2024 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2024 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Aryna Sabalenka
Runner-up	Zheng Qinwen
Score	6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	32
Events
Qualification

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] Sabalenka became the first player to defend the title since Victoria Azarenka in 2013.^[5]

This tournament marked the first time in the Open Era that multiple Ukrainians reached the quarterfinals at a singles major.^[6] Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska became the first qualifier to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open since Christine Matison in 1978, and the first of any major since Emma Raducanu in the 2021 US Open.^[7] Yastremska was also the first Ukrainian, male or female, to reach the semifinals at this major and only the third to do so, at any major, after Elina Svitolina and Andrei Medvedev.^[8] The loss of Azarenka to Yastremska in the fourth round guaranteed a first-time major finalist from the top half of the draw; Zheng emerged to become that player. Zheng became the second Chinese player to reach that level at a singles major, after Li Na.^[9] Zheng also became the second player in the Open Era to beat six unseeded players en route to the final after Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1995,^[10] 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, at No. 7.^[11]

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 Azarenka.^[12] 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 Świątek by Linda Nosková in the third round marked the earliest loss by a top seed at the Australian Open since 1979,^[13] 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 world No. 1 at a major since Petra Kvitová defeated Dinara Safina at the 2009 US Open.^[14] The five top-10 seeds to reach the third round were the fewest since 1988.^[15] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Elena Rybakina and Anna Blinkova played the longest tiebreak in a major singles match in the final set of their second-round match. Blinkova won the tiebreak 22–20.^[15]

Seeds

01.

Iga Świątek (third round)

02.

Aryna Sabalenka (champion)

03.

Elena Rybakina (second round)

04.

Coco Gauff (semifinals)

05.

Jessica Pegula (second round)

06.

Ons Jabeur (second round)

07.

Markéta Vondroušová (first round)

08.

Maria Sakkari (second round)

09.

Barbora Krejčíková (quarterfinals)

10.

Beatriz Haddad Maia (third round)

11.

Jeļena Ostapenko (third round)

12.

Zheng Qinwen (final)

13.

Liudmila Samsonova (first round)

14.

Daria Kasatkina (second round)

15.

Veronika Kudermetova (first round)

16.

Caroline Garcia (second round)

17.

Ekaterina Alexandrova (first round)

18.

Victoria Azarenka (fourth round)

19.

Elina Svitolina (fourth round, retired)

20.

Magda Linette (first round, retired)

21.

Donna Vekić (first round)

22.

Sorana Cîrstea (first round)

23.

Anastasia Potapova (first round)

24.

Anhelina Kalinina (first round)

25.

Elise Mertens (second round)

26.

Jasmine Paolini (fourth round)

27.

Emma Navarro (third round)

28.

Lesia Tsurenko (third round)

29.

Zhu Lin (first round)

30.

Wang Xinyu (first round)

31.

Marie Bouzková (first round)

32.

Leylah Fernandez (second round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Linda Nosková	3	4

Q	Dayana Yastremska	6	6
					Q	Dayana Yastremska	4	4

					12	Zheng Qinwen	6	6
	Anna Kalinskaya	7⁷	3	1

12	Zheng Qinwen	6⁴	6	6
									12	Zheng Qinwen	3	2

									2	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6
	Marta Kostyuk	6⁶	7⁷	2

4	Coco Gauff	7⁸	6³	6
					4	Coco Gauff	6²	4

					2	Aryna Sabalenka	7⁷	6
9	Barbora Krejčíková	2	3

2	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	I Świątek	7⁷	6
	S Kenin	6²	2		1	I Świątek	6	3	6
	D Collins	6	3	6		D Collins	4	6	4
PR	A Kerber	2	6	1						1	I Świątek	6	3	4
Q	F Ferro	6	3	2							L Nosková	3	6	6
WC	M Kessler	3	6	6	WC	M Kessler	3	6	4
	L Nosková	6	7			L Nosková	6	1	6
31	M Bouzková	1	5													L Nosková	3
19	E Svitolina	6	6												19	E Svitolina	0^r
WC	T Preston	2	2		19	E Svitolina	6	6
	K Day	4	2			V Tomova	1	3
	V Tomova	6	6							19	E Svitolina	6	6
	J Cristian	2	5								V Golubic	2	3
	K Siniaková	6	7			K Siniaková	3	6	4
	V Golubic	7⁷	1	6		V Golubic	6	2	6
15	V Kudermetova	6⁴	6	1

