#AusOpen Women's seeds: 1. Swiatek 2. Sabalenka 3. Rybakina 4. Gauff 5. Pegula 6. Jabeur 7. Vondrousova 8. Sakkari 9. Krejcikova 10. Haddad Maia 11. Ostapenko 12. Zheng 13. Samsonova 14. Kasatkina 15. Kudermetova 16. Garcia 17. Alexandrova 18. Azarenka 19. Svitolina 20.…
2024 Australian Open Women's Singles Seeds confirmed: Big Three SWIATEK, SABALENKA and RYBAKINA lead the way
WTATuesday, 09 January 2024 at 08:03
The 32 seeded players who will lead the main draw of the 2024 Australian Open, taking place between January 14 and 28, 2024, have been confirmed. The list is topped by the top 8 players in the rankings and features several notable absences within the top 30. The tournament's top contenders include four Grand Slam champions: Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, and Coco Gauff.
The opportunity to enter as seeded players allows the top-ranked players to avoid facing opponents from the higher echelons of the rankings in the early rounds. The top 8 is completed by Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Marketa Vondrousova, and Maria Sakkari.
The players will have a few rounds to find their best form against lower-ranked opponents. For instance, the world No. 1 and 2, Swiatek and Sabalenka, can only meet in a hypothetical final. Similarly, if the top seeds capitalize on their chances against lower-ranked opponents, the top two could potentially face Elena Rybakina or Coco Gauff only in the semifinals.
The next eight seeded players could face top-8 opponents only in the quarterfinals. Among the notable names are former Grand Slam champion Barbora Krejcikova, Jelena Ostapenko, as well as players of the caliber of Beatriz Haddad Maia and Qinwen Zheng.
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The seeds from 16th to 32nd include players like Victoria Azarenka, Elina Svitolina, and Ekaterina Alexandrova, posing significant threats to the top seeds starting from the third round. The cutoff for seeded players was the 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez. In case of any last-minute withdrawals, the next players on the list are the former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova and the 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin.
The current champion is Aryna Sabalenka, who in 2023 defeated Elena Rybakina in the final with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to secure her first Grand Slam title. The same matchup occurred recently in the final of the WTA 500 Brisbane International, but this time, it was the 2022 Wimbledon champion Rybakina who claimed the title (6-0, 6-3).
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