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2024 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The 2024 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying is a series of tennis matches that took place from 9 to 12 January 2024 (was originally to start on 8 January, however, it was rescheduled due to rain on the first day) to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the women's singles tournament, and, if necessary, the lucky losers. 2021 Australian Open quarterfinalist Hsieh Su-wei played her last professional singles match, losing in the first round of qualifying to Anna Bondár. Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier Thirteenth qualifier Fourteenth qualifier Fifteenth qualifier Sixteenth qualifier References External links Qualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Open - Women's Singles Qualifying, 2024 Women's Singles Qualifying 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. It was her second Australian Open title and second major singles title overall. Sabalenka did not lose a set during the tournament, and lost only 31 games in total. She was the first player to defend the title since Victoria Azarenka in 2013. Dayana Yastremska was the first qualifier to reach the Australian Open semifinals since Christine Matison in 1978, and the third Ukrainian (male or female) to reach a major semifinal, after Elina Svitolina and Andrei Medvedev. Zheng became the second Chinese to reach a major singles final, after Li Na, and the second player in the Open Era to beat six unseeded players en route to the final after Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1995, and the third player to do so at any major (after Sánchez Vicario and Martina Hingis at 1996 and 1997 Wimbledon, respectively, with the 16-seeds draw still in p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Stefanini
Lucrezia Stefanini (born 15 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. Stefanini has career-high WTA rankings of 99 in singles and 393 in doubles. She has won ten singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She was finalist for Italy in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup. Career 2021–2022: WTA Tour debut and top 150 Stefanini made her WTA Tour debut at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Women's Tennis Open, 2021 Abu Dhabi Open, qualifying for the main draw by defeating Irina Fetecău in the final qualifying round. 2023–2024: Major debut and first win, top 100 Stefanini made her major debut at the 2023 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2023 Australian Open. She recorded her first win at this level, defeating Tatjana Maria in three sets, before losing to Varvara Gracheva in the second round. She received wildcards into the main draw at her home tournament, the WTA 1000 Italian Open (tennis), Italian Open in Rome in 2023 Italian Open – Women's singles, 2023, losing in the first roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktória Hrunčáková
Viktória Hrunčáková (née Kužmová; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hrunčáková has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour and 25 titles (17 in singles, 8 in doubles) on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. She also ended runner-up at the WTA Premier tournaments, Premier-level 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles, 2019 St. Petersburg Trophy and at the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic in doubles, along with Anna Kalinskaya. With the Slovakia team, she contributed to achieve for the first time the final for her country at 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, losing only in the final to Italian Lucia Bronzetti. As a junior, she won the 2015 US Open – Girls' doubles, girls' doubles event at the 2015 US Open (tennis), 2015 US Open alongside Aleksandra Pospelova, defeating Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2016 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Henri Kontinen, making her the first British woman to win a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Women's Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA tournament singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. In her junior career, Watson won the 2009 US Open – Girls' singles, US Open and a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She reached No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit. Early life and junior career Heather Watson was born in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey to Michelle and Ian Watson. Her mother is from Papua New Guine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Lys
Eva Lys (; born 12 January 2002) is a German professional tennis player. Lys reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59 on 19 May 2025. Personal life She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Germany at the age of 2. Her father Vladimir is a former tennis player who was a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team, and currently is a coach in Hamburg. Lys' older sister Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player. She went to school at the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg in Hamburg, from where Marvin Möller and Carina Witthöft also graduated. She still has family in Ukraine, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine she criticized some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour. Career 2020: Junior major debut As a junior she participated in the Australian Open Juniors, winning in the qualifiers but losing in the main draw first round to Melania Delai. 2021: WTA Tour doubles debut Lys made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Hamburg European Open when she received a wildcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Riera
Julia Riera (born 29 May 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. Riera has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA of No. 93, achieved on 20 May 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 179 which she reached December 2023. She has won one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour as well as seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Riera competes for Argentina Billie Jean King Cup team, Argentina in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win/loss record of 14–4. Career 2022 In April 2022, Riera participated in the Billie Jean King Cup in Salinas, Ecuador, teaming up with Jazmin Ortenzi to be defeated by Brazilian players Carolina Alves (tennis), Carolina Alves and Beatriz Haddad Maia in a match lasting over three hours. 2023: WTA Tour debut, first semifinal Riera made her WTA Tour debut at the 2023 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles, Moroc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daria Snigur