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

11	J Ostapenko	7⁷	6
WC	K Birrell	6⁵	1		11	J Ostapenko	6	3	6
	P Martić	6³	6	4	PR	A Tomljanović	0	6	4
PR	A Tomljanović	7⁷	4	6						11	J Ostapenko	1	5
	G Minnen	5	5							18	V Azarenka	6	7
	C Tauson	7	7			C Tauson	4	6	2
	C Giorgi	1	6	3	18	V Azarenka	6	3	6
18	V Azarenka	6	4	6											18	V Azarenka	6⁶	4
27	E Navarro	6	6⁵	7											Q	D Yastremska	7⁸	6
	Xiy Wang	1	7⁷	5	27	E Navarro	4	6	6
	E Cocciaretto	6	7			E Cocciaretto	6	3	3
Q	L Sun	1	5							27	E Navarro	2	6	1
	Y Wickmayer	3	4							Q	D Yastremska	6	2	6
	V Gracheva	6	6			V Gracheva	3	2
Q	D Yastremska	6	6		Q	D Yastremska	6	6
7	M Vondroušová	1	2

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

3	E Rybakina	7⁸	6
	Ka Plíšková	6⁶	4		3	E Rybakina	4	6	6²⁰
	C Bucșa	2	4			A Blinkova	6	4	7²²
	A Blinkova	6	6								A Blinkova	6¹	4
	T Maria	7	6⁴	6						26	J Paolini	7⁷	6
	C Osorio	5	7⁷	4		T Maria	2	3
	D Shnaider	3	4		26	J Paolini	6	6
26	J Paolini	6	6												26	J Paolini	4	2
24	A Kalinina	1	0													A Kalinskaya	6	6
	A Rus	6	6			A Rus	1	5
	A Kalinskaya	6	3	6		A Kalinskaya	6	7
Q	K Volynets	3	6	2							A Kalinskaya	6⁸	6	6
	S Stephens	6	6								S Stephens	7¹⁰	1	4
WC	O Gadecki	3	1			S Stephens	4	6	6
	P Stearns	2	6	2	14	D Kasatkina	6	3	3
14	D Kasatkina	6	3	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

12	Q Zheng	3	6	6
	A Krueger	6	2	3	12	Q Zheng	6	6
	K Boulter	7	7⁷			K Boulter	3	3
	Y Yuan	5	6¹							12	Q Zheng	6	2	7¹⁰
PR	E Raducanu	6	6								Y Wang	4	6	6⁸
PR	S Rogers	3	2		PR	E Raducanu	4	6	4
	Y Wang	0	7	6		Y Wang	6	4	6
22	S Cîrstea	6	5	2											12	Q Zheng	6	6
29	L Zhu	4	3													O Dodin	0	3
	O Dodin	6	6			O Dodin	6	6
Q	R Zarazúa	6	4	2		M Trevisan	4	4
	M Trevisan	4	6	6							O Dodin	6	6
PR	A Krunić	4	1								C Burel	2	4
	C Burel	6	6			C Burel	6	6
Q	R Marino	2	4		5	J Pegula	4	2
5	J Pegula	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

8	M Sakkari	6	6
	N Hibino	4	1		8	M Sakkari	4	4
	Z Bai	6	5	2		E Avanesyan	6	6
	E Avanesyan	4	7	6							E Avanesyan	6	4	4
	M Kostyuk	6	4	6							M Kostyuk	2	6	6
	C Liu	3	6	1		M Kostyuk	5	6	7¹⁰
	M Sherif	2	0^r		25	E Mertens	7	1	6⁶
25	E Mertens	6	2													M Kostyuk	6	6
20	M Linette	2	0^r												Q	M Timofeeva	2	1
WC	C Wozniacki	6	2		WC	C Wozniacki	6	4	1
WC	A Cornet	2	4		Q	M Timofeeva	1	6	6
Q	M Timofeeva	6	6							Q	M Timofeeva	7⁹	6
	S Sorribes Tormo	6	3	2						10	B Haddad Maia	6⁷	3
Q	A Korneeva	4	6	6	Q	A Korneeva	1	2
	L Fruhvirtová	2	6	2	10	B Haddad Maia	6	6
10	B Haddad Maia	6	3	6

Section 6

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

16	C Garcia	6	7⁷
PR	N Osaka	4	6²		16	C Garcia	4	6²
	M Fręch	6⁵	6	7		M Fręch	6	7⁷
WC	D Saville	7⁷	3	5						M Fręch	4	7	6
	Y Putintseva	6	0	3					Q	A Zakharova	6	5	4
Q	A Zakharova	2	6	6	Q	A Zakharova	6	6
	K Juvan	6	6			K Juvan	1	1
23	A Potapova	1	4												M Fręch	1	2
32	L Fernandez	7⁷	6											4	C Gauff	6	6
Q	S Bejlek	6⁵	2		32	L Fernandez	5	4
	A Parks	2	6	6		A Parks	7	6
Q	D Snigur	6	2	4						A Parks	0	2
	C Dolehide	6	6						4	C Gauff	6	6
Q	L Jeanjean	2	4			C Dolehide	6²	2
	AK Schmiedlová	3	0		4	C Gauff	7⁷	6
4	C Gauff	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

6	O Jabeur	6	6
Q	Y Starodubtseva	3	1		6	O Jabeur	0	2
	M Andreeva	7	6			M Andreeva	6	6
	B Pera	5	2								M Andreeva	1	6	7¹⁰
	K Rakhimova	6	6								D Parry	6	1	6⁵
	E Bektas	4	4			K Rakhimova	5	2
	D Parry	6	2	6		D Parry	7	6
30	Xin Wang	3	6	3												M Andreeva	6	3	2
17	E Alexandrova	2	6	6⁹											9	B Krejčíková	4	6	6
	L Siegemund	6	3	7¹¹		L Siegemund	4	6	3
Q	S Hunter	6	6		Q	S Hunter	6	3	6
	S Errani	4	3							Q	S Hunter	6	5	3
	T Korpatsch	2	6	6						9	B Krejčíková	4	7	6
	J Burrage	6	3	0		T Korpatsch	2	2
WC	M Hontama	6	4	3	9	B Krejčíková	6	6
9	B Krejčíková	2	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

13	L Samsonova	3	4
PR	A Anisimova	6	6		PR	A Anisimova	6	6
	N Podoroska	6	6			N Podoroska	2	3
	T Zidanšek	1	0						PR	A Anisimova	7	6
	T Townsend	1	3							P Badosa	5	4
	P Badosa	6	6			P Badosa	6	6
	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6			A Pavlyuchenkova	2	3
21	D Vekić	4	4										PR	A Anisimova	3	2
28	L Tsurenko	3	7	6									2	A Sabalenka	6	6
	L Bronzetti	6	5	3	28	L Tsurenko	6	6
	R Masarova	6	6			R Masarova	3	4
	A Sasnovich	3	4						28	L Tsurenko	0	0
	A Bogdan	6	4	3					2	A Sabalenka	6	6
Q	B Fruhvirtová	2	6	6	Q	B Fruhvirtová	3	2
Q	E Seidel	0	1		2	A Sabalenka	6	6
2	A Sabalenka	6	6

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
Unforced errors	14	16
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
Source

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	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	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.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
9	Karolína Muchová	3,590	70	3,520	Wrist injury^[16]
16	Madison Keys	2,608	130	2,478	Shoulder injury^[17]
18	Petra Kvitová	2,535	70	2,465	Pregnancy^[18]
21	Belinda Bencic	2,077	240	1,837	Pregnancy^[19]

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.^[21]

