2023_Australian_Open_–_Women's_singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2023 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Aryna Sabalenka
Runner-up	Elena Rybakina
Score	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	32
Events

2023 Australian Open – Women's singles

2023 tennis event results

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open. It was her first major singles title.^[1] Sabalenka dropped just one set during the tournament, to Rybakina in the championship match. Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani player to progress past the fourth round, and the first player since Jennifer Capriati in 2001 to defeat three consecutive major champions in a single edition of the Australian Open.^[2] By reaching the final, Rybakina made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings making her the first player representing Kazakhstan, male or female, ever to reach this milestone.^[3]

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Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion,^[4] but she retired from professional tennis in March 2022.^[5] Barty's retirement and Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka’s absences (both due to pregnancy) meant that Victoria Azarenka and Sofia Kenin were the only former champions left in the draw. They met in the first round, with Azarenka winning in straight sets.^[6]

Jeļena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.^[7]

This tournament marked the final professional major appearance of former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Garbiñe Muguruza. She lost in the first round to Elise Mertens.

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[RUSBLR-9] On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]

[13] Venus Williams was originally chosen to participate as a Wild Card, but she withdrew due to injury sustained in Auckland.^[10] She was replaced by Kimberly Birrell, the next highest ranked Australian player outside of the entry list after Priscilla Hon declined to take the spot.^[11]

[15] Caty McNally was the original winner for the US Wildcard Playoff Challenge. However, she got a direct entry at the tournament. The first runner-up, Madison Brengle, also got a direct entry. Therefore, the wild card was given to the second runner-up, Taylor Townsend.^[12]

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Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

22	Elena Rybakina	6	6

17	Jeļena Ostapenko	2	4
				22	Elena Rybakina	7⁷	6

				24	Victoria Azarenka	6⁴	3
3	Jessica Pegula	4	1

24	Victoria Azarenka	6	6
								22	Elena Rybakina	6	3	4

								5	Aryna Sabalenka	4	6	6
30	Karolína Plíšková	3	5

	Magda Linette	6	7
					Magda Linette	6¹	2

				5	Aryna Sabalenka	7⁷	6
5	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

	Donna Vekić	3	2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	I Świątek	6	7
	J Niemeier	4	5		1	I Świątek	6	6
	P Udvardy	4	1			C Osorio	2	3
	C Osorio	6	6							1	I Świątek	6	6
Q	C Bucșa	2	6	6						Q	C Bucșa	0	1
Q	E Lys	6	0	2	Q	C Bucșa	2	7⁹	6
	B Andreescu	6	6			B Andreescu	6	6⁷	4
25	M Bouzková	2	4												1	I Świątek	4	4
22	E Rybakina	7	6												22	E Rybakina	6	6
	E Cocciaretto	5	3		22	E Rybakina	6	6
	K Juvan	7	6			K Juvan	2	1
Q	S Janicijevic	5	1							22	E Rybakina	6	5	6
Q	L Tsurenko	2	1							13	D Collins	2	7	2
PR	K Muchová	6	6		PR	K Muchová	7⁷	2	6⁶
	A Kalinskaya	5	7	4	13	D Collins	6¹	6	7¹⁰
13	D Collins	7	5	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

LL	L Pigossi	5	1
	C McNally	7	6			C McNally	1	6⁴
	K Rakhimova	5	7¹⁰	1		K Baindl	6	7⁷
	K Baindl	7	6⁸	6							K Baindl	3	0
	A Bondár	6	2	6						17	J Ostapenko	6	6
	A Bogdan	2	6	3		A Bondár	6⁵	7	0
	D Yastremska	4	2		17	J Ostapenko	7⁷	5	6
17	J Ostapenko	6	6											17	J Ostapenko	7	6
29	Q Zheng	6	6											7	C Gauff	5	3
	D Gálfi	0	2		29	Q Zheng	4	4
	B Pera	2	6	6		B Pera	6	6
WC	M Uchijima	6	3	1							B Pera	3	2
	E Raducanu	6	6							7	C Gauff	6	6
	T Korpatsch	3	2			E Raducanu	3	6⁴
	K Siniaková	1	4		7	C Gauff	6	7⁷
7	C Gauff	6	6