Daria Serhiivna Snigur (; born 27 March 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 105 in singles, achieved on 14 November 2022. Snigur has won seven singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, Snigur reached a career-high ranking of No. 2, achieved on 28 October 2019, after reaching the final of the ITF Junior Finals. On 12 July 2019, Snigur became the second Ukrainian junior champion at Wimbledon after Kateryna Volodko. After reaching her first Grand Slam tournament junior singles final, she defeated Alexa Noel, in straight sets. 2022: Professional debut & first top 10 win Snigur made her WTA Tour debut on grass courts at the Nottingham Open as a qualifier, losing to sixth seed Alison Riske in the first round. She also made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut as a qualifier at the US Open. In the first round, she defeated world No. 1 and seventh seed, Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessika Ponchet
Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 104 in singles, achieved on 9 September 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached on 28 November 2022. Career Ponchet did not play any ITF Junior Circuit tournaments, plunging straight into the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14. 2011–2013 Ponchet played the singles events of four tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2011 ITF Circuit, starting with a $100k tournament held in early July in the French city of Biarritz. She played a total of 11 and 18 ITF tournaments in 2012 and 2013, respectively. 2014–2016 Ponchet played a total of 17 tournaments on the ITF Circuit in 2014. She suffered a major setback when torn knee ligaments forced her to miss tournaments in the first eight months of 2015. She played the singles events of seven tournaments and one doubles event on the 2015 ITF Circuit. In 2016, Ponchet played a total of 22 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sára Bejlek
Sára Bejlek (born 31 January 2006) is a Czech tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 114 in singles, achieved on 6 May 2024, and No. 671 in doubles, set on 1 August 2022. Bejlek has won two singles titles on WTA 125 tour. Junior Grand Slam performance Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: SF (2022) * Wimbledon: 2R (2021) * US Open: – Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: W (2022) * Wimbledon: 2R (2021) * US Open: – Bejlek won the 2022 French Open 2022 French Open - Girls' doubles, girl's doubles event, partnering with Lucie Havlíčková. In addition, she reached the semifinals in singles. Professional career 2021: First ITF Circuit title & top 500 In July, she won her first and up to date biggest title at the $60k 2021 ITS Cup – Singles, ITS Cup in Olomouc, Czech Republic, by double bagelling Paula Ormaechea in the final. As a result, after making her WTA rankings debut, she improved her rank by 557 positions to No. 447 in jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Šramková
Rebecca Šramková (; born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 36, achieved on 31 March 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 209, reached on 9 June 2025. She has won one WTA Tour singles title in 2024 Thailand Open 2, Hua Hin, Thailand. On the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit, she has won 13 singles titles and four doubles titles. At the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup, playing for the Slovakia national team, she contributed to her country reaching the final for the first time. Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, Šramková achieved her highest ranking of 200 on 14 July 2014. She won one title in doubles and none in singles. 2012–2014: Professional debut Her debut in the main competitions of the ITF Circuit was in May 2012, when she advanced from qualifying at the $10k tournament in Velenje, Slovenia. In the second round, she lost to Slovenian Anja Prislan. She won the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jil Teichmann
Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 21 in singles and No. 73 in doubles. She is the current No. 3 Swiss player. Teichmann has won two titles in singles and two in doubles on the WTA Tour, along with one WTA 125 doubles title. In addition, she won six singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A former junior world No. 3, Teichmann won a major title in girls' doubles at the 2014 US Open. That year, she also won a gold medal for Switzerland in mixed doubles at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. Her breakthrough as a senior player came in May 2019 when she won her first WTA Tour title in Prague. In July of that year, she won another WTA tournament, after making her first top-10 win over Kiki Bertens. She continued progressing, in March 2021 reaching the semifinals of the WTA 1000 Dubai Championships. With these performances she entered the top 50. Later that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailey Baptiste
Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70 on 19 May 2025. She has won one WTA Tour and two WTA Challenger Tour doubles titles. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 92, achieved on 22 July 2024. She has also won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career Juniors On the junior tour, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 on 29 January 2018. She ended runner-up at the US Open junior doubles' tournament in 2018. 2019–2022: Major, WTA Tour, and WTA 1000 debuts Baptiste made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her hometown tournament, the 2019 Washington Open, and defeated major finalist and former top-ten player, Madison Keys. She made her major debut at the 2020 US Open as a wildcard player. She made her WTA 1000 debut at the 2021 Miami Open, after reaching the main draw having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition. On her debut at the Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
