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[[Aryna Sabalenka]] is the defending champion.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/28/aryna-sabalenka-beats-elena-rybakina-three-sets-to-win-australian-open-title-tennis|title=Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina in three sets to win Australian Open title|date=28 January 2023|work=Guardian|accessdate=30 January 2023}}</ref>
[[Aryna Sabalenka]] is the defending champion.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/28/aryna-sabalenka-beats-elena-rybakina-three-sets-to-win-australian-open-title-tennis|title=Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina in three sets to win Australian Open title|date=28 January 2023|work=Guardian|accessdate=30 January 2023}}</ref>


For the first time in the tournament's history,{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} there are six former champions in the main draw: Sabalenka, [[Naomi Osaka]], [[Sofia Kenin]], [[Caroline Wozniacki]], [[Angelique Kerber]], and [[Victoria Azarenka]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/champion-mums-add-depth-melbourne-park-womens-field-2024-01-11/|title=Champion mums add depth to Melbourne Park women's field|website=reuters.com|date=11 January 2024}}</ref> Four of the former champions (Osaka, Wozniacki, Kerber, and Azarenka) are also mothers.
For the first time in the tournament's history,{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} there are six former champions in the main draw: Sabalenka, [[Naomi Osaka]], [[Sofia Kenin]], [[Caroline Wozniacki]], [[Angelique Kerber]], and [[Victoria Azarenka]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/champion-mums-add-depth-melbourne-park-womens-field-2024-01-11/|title=Champion mums add depth to Melbourne Park women's field|website=reuters.com|date=11 January 2024}}</ref> Four of the former champions (Osaka, Wozniacki, Kerber, and Azarenka) are also mothers.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024|reason=Are they? why do we care?}}


== Seeds ==
== Seeds ==

Revision as of 19:10, 13 January 2024

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2024 Australian Open
2023 Champion Aryna Sabalenka
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Aryna Sabalenka is the defending champion.[1]

For the first time in the tournament's history,[citation needed] there are six former champions in the main draw: Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Sofia Kenin, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, and Victoria Azarenka.[2] Four of the former champions (Osaka, Wozniacki, Kerber, and Azarenka) are also mothers.[citation needed]

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 Poland I Świątek
United States S Kenin
United States D Collins
PR Germany A Kerber
Q France F Ferro
WC United States M Kessler
Czech Republic L Nosková Czech Republic
31 Czech Republic M Bouzková
19 Ukraine E Svitolina
WC Australia T Preston
United States K Day
Bulgaria V Tomova
Romania J Cristian
Czech Republic K Siniaková
Switzerland V Golubic
15 V Kudermetova

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11 Latvia J Ostapenko
WC Australia K Birrell
Croatia P Martić
PR Australia A Tomljanović
Belgium G Minnen
Denmark C Tauson
Italy C Giorgi
18 V Azarenka
27 United States E Navarro
China Xiy Wang
Italy E Cocciaretto
Q Switzerland L Sun
Belgium Y Wickmayer
France V Gracheva
Q Ukraine D Yastremska
7 Czech Republic M Vondroušová

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3 Kazakhstan E Rybakina
Czech Republic K Plíšková
Spain C Bucșa
A Blinkova
Germany T Maria
Colombia C Osorio
D Shnaider
26 Italy J Paolini
24 Ukraine A Kalinina
Netherlands A Rus
A Kalinskaya
Q United States K Volynets
United States S Stephens
WC Australia O Gadecki
United States P Stearns
14 D Kasatkina

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12 China Q Zheng
United States A Krueger
United Kingdom K Boulter
China Y Yuan
PR United Kingdom E Raducanu
PR United States S Rogers PR
China Y Wang
22 Romania S Cîrstea
29 China L Zhu
France O Dodin
Q Mexico R Zarazúa
Italy M Trevisan
PR Serbia A Krunić
France C Burel
Q Canada R Marino
5 United States J Pegula

Bottom half

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8 Greece M Sakkari
Japan N Hibino
China Z Bai
E Avanesyan
Ukraine M Kostyuk
United States C Liu
Egypt M Sherif
25 Belgium E Mertens
20 Poland M Linette
WC Denmark C Wozniacki
WC France A Cornet
Q M Timofeeva
Spain S Sorribes Tormo
Q A Korneeva
Czech Republic L Fruhvirtová
10 Brazil B Haddad Maia

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
16 France C Garcia
PR Japan N Osaka
Poland M Fręch
WC Australia D Saville
Kazakhstan Y Putintseva
Q A Zakharova
Slovenia K Juvan
23 A Potapova
32 Canada L Fernandez
Q Czech Republic S Bejlek
United States A Parks
Q Ukraine D Snigur
United States C Dolehide
Q France L Jeanjean
Slovakia AK Schmiedlová
4 United States C Gauff

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6 Tunisia O Jabeur
Q Ukraine Y Starodubtseva
M Andreeva
United States B Pera
K Rakhimova
United States E Bektas
France D Parry
30 China Xin Wang
17 E Alexandrova
Germany L Siegemund
Q Australia S Hunter
Italy S Errani
Germany T Korpatsch
United Kingdom J Burrage
WC Japan M Hontama
9 Czech Republic B Krejčíková

