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2025 Australian Open | |
2024 Champion | Aryna Sabalenka |
Draw | 128 |
Seeds | 32 |
Aryna Sabalenka is the two-time defending champion. [1] She is aiming to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis in 1999. [2]
Sabalenka, Iga Świątek and Coco Gauff are in contention for the world No. 1 ranking. Sabalenka must reach at least the quarterfinals to have a chance at retaining the No. 1 ranking.
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The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 6 January 2025. Rankings and points before are as of 13 January 2025.
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 9,656 | 2,000 | 10 | 7,666 | First round vs. |
2 | 2 | Iga Świątek | 8,120 | 130 | 10 | 8,000 | First round vs. |
3 | 3 | Coco Gauff | 6,888 | 780 | 10 | 6,118 | First round vs. |
4 | 4 | Jasmine Paolini | 5,399 | 240 | 10 | 5,169 | First round vs. |
5 | 5 | Zheng Qinwen | 5,325 | 1,300 | 10 | 4,035 | First round vs. |
6 | Elena Rybakina | 4,723 | 70 | 10 | 4,663 | First round vs. | |
7 | Jessica Pegula | 70 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
8 | Emma Navarro | 130 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
9 | Daria Kasatkina | 70 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
10 | Danielle Collins | 70 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
11 | Paula Badosa | 130 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
12 | Diana Shnaider | 10 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
13 | Anna Kalinskaya | 430 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
14 | Mirra Andreeva | 2,665 | 240 | 10 | 2,435 | First round vs. | |
15 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 2,554 | 130 | 10 | 2,434 | First round vs. | |
16 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 130 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
17 | Marta Kostyuk | 430 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
18 | Donna Vekić | 2,228 | 10 | 10 | 2,228 | First round vs. | |
19 | Madison Keys | 0 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
20 | Karolína Muchová | 2,079 | 0 | 10 | 2,089 | First round vs. | |
21 | Victoria Azarenka | 1,992 | 240 | 10 | 1,762 | First round vs. | |
22 | Katie Boulter | 1,931 | 70 | 10 | 1,871 | First round vs. | |
23 | Magdalena Fręch | 240 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
24 | Yulia Putintseva | 10 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
25 | Liudmila Samsonova | 10 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
26 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 10 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
27 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 1,675 | 70 | 10 | 1,615 | First round vs. | |
28 | Elina Svitolina | 1,779 | 240 | 10 | 1,549 | First round vs. | |
29 | Linda Nosková | 430 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
30 | Leylah Fernandez | 1,755 | 70 | 10 | 1,695 | First round vs. | |
31 | Maria Sakkari | 70 | 10 | First round vs. | |||
32 | Dayana Yastremska | 820 | 10 | First round vs. |
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.
Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
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Barbora Krejčíková | 3,213 | 430 | 2,783 | Back injury |
The entry list was released by Tennis Australia based on the WTA rankings for the week of 2 December 2024. [3]
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw
Iga Świątek defeated Maria Sakkari in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters. She became the first Pole to win the title.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open. It was her first major singles title. Sabalenka dropped just one set during the tournament, to Rybakina in the championship match. Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani player to progress past the fourth round, and the first player since Jennifer Capriati in 2001 to defeat three consecutive major champions in a single edition of the Australian Open. By reaching the final, Rybakina made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings making her the first player representing Kazakhstan, male or female, ever to reach this milestone.
Ons Jabeur defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 7–5, 0–6, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Madrid Open. It was her first WTA 1000 title, and she became the first Arab and African woman to win a WTA 1000 title.
Iga Świątek defeated Donna Vekić in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 San Diego Open. It was her eighth title of the 2022 season. By winning the title, Świątek became the first player since Serena Williams in 2013 to win more than 10,000 ranking points in a single season.
Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 7–6(13–11), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Indian Wells Open. It was her first WTA 1000 title, and the final was a rematch of the Australian Open final, won by Sabalenka. Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani player to win a WTA 1000 singles title.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Iga Świątek in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Madrid Open. It was her fifth WTA 1000 title. This marked the first time since 2013 that the top two seeds contested the Madrid Open final. It was also the first time since 2000 that the top two players on the WTA Tour contested back-to-back finals, after Świątek won in Stuttgart the week prior.
Defending champion Iga Świątek defeated Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 French Open. It was her third French Open title and fourth major title overall. Świątek became the third woman in the Open Era to win her first four major finals, and the youngest woman to win four majors since Serena Williams in 2002. Świątek also became the first player to defend the French Open title since Justine Henin in 2007, breaking an Open Era record of 15 years with no defending champions. She was also the first woman to defend a major title since Serena Williams at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. Świątek dropped just one set en route to the title, to Muchová in the final. Świątek retained the world No. 1 ranking after she reached the final and Aryna Sabalenka lost in the semifinals.
Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 US Open. It was her first major title. Gauff became the first American teenager to win the title since Serena Williams in 1999, and one of three teenagers to win the title within five years, following Bianca Andreescu in 2019 and Emma Raducanu in 2021. Sabalenka became the first woman since Williams in 2016 to reach at least the semifinals of all four majors in a season.
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. It was her second Australian Open title and second major singles title overall. Sabalenka did not lose a set during the tournament, and lost only 31 games in total. Sabalenka became the first player to defend the title since Victoria Azarenka in 2013.
The 2024 Aryna Sabalenka tennis season officially began on 31 December 2023, with the start of the Brisbane International in Brisbane.
Jasmine Paolini defeated Anna Kalinskaya in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 to win the women's singles title at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was her first WTA 1000 title and second WTA Tour singles title overall. Paolini avenged her loss to Kalinskaya at the Australian Open, where both players had progressed to the second week of a major for the first time. Kalinskaya was the second qualifier to contest a WTA 1000 final, following Caroline Garcia at the 2022 Cincinnati Open.
Iga Świątek defeated Maria Sakkari in the final, 6–4, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Indian Wells Open. It was her eighth WTA 1000 and 19th career WTA Tour title, and she did not lose a set en route. Świątek became the first woman to win multiple titles at Indian Wells since Victoria Azarenka in 2016, and just the tenth woman to do so overall. She was the first player since Maria Sharapova in 2013 to win the title without dropping a set, and lost just 21 games throughout the entire tournament; this was the fewest since Steffi Graf lost 16 games in 1994. The final was a rematch of the 2022 final, which Świątek also won.
Elena Rybakina defeated Marta Kostyuk in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 Stuttgart Open. It was her eighth career WTA Tour title.
Iga Świątek defeated defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(9–7) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Madrid Open. She saved three championship points en route to her ninth WTA 1000 and 20th career WTA Tour title.
Iga Świątek defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Italian Open. This was her third title at the Italian Open in four years. She was the first woman to win a third title in Rome since Maria Sharapova in 2015, and the youngest to do so since Gabriela Sabatini in 1991. Świątek won the title without dropping a set or facing a tiebreak in any match; she became just the fifth woman to have won multiple titles in Rome without dropping a set.
Defending champion Jessica Pegula defeated Amanda Anisimova in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Canadian Open. It was her third WTA 1000 and sixth career WTA Tour title. Pegula became the first player to defend the women's singles title since Martina Hingis in 2000. Ranked No. 132, Anisimova became the lowest-ranked women's singles finalist at the Canadian Open since Alycia Moulton in 1984.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–3, 7–5, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Cincinnati Open. She did not lose a set en route to her sixth WTA 1000 title and 15th career WTA Tour title. Pegula was attempting to become the first woman to win both the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open in the same season since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1973. The two would play each other three weeks later, in the final of the US Open; Sabalenka would beat Pegula also in straight sets.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 7–5, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 US Open. It was her third major singles title. Sabalenka was the first Belarusian to win the singles title, and the fifth player to win both hardcourt majors in the same calendar year, after Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis and Angelique Kerber. Sabalenka dropped only one set en route to the title, against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the third round.
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 Wuhan Open. Sabalenka became the first player to win three consecutive titles at the Wuhan Open, and extended her unbeaten win streak at the tournament to 17 matches dating back to her tournament debut in 2018. The final was a rematch of the 2024 Australian Open final, which Sabalenka also won. One week later, on 21 October 2024, Sabalenka reclaimed the WTA No. 1 singles ranking from Iga Świątek, who lost her fourth round points from Miami earlier this year.
Coco Gauff defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 WTA Finals. It was her ninth career WTA Tour singles title.