2021 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Serena Williams is aiming to become the first ever player in tennis history (man or woman) to win a Grand Slam singles title in four different decades (as well as equal the all-time record for most Grand Slam titles held by Margaret Court).[2][3]

Women's Singles
2021 Australian Open
2020 Champion Sofia Kenin
Draw128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds32

Sofia Kenin is the defending champion.[1]

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 A Barty
D Kovinić  
S Sorribes Tormo  
WC D Gavrilova  
S Zheng  
B Krejčíková  
M Trevisan  
29 E Alexandrova  
21 A Kontaveit  
A Sasnovich  
Kr Plíšková  
H Watson  
Q F Jones  
S Rogers  
Q O Danilović  
16 P Martić

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
11 B Bencic
L Davis  
S Kuznetsova  
B Strýcová  
L Zhu  
Q W Osuigwe  
LA Fernandez  
18 E Mertens  
25 K Muchová  
J Ostapenko  
PR M Barthel  
Q E Cocciaretto  
D Collins  
A Bogdan  
J Paolini  
6 Ka Plíšková

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
4 S Kenin
WC M Inglis  
A Sevastova  
K Kanepi  
N Podoroska  
C McHale  
Y Wang  
28 D Vekić  
22 J Brady  
A Bolsova  
M Brengle  
WC Ar Rodionova  
Q C Paquet  
Q M Sherif Q  
Q K Juvan  
13 J Konta

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
12 V Azarenka
J Pegula  
WC D Aiava WC
WC S Stosur  
N Hibino  
WC A Sharma  
K Mladenovic  
20 M Sakkari  
26 Y Putintseva  
S Stephens  
A Van Uytvanck  
Q C Burel  
C Gauff  
J Teichmann  
M Bouzková  
5 E Svitolina

Section 5

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 B Andreescu
LL M Buzărnescu  
S-w Hsieh  
Q T Pironkova  
K Flipkens  
V Williams  
Q S Errani  
30 Q Wang  
19 M Vondroušová  
R Peterson  
Q R Marino  
WC K Birrell  
PM Țig  
S Cîrstea
Q G Minnen  
9 P Kvitová

Section 6

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 G Muguruza
LL M Gasparyan  
Q L Samsonova  
P Badosa  
Z Diyas  
T Zidanšek  
B Pera  
23 A Kerber  
27 O Jabeur  
A Petkovic  
Q M Hibi  
LL AK Schmiedlová  
P Hercog  
C Garcia  
A Pavlyuchenkova  
3 N Osaka

Section 7

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
7 A Sabalenka
V Kužmová  
PR K Boulter  
D Kasatkina  
A Cornet  
Q V Savinykh  
A Li  
31 S Zhang  
24 A Riske  
A Potapova  
Q T Babos  
LL Y Bonaventure  
N Stojanović  
I-C Begu  
L Siegemund  
10 S Williams

Section 8

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 I Świątek
A Rus  
PR Y Shvedova  
C Giorgi  
F Ferro  
K Siniaková  
PR V Zvonareva  
17 E Rybakina  
32 V Kudermetova  
M Kostyuk  
V Gracheva
A Blinkova  
M Doi  
A Tomljanović  
WC L Cabrera  
2 S Halep

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

Before the Qualifying tournament
After the Qualifying tournament

References

  1. "Sofia Kenin battles back to beat Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final". Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. Mittal, Bhavishya (2021-01-10). "All-Time Grand Slam Records That Serena Williams Can Break in 2021". Essentially Sports. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  3. Brett, Graham (2021-02-01). "Serena factor that still looms for 'scared' rivals". Wide World of Sports. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  4. "Dayana Yastremska". International Tennis Federation Anti-Doping. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. "Media Release, Tennis Anti-Doping: The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) dismisses the appeal filed by Dayana Yastremska: Provisional suspension maintained" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
Preceded by
2020 French Open – Women's Singles
Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by
2021 French Open – Women's Singles
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