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and

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) and her second and last major singles title. Li saved a match point en route to the title, in the third round against Lucie Šafářová, and became the first Asian champion at the Australian Open. Victoria Azarenka was the two-time defending champion and was attempting to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis in

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, but was defeated by Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals. By winning her third-round match,

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surpassed Margaret Court's record of 60 match victories at the Australian Open. She lost to Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round, ending her 25-match winning streak dating back to the 2013 US Open. Eugenie Bouchard was the first Canadian to reach a major semifinal since Carling Bassett-Seguso at the 1984 US Open. This event marked the first major main draw appearance for future world No. 4 and Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic, who lost to Li in the second round.

Seeds

''(fourth round)'' Victoria Azarenka ''(quarterfinals)''

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''(fourth round)'' Li Na (champion) Agnieszka Radwańska ''(semifinals)'' Petra Kvitová ''(first round)''

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''(first round)'' Jelena Janković ''(fourth round)'' Angelique Kerber ''(fourth round)'' Caroline Wozniacki ''(third round)'' Simona Halep ''(quarterfinals)'' Roberta Vinci ''(first round)'' Sloane Stephens ''(fourth round)'' Ana Ivanovic ''(quarterfinals)'' Sabine Lisicki ''(second round)'' Carla Suárez Navarro ''(third round)'' Samantha Stosur ''(third round)'' Kirsten Flipkens ''(second round)''

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ...

''(first round)'' Dominika Cibulková ''(final)'' Sorana Cîrstea ''(first round)'' Ekaterina Makarova ''(fourth round)'' Elena Vesnina ''(first round)''

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''(first round)'' Alizé Cornet ''(third round)'' Lucie Šafářová ''(third round)'' Jamie Hampton ''(withdrew because of a hip injury)'' Flavia Pennetta ''(quarterfinals)''

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles ...

''(third round)'' Eugenie Bouchard ''(semifinals)''

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''(third round)'' Magdaléna Rybáriková ''(second round)'' Bojana Jovanovski ''(second round)''

Qualifying

Wildcards

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics

References

;General
Women drawsheet on ausopen.com
;Specific

External links

2014 Australian Open – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Open - Women's Singles, 2014 Women's Singles

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