2023 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Ashleigh Barty is the reigning champion, but has since retired from professional tennis. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 9 January 2023. Rank and points before are as of 16 January 2023. Withdrawn players The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. Other entry information Wild cards Sources: Protected ranking Qualifiers Withdrawals The entry list was released by Tennis Australia based on the WTA rankings for the week of 5 December 2022. – not included on entry list& – withdrew from entry list Notes References External links {{Portal bar, Tennis, Australia Women's Singles Australian Open 2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh is the feminine form of the Old English name Ashley (given name), Ashley, which means "dweller near the ash tree forest". It is most common in the United States and United Kingdom. Notable people B *Ashleigh Ball (born 1983), Canadian voice actress *Ashleigh Ball (field hockey) (born 1986), British field hockey player *Ashleigh Banfield (born 1967), Canadian-American journalist *Ashleigh Barty (born 1996), Australian tennis player *Ashleigh Baxter (born 1991), Irish rugby union footballer *Ashleigh Brazill (born 1989), Australian netball player *Ashleigh Brennan (born 1991), Australian gymnast *Ashleigh Brewer (born 1990), Australian actress *Ashleigh Brilliant (born 1933), English author *Ashleigh Buch (born 1984), American soldier *Ashleigh Buhai (born 1989), South African golfer C *Ashleigh Clare-Kearney (born 1986), American gymnast *Ashleigh Connor (1989–2011), Australian footballer *Ashleigh Cummings (born 1992), Australian actress D *Ashleigh Dallas (born 1994 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Danielle Collins
Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 7 in singles and world No. 86 in doubles. Collins has won two WTA Tour singles titles, at the 2021 Palermo Open and the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic. She reached her first major singles final at the 2022 Australian Open. Collins played collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia and won the NCAA singles title twice, 2014 and 2016, during her sophomore and senior years. She finished her career at Virginia in 2016 as the top-ranked collegiate player. Having first established herself on the WTA Tour when she reached the semifinals of the 2018 Miami Open as a qualifier, her breakthrough came at the 2019 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals, defeating world No. 2, Angelique Kerber, en route. Collins was also a quarterfinalist at the 2020 French Open in singles, and a semifinalist at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Mertens is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering Aryna Sabalenka, and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with Hsieh Su-wei. Mertens also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Zhang Shuai. She became world No. 1 for the first time in May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking across both disciplines after Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin. Mertens has won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2022 WTA Finals with Veronika Kudermetova, four at WTA 1000 level, and finished runner-up at the 2021 WTA Finals alongside Hsieh. She is also a successful singles player, and reached her first major semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open, also reaching the US Open quarterfinals in 2019 and 2020. Mertens achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in No ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marie Bouzková
Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26 on 31 October 2022. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2022 Prague Open, as well as three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. At the tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit, Bouzková has won 12 singles titles and three doubles titles. She won the 2014 US Open girls' singles title, defeating Anhelina Kalinina in the final. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2015 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where she lost in the first round to Sesil Karatantcheva. Bouzková rose to prominence following her run to the semifinals at the 2019 Rogers Cup, where she defeated Sloane Stephens, Jeļena Ostapenko, and Simona Halep before falling to Serena Williams; despite losing, she pushed the former world No. 1 to three sets, winning the first set 6–1. She won her maiden WTA tournam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Victoria Azarenka
Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former world No. 1 in singles, having claimed the top ranking for the first time on 30 January 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 in 2012 and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 51 weeks. Azarenka has won 21 WTA singles titles, including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open, becoming the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam tournament singles title. Azarenka is also a three-time major finalist at the US Open, finishing runner-up to Serena Williams in both 2012 and 2013 and to Naomi Osaka in 2020. In singles she also won six Premier Mandatory tournaments (including the Sunshine Double in 2016), four Premier 5 tournaments, and the singles bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Elise Mertens, and has reached four further major semifinals across women's and mixed doubles. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022, and has won 12 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur. Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions. She has also enjoyed success in singles, and reached her highest ranking of world No. 23 in November 2016. Zhang has won three WTA singles titles, at the Guangzhou International in 2013 and 2017, and the 2022 Lyon Open, and finished runner-up at three further tournaments. She has reached two major quarterfinals, at the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elena Rybakina
Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is the reigning champion at Wimbledon and the first Kazakhstani player to win a title at a major. She is also the first to be ranked in the world's top 15, with a career-high ranking of No. 12 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and the current Kazakhstani No. 1 player in women's singles. Rybakina has reached eight other finals on the WTA Tour, including three at the WTA 500 level, winning two titles. Rybakina had a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 3, only beginning to have significant results relatively late in her junior career at the age of 17. She reached two junior Grand Slam semifinals, and won a Grade-A title at the Trofeo Bonfiglio in 2017. Rybakina switched federations from Russia to Kazakhstan in June 2018, having just entered the top 200 for the first time a month earlier. Prior to the switch, she did not have an individual coach as a junior, and did not hire a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martina Trevisan
Martina Trevisan (; born 3 November 1993) is an Italian professional tennis player. Trevisan is the current Italian No. 1, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 24 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and in 2021 had a peak doubles ranking of world No. 138. In 2022, she won her first WTA Tour singles title at Rabat and reached her first major semifinal at the French Open. Trevisan has also won ten singles titles and two doubles titles on the developmental ITF Women's Circuit. On that circuit, she had reached a career-high ranking of 57. Playing for the Italy Billie Jean King Cup team, Trevisan has a record of 6–3 (2–2 in singles and 4–1 in doubles, as of September 2022). Career In 2009, Trevisan reached the semifinals of both the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships in girls' doubles competitions. 2020: Grand Slam debut and first major quarterfinal in singles In 2020, she made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, overcoming former Wimbledon fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Krejčíková has won one Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam singles title and nine major doubles titles, including the Grand Slam (tennis)#Super Slam, career Super Slam in doubles. She won the 2021 French Open – Women's singles, 2021 French Open singles title, the women's doubles titles at the 2018 French Open – Women's doubles, 2018 French Open, 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2018 Wimbledon Championships, 2021 French Open – Women's doubles, 2021 French Open, 2022 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2022 Australian Open, 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships and 2022 US Open – Women's doubles, 2022 US Open partnering Kateřin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 21. On 26 September 2022, she also peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings Personal life Since 1996, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister. They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia. According to the player, the Russian Tennis Federation didn't know about her existence before 2016 and she has never been good enough to cause interest from the Czech one (Czech Tennis Association or cz, Český tenisový svaz) in terms of citizenship switch. Ho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian tennis player. She also competed for Italy, from 2014 to 2018. Samsonova has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 19. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 WTA German Open – Singles, 2021 German Open, a WTA 500, WTA 500 title, and has overall won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won a total of six titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. At the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup, Samsonova led the Russia Billie Jean King Cup team, Russian team to their first triumph since 2008, winning all five of her matches in both singles and doubles. Early life Samsonova was born 11 November 1998 in the industrial city of Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Their family moved with the then-one-year-old Liudmila to Italy. Her father Dmitry, a table tennis player, was invit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997), also known as Aļona Ostapenko, is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 5 in singles, achieved on 19 March 2018, and world No. 9 in doubles, reached on 22 August 2022. Ostapenko won the 2017 French Open singles title, becoming the first player from Latvia to win a Grand Slam singles tournament and the first unseeded player to win the French Open since 1933. In addition to her singles career, she has played as a member of the Latvia Fed Cup team. She has won seven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and she also won the junior singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Personal life Ostapenko was born in Riga to former Ukrainian footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko (d. 2020) and Russian Jeļena Jakovļeva. Jevgēnijs played professional football for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia where Jeļena's grandmother lives. Jeļena has one half-br ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |