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.[1] By reaching the final, Rybakina made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings, making her the first Kazakhstani, male or female, to do so.[2]
Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion,[3] but she retired from professional tennis in March 2022.[4]
Barty's retirement and Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka’s absences (both due to pregnancy) meant that Victoria Azarenka and Sofia Kenin were the only former champions left in the draw. They met in the first round, with Azarenka winning in straight sets.[5]
Jeļena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.[6]
This tournament marked the final major appearance of former world No. 1 and two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza. She lost in the first round to Elise Mertens. Muguruza later announced her retirement from professional tennis the following year.
Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Draw
Key
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Championship match statistics
Category |
Sabalenka |
Rybakina
|
1st serve % |
70/108 (65%) |
62/105 (59%)
|
1st serve points won |
50 of 70 = 71% |
44 of 62 = 71%
|
2nd serve points won |
18 of 38 = 47% |
19 of 43 = 44%
|
Total service points won |
68 of 108 = 62.96% |
63 of 105 = 60.00%
|
Aces |
17 |
9
|
Double faults |
7 |
1
|
Winners |
51 |
31
|
Unforced errors |
28 |
25
|
Net points won |
7 of 8 = 88% |
9 of 12 = 75%
|
Break points converted |
3 of 13 = 23% |
2 of 7 = 29%
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Return points won |
42 of 105 = 40% |
40 of 108 = 37%
|
Total points won |
110 |
103
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Source
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Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 9 January 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 16 January 2023.
Seed
|
Rank
|
Player
|
Points before
|
Points defending
|
Points won
|
Points after
|
Status
|
1
|
1
|
Iga Świątek
|
11,025
|
780
|
240
|
10,485
|
Fourth round lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
|
2
|
2
|
Ons Jabeur
|
5,140
|
0
|
70
|
5,210
|
Second round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [PR]
|
3
|
3
|
Jessica Pegula
|
5,000
|
430
|
430
|
5,000
|
Quarterfinals lost to [a]Victoria Azarenka [24]
|
4
|
4
|
Caroline Garcia
|
4,415
|
10
|
240
|
4,645
|
Fourth round lost to Magda Linette
|
5
|
5
|
[a]Aryna Sabalenka
|
4,340
|
240
|
2,000
|
6,100
|
Champion, defeated Elena Rybakina [22]
|
6
|
6
|
Maria Sakkari
|
3,921
|
240
|
130
|
3,811
|
Third round lost to Zhu Lin
|
7
|
7
|
Coco Gauff
|
3,762
|
10
|
240
|
3,992
|
Fourth round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [17]
|
8
|
8
|
[a]Daria Kasatkina
|
3,500
|
130
|
10
|
3,380
|
First round lost to [a]Varvara Gracheva
|
9
|
9
|
[a]Veronika Kudermetova
|
2,800
|
130
|
70
|
2,740
|
Second round lost to Katie Volynets [Q]
|
10
|
13
|
Madison Keys
|
2,318
|
780
|
130
|
1,668
|
Third round lost to [a]Victoria Azarenka [24]
|
11
|
16
|
Paula Badosa
|
2,102
|
240
|
0
|
1,862
|
Withdrew due to right abductor injury
|
12
|
10
|
Belinda Bencic
|
2,735
|
70
|
240
|
2,905
|
Fourth round lost to [a]Aryna Sabalenka [5]
|
13
|
11
|
Danielle Collins
|
2,388
|
1,300
|
130
|
1,218
|
Third round lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
|
14
|
14
|
Beatriz Haddad Maia
|
2,255
|
70
|
10
|
2,195
|
First round lost to Nuria Párrizas Díaz
|
15
|
15
|
Petra Kvitová
|
2,221
|
10
|
70
|
2,281
|
Second round lost to Anhelina Kalinina
|
16
|
19
|
Anett Kontaveit
|
1,909
|
70
|
70
|
1,909
|
Second round lost to Magda Linette
|
17
|
17
|
Jeļena Ostapenko
|
2,040
|
130
|
430
|
2,340
|
Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
|
18
|
20
|
[a]Liudmila Samsonova
|
1,905
|
70
|
70
|
1,905
|
Second round lost to Donna Vekić
|
19
|
18
|
[a]Ekaterina Alexandrova
|
1,910
|
10
|
130
|
2,030
|
Third round lost to Magda Linette
|
20
|
23
|
Barbora Krejčíková
|
1,600
|
430
|
240
|
1,410
|
Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula [3]
|
21
|
21
|
Martina Trevisan
|
1,672
|
110
|
10
|
1,572
|
First round lost to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová [Q]
|
22
|
25
|
Elena Rybakina
|
1,585
|
70
|
1,300
|
2,815
|
Runner-up, lost to [a]Aryna Sabalenka [5]
|
23
|
22
|
Zhang Shuai
|
1,600
|
130
|
240
|
1,710
|
Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková [30]
|
24
|
24
|
[a]Victoria Azarenka
|
1,598
|
240
|
780
|
2,138
|
Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
|
25
|
26
|
Marie Bouzková
|
1,581
|
70
|
10
|
1,521
|
First round lost to Bianca Andreescu
|
26
|
32
|
Elise Mertens
|
1,449
|
240
|
130
|
1,339
|
Third round lost to [a]Aryna Sabalenka [5]
|
27
|
30
|
Irina-Camelia Begu
|
1,472
|
70
|
70
|
1,472
|
Second round lost to Laura Siegemund [PR]
|
28
|
27
|
Amanda Anisimova
|
1,535
|
240
|
10
|
1,305
|
First round lost to Marta Kostyuk
|
29
|
28
|
Zheng Qinwen
|
1,534
|
110+80
|
70+1
|
1,415
|
Second round lost to Bernarda Pera
|
30
|
31
|
Karolína Plíšková
|
1,450
|
0
|
430
|
1,880
|
Quarterfinals lost to Magda Linette
|
31
|
29
|
Kaia Kanepi
|
1,472
|
430
|
10
|
1,052
|
First round lost to Kimberly Birrell [WC]
|
32
|
33
|
Jil Teichmann
|
1,429
|
70
|
70
|
1,429
|
Second round lost to Zhu Lin
|
Withdrawn players
The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.
Rank
|
Player
|
Points before
|
Points defending
|
Points after
|
Withdrawal reason
|
12
|
Simona Halep
|
2,381
|
240
|
2,141
|
Provisional suspension due to positive doping test[8]
|
Other entry information
Wild cards
Sources:[12][13]
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Withdrawals
The entry list was released by Tennis Australia based on the WTA rankings for the week of 5 December 2022.[14]
† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw
See also
Notes
References
External links
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