The new WTA season starts in Abu Dhabi on January 5, gathering an excellent field in the only event before February. Then, the players will travel to Melbourne and embrace a two-week quarantine.
Two WTA 500 tournaments at Melbourne Park will occur in the first week of February, just ahead of the season's first Major. The Australian Open will gather the strongest line-up, with all the world's best players entering the title chase. World no. 1 will return to action after skipping the entire season restart in 2020, keeping the no. 1 spot despite playing only a couple of tournaments in the season behind us thanks to her 2019 points.
Simona Halep should be among the favorites, reaching the semis in January and suffering a tight loss to Garbine Muguruza. Sofia Kenin stole the show in Melbourne this year, defeating all seven rivals to claim the maiden Major trophy. Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova seek the first Major crown, while Bianca Andreescu returns to competition after skipping the entire 2020 following a nasty knee injury from the 2019 WTA Finals.
Serena Williams is still waiting for that 24th Major crown, winning the last one at the Australian Open in 2017 and losing four finals in 2018 and 2019. The Roland Garros champion enters the draw from the top-20, looking to extend her run at Majors following an impressive run in Paris in October.
Australian Open Entry List:
- Ashleigh Barty (No.1/AUS)
- Simona Halep (No.2/ROU)
- Naomi Osaka (No.3/JPN)
- Sofia Kenin (No.4/USA)
- Elina Svitolina (No.5/UKR)
- Karolina Pliskova (No.6/CZE)
- Biaanca Andreescu (No.7/CAN)
- Petra Kvitova (No.8/CZE)
- Kiki Bertens (No.9/NED)
- Aryna Sabalenka (No.10/BLR)
- Serena Wiliams (No.11/USA)
- Belinda Bencic (No.12/SUI)
- Victoria Azarenka (No.13/BLR)
- Johanna Konta (No.14/GBR)
- Garbiñe Muguruza (No.15/ESP)
- Madison Keys (No.16/USA)
- Iga Swiatek (No.17/POL)
- Petra Martic (No.18/CRO)
- Elena Rybakina (No.19/KAZ)
- Elise Mertens (No.20/BEL)
- Marketa Vondrousova (No.21/CZE)
- Maria Sakkari (No.22/GRE)
- Anett Kontaveit (No.23/EST)
- Jennifer Brady (No.24/USA)
- Angelique Kerber (No.25/GER)
- Alison Riske (No.26/USA)
- Karolina Muchova (No.27/CZE)
- Yulia Putintseva (No.28/KAZ)
- Dayana Yastremska (No.29/UKR)
- Amanda Anisimova (No.30/USA)
- Ons Jabeur (No.31/TUN)
- Donna Vekic (No.32/CRO)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (No.33/RUS)
- Qiang Wang (No.34/CHI)
- Shuai Zhang (No.35/CHI)
- Sveltana Kuznetsova (No.36/RUS)
- Barbora Strycova (No.37/CZE)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (No.38/CZE)
- Sloane Stephens (No.39/USA)
- Magda Linette (No.40/POL)
- Saisai Zheng (No.41/CHI)
- Fiona Ferro (No.42/FRA)
- Caroline Garcia (No.43/FRA)
- Jelena Ostapenko (No.44/LAT)
- Danielle Collins (No.45/USA)
- Veronika Kudermetova (No.46/RUS)
- Nadia Podoroska (No.47/ARG)
- Yaroslava Shvedova (No.47/KAZ) SR
- Cori Gauff (No. 48/USA)
- Polona Hercog (No.49/SLO)
- Kristina Mladenovic (No.50/FRA)
- Laura Siegemund (No.51/GER)
- Marie Bouzkova (No.52/CZE)
- Alize Cornet (No.53/FRA)
- Anastasija Sevastova (No.54/LAT)
- Rebecca Peterson (No.55/SWE)
- Patricia Maria Tig (No.56/ROU)
- Jil Teichmann (No.57/SUI)
- Heather Watson (No.58/GBR)
- Katerina Siniakova (No.59/CZE)
- Shelby Rogers (No.60/USA)
- Anna Blinkova (No.61/RUS)
- Bernarda Pera (No.62/USA)
- Jessica Pegula (No.63/USA)
- Alisson Van Uytvanck (No.64/BEL)
- Barbora Krejcikova (No.65/CZE)
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (No.66/ESP)
- Su Wei-Hsieh (No.67/TPE)
- Ajla Tomljanovic (No.68/AUS)
- Krystina Pliskova (No.69/CZE)
- Paula Badosa (No.70/ESP)
- Sorana Cirstea (No.71/ROU)
- Daria Kasaktina (No.72/RUS)
- Nao Hibino (No.73/JPN)
- Arantxa Rus (No.74/NED)
- Lauren Davis (No.75/USA)
- Camila Giorgi (No.76/ITA)
- Danka Kovinic (No.77/MON)
- Irina Camelia Begu (No.78/ROU)
- Vera Zvonareva (No.78/RUS) SR
- Venus Williams (No.79/USA)
- Zarina Diyas (No.80/KAZ)
- Christina McHale (No.81/USA)
- Madison Brengle (No.82/USA)
- Misaki Doi (No.83/JPN)
- Martina Trevisan (No.85/ITA)
- Katie Boultier (No.85/GBR) SR
- Kirsten Flipkens (No.86/BEL)
- Tamara Zidansek (No.87/SLO)
- Leylah Fernández (No.88/CAN)
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (No.90/BLR)
- Lin Zhu (No.91/CHI)
- Ana Bogan (No.92/CHI)
- Kaia Kanepi (No.93/EST)
- Varvars Gracheva (No.94/RUS)
- Yafan Wang (No.95/CHI)
- Jasmine Paolini (No.96/ITA)
- Viktoria Kuzmova (No.97/SVK)
- Ann Li (No.98/USA)
- Marta Kostyuk (No.99/UKR)
- Nina Stojanovic (No.100/SRB)
- Anastasia Potapova (No.101/RUS)
- Mona Barthel (No.101/GER) SR
- Andrea Petkovic (No.102/GER)
- WC Astra Sharma (No.109/AUS)
- WC Madisson Inglis (No.130/AUS)
- WC Lizette Cabrera (No.140/AUS)
- WC Daria Gavrilova (No.450/AUS)
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