† Belinda Bencic (17) → replaced by Jodie Burrage (98)
† Bianca Andreescu (96) → replaced by Claire Liu (99)
‡ Irina-Camelia Begu (75) → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić (99 SR)
‡ Caty McNally (71 SR) → replaced by Kamilla Rakhimova (100)
‡ Karolína Muchová (8) → replaced by Wang Yafan (101)
‡ Petra Kvitová (14) → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek (103)
‡ Lauren Davis (70) → replaced by Emma Raducanu (103 SR)
‡ Madison Keys (12) → replaced by Sara Errani (104)
‡ Jennifer Brady (14 SR) → replaced by Kaja Juvan (105)

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

References

^ "Aryna Sabalenka thrashes Zheng Qinwen to retain Australian Open title". The Guardian. 2024-01-27. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^ Scott Spits (2024-01-27). "Super Sabalenka: Star Belarusian wins back-to-back Australian Open titles". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^ Jonathan Jurejko (2024-01-27). "Australian Open 2024 women's final result: Aryna Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen in Melbourne". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^ "Still her Aryna: Brutal blowout as Sabalenka claims second straight Aus Open title". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ Issy Ronald (2024-01-27). "Aryna Sabalenka successfully defends women's Australian Open title, defeating Zheng Qinwen in dominant fashion". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
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^ "Qualifier Yastremska dismisses Noskova to head into semis".
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^ https://twitter.com/OptaAce/status/1750498034751054015
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^ "Mom's the word as Kerber, Osaka and Wozniacki learn 2024 Australian Open draws". usopen.org. 11 January 2024.
^ "Australian Open top seed Iga Swiatek shocked by 19yo Linda Noskova in third round". abc.net.au. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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External links

Preceded by 2023 US Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2024 French Open – Women's singles

[1] "Aryna Sabalenka thrashes Zheng Qinwen to retain Australian Open title". The Guardian. 2024-01-27. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

[2] Scott Spits (2024-01-27). "Super Sabalenka: Star Belarusian wins back-to-back Australian Open titles". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

[3] Jonathan Jurejko (2024-01-27). "Australian Open 2024 women's final result: Aryna Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen in Melbourne". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

[4] "Still her Aryna: Brutal blowout as Sabalenka claims second straight Aus Open title". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[5] Issy Ronald (2024-01-27). "Aryna Sabalenka successfully defends women's Australian Open title, defeating Zheng Qinwen in dominant fashion". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

[6] "Flying the flag: Kostyuk, Yastremska stand tall for Ukraine".

[7] "Australian Open 2024: Zheng, Yastremska, Noskova & Kalinskaya aim for Melbourne final". bbc. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

[8] "Qualifier Yastremska dismisses Noskova to head into semis".

[9] "China's 'Queen Wen' sets up Australian Open final against Sabalenka". france24.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[10] ttps://twitter.com/OptaAce/status/1750498034751054015

[11] "Queen victorious: Zheng to meet Sabalenka in AO 2024 decider". 25 January 2024.

[12] "Mom's the word as Kerber, Osaka and Wozniacki learn 2024 Australian Open draws". usopen.org. 11 January 2024.

[13] "Australian Open top seed Iga Swiatek shocked by 19yo Linda Noskova in third round". abc.net.au. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[14] "Noskova, 19, upsets top seed Swiatek in Australian Open third round". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[espn-15] "Blinkova wins 22-20 tiebreaker to oust Rybakina". ESPN.com. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[16] "Roland Garros finalist Karolina Muchova to miss 2024 Australian Open due to wrist injury". tennis.com. 28 December 2023.

[17] "Madison Keys to miss 2024 Australian Open due to shoulder injury". tennis.com. 4 January 2024.

[18] "Kvitova to miss Australian Open after announcing pregnancy". reuters.com. 1 January 2024.

[19] "Bencic announces pregnancy with first child". wtatennis.com. 3 November 2023.

[20] "Caroline Wozniacki and six Aussies awarded first AO 2024 wildcards | AO". ausopen.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.

[21] "Australian Open 2024 entry lists revealed". ausopen.com. 2023-12-07.

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