Lucie Šafářová is a Czech former tennis player. She won seven singles titles and 15 doubles titles on WTA Tour. She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2007 Australian Open, upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo in the fourth round, her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and her first Grand Slam final at the 2015 French Open. She also won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, 2016 US Open, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 French Open women's doubles titles partnering with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, as well as the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympic alongside Barbora Strýcová, upsetting the defending gold medalists Venus and Serena Williams in the first round.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were defending champions, and won in the final 6–4, 7–5, against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva.
Ana Ivanovic won her first and only Grand Slam singles title, beating first-time finalist Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 French Open. Ivanovic became the new WTA singles No. 1 by reaching the final. Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković and Svetlana Kuznetsova were also in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Ivanovic dropped only one set the entire tournament, to her compatriot Janković in the semifinals. This marked the last time Ivanovic would reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal for four and a half years until she reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 US Open, a span of 18 Grand Slam tournaments.
Madison Brengle is an American professional tennis player. Her biggest success occurred in early 2015, reaching her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round Grand Slam appearance at the Australian Open. In May, she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 35. Her greatest victory came in 2017 over world No. 2, Serena Williams. She has won two WTA Challenger singles titles, 15 ITF singles titles, and seven ITF doubles titles.
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová turned professional in 2006 and has won 28 career singles titles, two of which are Grand Slam titles, the Wimbledon Championships in 2011 and in 2014. She also won a bronze medal while representing the Czech Republic at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her career-high ranking of world No. 2 was achieved on 31 October 2011.
Petra Martić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won one singles title on the WTA Tour at the 2019 İstanbul Cup and reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open. She has also won one WTA doubles and one WTA 125 singles tournament, as well as four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Nicole Gibbs is an American retired tennis player.
Alison Riske, also known by her married name Alison Riske-Amritraj, is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on November 4, 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but Serena withdrew from the tournament and Venus didn't want to participate with another player.
Shelby Rogers is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 36 in singles and 40 in doubles, and has won six singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. She won the girls' national championship at 17. Her best results as a professional came at the 2016 French Open and the 2020 US Open where she reached the quarterfinals.
Manon Bollegraf and Tom Nijssen were the defending champions but only Nijssen competed that year with Helena Suková.
Danka Kovinić is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams successfully defended her title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 US Open. It was her Open Era-record-equaling sixth US Open singles title and 18th major singles title overall, equaling Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert's tally. She did not lose a set during the tournament for a record-equaling third time, and did not lose more than three games in any set.
Flavia Pennetta defeated Roberta Vinci in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–2, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 US Open. It was her first major singles title, and she became the first woman to win her maiden major title after turning 30 years old. Pennetta was competing in her 49th major main draw, setting a new record for the most appearances in major main draws before reaching a final. Vinci became the first unseeded woman to reach a major final since Justine Henin at the 2010 Australian Open. This marked the first final with two first-time major finalists since the 2010 French Open, and the first with two Italian players. This was also Pennetta's last major, as she retired from the sport at the end of the 2015 season.
Agnieszka Radwańska won the 2016 China Open Women's Singles tennis title, defeating Johanna Konta in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Petra Kvitová.
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Ashleigh Barty defeated Markéta Vondroušová in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open. It was her first major singles title, making her the first Australian to win a French Open singles title since Margaret Court in 1973 and the first to win a major singles title since Samantha Stosur at the 2011 US Open. Vondroušová was the first teenager to reach the final since Ana Ivanovic in 2007, as well as the first teenager to reach a major women's singles final since Caroline Wozniacki at the 2009 US Open.
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1995 Australian Open.
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual US Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held over several days before the event.
Patricia Tarabini (first round)
Elena Brioukhovets (first round)
Petra Langrová (first round)
Rika Hiraki (second round)
Karin Kschwendt (first round)
Nathalie Herreman (second round)
Silvia Farina (first round)
Miriam Oremans (second round)
Nicole Pratt (second round)
Sandra Wasserman (second round)
Jennifer Santrock (first round)