First round				Second round				Third round				Fourth round

3	J Pegula	6	6
PR	J Cristian	0	1	3	J Pegula	6	7⁷
Q	B Fruhvirtová	5	2		A Sasnovich	2	6⁵
	A Sasnovich	7	6					3	J Pegula	6	6
Q	P Kudermetova	5	1						M Kostyuk	0	2
WC	O Gadecki	7	6	WC	O Gadecki	2	1
	M Kostyuk	6	6		M Kostyuk	6	6
28	A Anisimova	3	4									3	J Pegula	7	6
20	B Krejčíková	6	6									20	B Krejčíková	5	2
Q	S Bejlek	3	1	20	B Krejčíková	6	6
WC	T Gibson	3	4	Q	C Burel	4	1
Q	C Burel	6	6					20	B Krejčíková	6	6
Q	C Vandeweghe	3	1						A Kalinina	2	3
	A Kalinina	6	6		A Kalinina	7	6
	A Van Uytvanck	6³	2	15	P Kvitová	5	4
15	P Kvitová	7⁷	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

10	M Keys	6	3	6
	A Blinkova	4	6	2	10	M Keys	6	6
	Xin Wang	7⁷	6			Xin Wang	3	2
WC	S Hunter	6²	4							10	M Keys	6	2	1
LL	L Jeanjean	0	3							24	V Azarenka	1	6	6
PR	N Podoroska	6	6		PR	N Podoroska	1	0
PR	S Kenin	4	6³		24	V Azarenka	6	6
24	V Azarenka	6	7⁷												24	V Azarenka	4	6	6
32	J Teichmann	7	6													L Zhu	6	1	4
	H Dart	5	1		32	J Teichmann	2	2
	L Zhu	6	6			L Zhu	6	6
	R Marino	2	4								L Zhu	7⁷	1	6
PR	K Kučová	6⁶	5							6	M Sakkari	6³	6	4
Q	D Shnaider	7⁸	7		Q	D Shnaider	6	5	3
	Y Yuan	1	4		6	M Sakkari	3	7	6
6	M Sakkari	6	6