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13 L Samsonova
PR United States A Anisimova
Argentina N Podoroska
Slovenia T Zidanšek
United States T Townsend
Spain P Badosa
A Pavlyuchenkova
21 Croatia D Vekić
28 Ukraine L Tsurenko
Italy L Bronzetti
Spain R Masarova
A Sasnovich
Romania A Bogdan
Q Czech Republic B Fruhvirtová
Q Germany E Seidel
2 A Sabalenka

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 8 January 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 15 January 2024.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Poland Iga Świątek 9,880 240 10 9,650 First round vs. United States Sofia Kenin
2 2 Aryna Sabalenka 8,905 2,000 10 6,915 First round vs. Germany Ella Seidel [Q]
3 3 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 6,918 1,300 10 5,628 First round vs. Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
4 4 United States Coco Gauff 6,660 240 10 6,430 First round vs. Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
5 5 United States Jessica Pegula 6,065 430 10 5,645 First round vs. Canada Rebecca Marino [Q]
6 6 Tunisia Ons Jabeur 4,076 70 10 4,016 First round vs. Ukraine Yulia Starodubtseva [Q]
7 7 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 3,966 130 10 3,846 First round vs. Ukraine Dayana Yastremska [Q]
8 8 Greece Maria Sakkari 3,770 130 10 3,650 First round vs. Japan Nao Hibino
9 11 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 2,891 240 10 2,661 First round vs. Japan Mai Hontama [WC]
10 12 Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,830 10 10 2,830 First round vs. Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová
11 10 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 3,328 430 10 2,908 First round vs. Australia Kimberly Birrell [WC]
12 15 China Zheng Qinwen 2,720 70 10 2,660 First round vs. United States Ashlyn Krueger
13 14 Liudmila Samsonova 2,760 70 10 2,700 First round vs. United States Amanda Anisimova [PR]
14 13 Daria Kasatkina 2,778 10 10 2,778 First round vs. United States Peyton Stearns
15 17 Veronika Kudermetova 2,555 70 10 2,495 First round vs. Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
16 19 France Caroline Garcia 2,330 240 10 2,100 First round vs. Japan Naomi Osaka [PR]
17 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova 2,215 130 10 2,095 First round vs. Germany Laura Siegemund
18 22 Victoria Azarenka 2,011 780 10 1,241 First round vs. Italy Camila Giorgi
19 23 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 1,972 0 10 1,982 First round vs. Australia Taylah Preston [WC]
20 24 Poland Magda Linette 1,896 780 10 1,126 First round vs. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [WC]
21 25 Croatia Donna Vekić 1,865 430 10 1,445 First round vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
22 27 Romania Sorana Cîrstea 1,722 10 10 1,722 First round vs. China Wang Yafan
23 29 Anastasia Potapova 1,694 70 10 1,634 First round vs. Slovenia Kaja Juvan
24 30 Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 1,600 130 10 1,480 First round vs. Netherlands Arantxa Rus
25 28 Belgium Elise Mertens 1,713 130 10 1,593 First round vs. Egypt Mayar Sherif
26 31 Italy Jasmine Paolini 1,530 10 10 1,530 First round vs. Diana Shnaider
27 26 United States Emma Navarro 1,730 (57) 10 1,683 First round vs. China Wang Xiyu
28 33 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko 1,452 40 10 1,422 First round vs. Italy Lucia Bronzetti
29 32 China Zhu Lin 1,464 240 10 1,234 First round vs. France Océane Dodin
30 36 China Wang Xinyu 1,353 70 10 1,293 First round vs. France Diane Parry
31 34 Czech Republic Marie Bouzková 1,382 10 10 1,382 First round vs. Czech Republic Linda Nosková
32 35 Canada Leylah Fernandez 1,355 70 10 1,295 First round vs. Czech Republic Sára Bejlek [Q]

† The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. Points from her 18th best result will be deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
9 Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 3,590 70 3,520 Wrist injury[3]
16 United States Madison Keys 2,608 130 2,478 Shoulder injury[4]
18 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 2,535 70 2,465 Pregnancy[5]
21 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 2,077 240 1,837 Pregnancy[6]

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Withdrawals

The entry list was released by Tennis Australia based on the WTA rankings for the week of 4 December 2023.[8]

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list

References

  1. ^ "Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina in three sets to win Australian Open title". Guardian. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Champion mums add depth to Melbourne Park women's field". reuters.com. 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Roland Garros finalist Karolina Muchova to miss 2024 Australian Open due to wrist injury". tennis.com. 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Madison Keys to miss 2024 Australian Open due to shoulder injury". tennis.com. 4 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Kvitova to miss Australian Open after announcing pregnancy". reuters.com. 1 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Bencic announces pregnancy with first child". wtatennis.com. 3 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Caroline Wozniacki and six Aussies awarded first AO 2024 wildcards | AO". ausopen.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  8. ^ "Australian Open 2024 entry lists revealed". ausopen.com. 2023-12-07.

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