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.[1][2] 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.[3][4] She was the first player to defend the title since Victoria Azarenka in 2013.[5]
Dayana Yastremska was the first qualifier to reach the Australian Open semifinals since Christine Matison in 1978,[6] and the third Ukrainian (male or female) to reach a major semifinal, after Elina Svitolina and Andrei Medvedev.[7] Zheng became the second Chinese to reach a major singles final, after Li Na,[8] and the second player in the Open Era to beat six unseeded players en route to the final after Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1995,[9] and the third player to do so at any major (after Sánchez Vicario and Martina Hingis at 1996 and 1997 Wimbledon, respectively, with the 16-seeds draw still in place). By reaching the final, Zheng made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings.[10]
For the first time in the tournament's history, there were six former champions in the main draw: Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Sofia Kenin, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, and Victoria Azarenka.[11] This was the final Australian Open appearance for 2016 champion Kerber, who lost to Danielle Collins in the first round.
The defeat of world No. 1 Iga Świątek by Linda Nosková in the third round marked the earliest loss by a top seed at the Australian Open since 1979,[12] and the first time that the top seed failed to make the round of 16 since the tournament became a 128-player draw in 1988. Nosková was the first teenager to defeat a current world No. 1 at a major since Petra Kvitová defeated Dinara Safina at the 2009 US Open.[13] The five top-10 seeds to reach the third round were the fewest since 1988.[14] Only seven seeded players reached the fourth round; this was the worst performance by seeded players since the draw was expanded to 128 players in 1988, and the worst overall since 1985.
Elena Rybakina and Anna Blinkova played the longest tiebreak in a major singles match in the third set of their second-round match. Blinkova won the tiebreak 22–20.[14]
Seeds
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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 |
Zheng
|
1st serve % |
38/57 (67%) |
27/51 (53%)
|
1st serve points won |
32 of 38 = 84% |
20 of 27 = 74%
|
2nd serve points won |
8 of 19 = 42% |
9 of 24 = 38%
|
Total service points won |
40 of 57 = 70.16% |
29 of 51 = 56.86%
|
Aces |
3 |
6
|
Double faults |
0 |
6
|
Winners |
14 |
19
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Unforced errors |
14 |
16
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Net points won |
4 of 8 = 50% |
3 of 3 = 100%
|
Break points converted |
3 of 6 = 50% |
0 of 4 = 0%
|
Return points won |
22 of 51 = 43% |
17 of 57 = 30%
|
Total points won |
62 |
46
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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 8 January 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 15 January 2024.
Seed
|
Rank
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Player
|
Points before
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Points defending
|
Points won
|
Points after
|
Status
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1
|
1
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Iga Świątek
|
9,880
|
240
|
130
|
9,770
|
Third round lost to Linda Nosková
|
2
|
2
|
Aryna Sabalenka
|
8,905
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
8,905
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Champion, defeated Zheng Qinwen [12]
|
3
|
3
|
Elena Rybakina
|
6,918
|
1,300
|
70
|
5,688
|
Second round lost to Anna Blinkova
|
4
|
4
|
Coco Gauff
|
6,660
|
240
|
780
|
7,200
|
Semifinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
|
5
|
5
|
Jessica Pegula
|
6,065
|
430
|
70
|
5,705
|
Second round lost to Clara Burel
|
6
|
6
|
Ons Jabeur
|
4,076
|
70
|
70
|
4,076
|
Second round lost to Mirra Andreeva
|
7
|
7
|
Markéta Vondroušová
|
3,966
|
130
|
10
|
3,846
|
First round lost to Dayana Yastremska [Q]
|
8
|
8
|
Maria Sakkari
|
3,770
|
130
|
70
|
3,710
|
Second round lost to Elina Avanesyan
|
9
|
11
|
Barbora Krejčíková
|
2,891
|
240
|
430
|
3,081
|
Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
|
10
|
12
|
Beatriz Haddad Maia
|
2,830
|
10
|
130
|
2,950
|
Third round lost to Maria Timofeeva [Q]
|
11
|
10
|
Jeļena Ostapenko
|
3,328
|
430
|
130
|
3,028
|
Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [18]
|
12
|
15
|
Zheng Qinwen
|
2,720
|
70
|
1,300
|
3,950
|
Runner-up, lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
|
13
|
14
|
Liudmila Samsonova
|
2,760
|
70
|
10
|
2,700
|
First round lost to Amanda Anisimova [PR]
|
14
|
13
|
Daria Kasatkina
|
2,778
|
10
|
70
|
2,838
|
Second round lost to Sloane Stephens
|
15
|
17
|
Veronika Kudermetova
|
2,555
|
70
|
10
|
2,495
|
First round lost to Viktorija Golubic
|
16
|
19
|
Caroline Garcia
|
2,330
|
240
|
70
|
2,160
|
Second round lost to Magdalena Fręch
|
17
|
20
|
Ekaterina Alexandrova
|
2,215
|
130
|
10
|
2,095
|
First round lost to Laura Siegemund
|
18
|
22
|
Victoria Azarenka
|
2,011
|
780
|
240
|
1,471
|
Fourth round lost to Dayana Yastremska [Q]
|
19
|
23
|
Elina Svitolina
|
1,972
|
0
|
240
|
2,212
|
Fourth round retired against Linda Nosková
|
20
|
24
|
Magda Linette
|
1,896
|
780
|
10
|
1,126
|
First round retired against Caroline Wozniacki [WC]
|
21
|
25
|
Donna Vekić
|
1,865
|
430
|
10
|
1,445
|
First round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
|
22
|
27
|
Sorana Cîrstea
|
1,722
|
10
|
10
|
1,722
|
First round lost to Wang Yafan
|
23
|
29
|
Anastasia Potapova
|
1,694
|
70
|
10
|
1,634
|
First round lost to Kaja Juvan
|
24
|
30
|
Anhelina Kalinina
|
1,600
|
130
|
10
|
1,480
|
First round lost to Arantxa Rus
|
25
|
28
|
Elise Mertens
|
1,713
|
130
|
70
|
1,653
|
Second round lost to Marta Kostyuk
|
26
|
31
|
Jasmine Paolini
|
1,530
|
10
|
240
|
1,760
|
Fourth round lost to Anna Kalinskaya
|
27
|
26
|
Emma Navarro
|
1,730
|
(57)†
|
130
|
1,803
|
Third round lost to Dayana Yastremska [Q]
|
28
|
33
|
Lesia Tsurenko
|
1,452
|
40
|
130
|
1,542
|
Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
|
29
|
32
|
Zhu Lin
|
1,464
|
240
|
10
|
1,234
|
First round lost to Océane Dodin
|
30
|
36
|
Wang Xinyu
|
1,353
|
70
|
10
|
1,293
|
First round lost to Diane Parry
|
31
|
34
|
Marie Bouzková
|
1,382
|
10
|
10
|
1,382
|
First round lost to Linda Nosková
|
32
|
35
|
Leylah Fernandez
|
1,355
|
70
|
70
|
1,355
|
Second round lost to Alycia Parks
|
† 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.
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.[20]
† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
References
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