2023_Australian_Open_–_Women's_singles

2023 Australian Open – Women's singles

Seeds

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

Seeded players

Withdrawn players

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

See also

Notes

References

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Category	Sabalenka	Rybakina
1st serve %	70/108 (65%)	62/105 (59%)
1st serve points won	50 of 70 = 71%	44 of 62 = 71%
2nd serve points won	18 of 38 = 47%	19 of 43 = 44%
Total service points won	68 of 108 = 62.96%	63 of 105 = 60.00%
Aces	17	9
Double faults	7	1
Winners	51	31
Unforced errors	28	25
Net points won	7 of 8 = 88%	9 of 12 = 75%
Break points converted	3 of 13 = 23%	2 of 7 = 29%
Return points won	42 of 105 = 40%	40 of 108 = 37%
Total points won	110	103
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Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	11,025	780	240	10,485	Fourth round lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
2	2	Ons Jabeur	5,140	0	70	5,210	Second round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [PR]
3	3	Jessica Pegula	5,000	430	430	5,000	Quarterfinals lost to ^{[lower-alpha 1]}Victoria Azarenka [24]
4	4	Caroline Garcia	4,415	10	240	4,645	Fourth round lost to Magda Linette
5	5	^{[lower-alpha 1]}Aryna Sabalenka	4,340	240	2,000	6,100	Champion, defeated Elena Rybakina [22]
6	6	Maria Sakkari	3,921	240	130	3,811	Third round lost to Zhu Lin
7	7	Coco Gauff	3,762	10	240	3,992	Fourth round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [17]
8	8	^{[lower-alpha 1]}Daria Kasatkina	3,500	130	10	3,380	First round lost to ^{[lower-alpha 1]}Varvara Gracheva
9	9	^{[lower-alpha 1]}Veronika Kudermetova	2,800	130	70	2,740	Second round lost to Katie Volynets [Q]
10	13	Madison Keys	2,318	780	130	1,668	Third round lost to ^{[lower-alpha 1]}Victoria Azarenka [24]
11	16	~~Paula Badosa~~	2,102	240	0	1,862	Withdrew due to right abductor injury
12	10	Belinda Bencic	2,735	70	240	2,905	Fourth round lost to ^{[lower-alpha 1]}Aryna Sabalenka [5]
13	11	Danielle Collins	2,388	1,300	130	1,218	Third round lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
14	14	Beatriz Haddad Maia	2,255	70	10	2,195	First round lost to Nuria Párrizas Díaz
15	15	Petra Kvitová	2,221	10	70	2,281	Second round lost to Anhelina Kalinina
16	19	Anett Kontaveit	1,909	70	70	1,909	Second round lost to Magda Linette
17	17	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,040	130	430	2,340	Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
18	20	^{[lower-alpha 1]}Liudmila Samsonova	1,905	70	70	1,905	Second round lost to Donna Vekić
19	18	^{[lower-alpha 1]}Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,910	10	130	2,030	Third round lost to Magda Linette
20	23	Barbora Krejčíková	1,600	430	240	1,410	Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula [3]
21	21	Martina Trevisan	1,672	110	10	1,572	First round lost to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová [Q]
22	25	Elena Rybakina	1,585	70	1,300	2,815	Runner-up, lost to ^{[lower-alpha 1]}Aryna Sabalenka [5]
23	22	Zhang Shuai	1,600	130	240	1,710	Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková [30]
24	24	^{[lower-alpha 1]}Victoria Azarenka	1,598	240	780	2,138	Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina [22]
25	26	Marie Bouzková	1,581	70	10	1,521	First round lost to Bianca Andreescu
26	32	Elise Mertens	1,449	240	130	1,339	Third round lost to ^{[lower-alpha 1]}Aryna Sabalenka [5]
27	30	Irina-Camelia Begu	1,472	70	70	1,472	Second round lost to Laura Siegemund [PR]
28	27	Amanda Anisimova	1,535	240	10	1,305	First round lost to Marta Kostyuk
29	28	Zheng Qinwen	1,534	110+80	70+1	1,415	Second round lost to Bernarda Pera
30	31	Karolína Plíšková	1,450	0	430	1,880	Quarterfinals lost to Magda Linette
31	29	Kaia Kanepi	1,472	430	10	1,052	First round lost to Kimberly Birrell [WC]
32	33	Jil Teichmann	1,429	70	70	1,429	Second round lost to Zhu Lin

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

8	D Kasatkina	1	1
	V Gracheva	6	6			V Gracheva	6	6
Q	L Stefanini	3	7	6	Q	L Stefanini	3	1
	T Maria	6	5	4							V Gracheva	4	2
	S Cîrstea	6	4	3						30	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	Y Putintseva	2	6	6		Y Putintseva	0	5
	Xiy Wang	1	3		30	Ka Plíšková	6	7
30	Ka Plíšková	6	6											30	Ka Plíšková	6	6
23	S Zhang	6	4	6										23	S Zhang	0	4
PR	PM Țig	1	6	0	23	S Zhang	6	6
	P Martić	6	6			P Martić	3	3
	V Golubic	3	4							23	S Zhang	6	6
Q	K Volynets	6	6							Q	K Volynets	3	2
PR	E Rodina	3	2		Q	K Volynets	6	2	6
	M Zanevska	2	6⁴		9	V Kudermetova	4	6	2
9	V Kudermetova	6	7⁷