
Squash hopefuls, including Dominica and the Cayman Islands, will face seeded heavyweights in first-round single's matches.
Malaysia's Nicol David, seeded number one in the women's competition, is favoured to retain her Commonwealth gold and enjoys a bye in the first round.
She may eventually face tough opposition from Australia's Grinham sisters, Rachael and Natalie - seeded two and three respectively. While Rachael has a first round bye, her sibling will take on Chantelle Day of the Cayman Islands.
The highest men's seed in action during round one is Canadian Graham Ryding, drawn against Karl Nassief of Dominica, while thirteenth seed Welshman Alex Gough meets Colin Alexander of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Matches will be played on the all-glass show court at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. The finals are scheduled for March 20.
Men’s first round draw:
(seeds shown in brackets)
(1) David Palmer (Aus) - bye
David Evans (Wal) v Hardeep Reel (Ken)
(14) Shahier Razik (Can) v Yasir Issadeen (Sri)
Chris Simpson (Gue) v Navin Samarasinghe (Sri)
(6) John White (Sco) - bye
Nicholas Kyme (Ber) v Chikumbutso Mkutumula (Maw)
(16) Joseph Kneipp (Aus) v Joseph Chapman (Bvi)
Joseph Desira (Mlt) v Shawn Badrinath (Guy)
(3) Anthony Ricketts (Aus) - bye
Maxim Weithers (Guy) v Colin Ramasra (Tri)
(10) Stewart Boswell (Aus) - bye
Steve Richardson (Nir) v Joshua Pinard (Tri)
(5) Lee Beachill (Eng) - bye
Craig van der Wath (Rsa) v Nadeem Hosenbux (Mri)
(13) Alex Gough (Wal) v Colin Alexander (Svg)
James Stout (Ber) v Joseph Karigithe (Ken)
Clinton Leeuw (Rsa) v Jeffery Broderick (Cay)
(12) Graham Ryding (Can) v Karl Nassief (Dmn)
Christopher Binnie (Jam) v Leonard Bedneau (Dmn)
(8) Mohd Azlan Iskandar (Mas) - bye
Matthew Giuffre (Can) v Andrew McGoon (Fij)
(11) Shahid Zaman (Pak) - bye
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) v Chirag Shah (Ken)
(4) Peter Nicol (Eng) - bye
Shawn Delierre (Can) v Sonalmeet Nagra (Fij)
(9) Ong Beng Hee (Mas) - bye
Lazarus Chilufya (Rsa) v Aubrey Taulo (Maw)
(7) Nick Matthew (ENG) - bye
Hartaj Bains (Ken) v O'Neil Chilambwe (Zam)
(15) Mansoor Zaman (Pak) v Gavin Jones (Wal)
Harry Leitch (Sco) v James Bentick (Svg)
(2) James Willstrop (Eng) - bye
Women's first round draw:
(1) Nicol David (Mas) - bye
(13) Runa Reta (Can) v Eli Webb (Png)
(8) Tania Bailey (Eng) v Diana Argyle (Rsa)
(12) Amelia Pittock (Aus) v Marlene West (Jam)
(3) Natalie Grinham (Aus) v Chantelle Day (Cay)
(16) Tricia Chuah (Mas) v Vanessa Florens (Mri)
(7) Madeline Perry (Nir) v Tehani Guruge (Sri)
(10) Sharon Wee (Mas) v Nicolette Fernandes (Guy)
(9) Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) v Naluge Guy (Png)
(5) Jenny Duncalf (Eng) v Louise Philip (Sco)
(14) Tamsyn Leevey (Nzl) v Tenille Swartz (Rsa)
(4) Vicky Botwright (Eng) v Sharon Chimfwembe (Zam)
(11) Tegwen Malik (Wal) v Nirasha Guruge (Sri)
(6) Linda Elriani (Eng) v Karen Anderson (Jam)
(15) Kasey Brown (Aus) v Frania Gillen-Buchert (Sco)
(2) Rachael Grinham (Aus) - bye
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