2021 Australian Open – Women's Singles
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Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 25 weeks, the first Asian player to hold the ...
defeated Jennifer Brady in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the
2021 Australian Open The 2021 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, on 8–21 February 2021. It was the 109th edition of the Australian Open, the 53rd in the Open Era, and the first Major tournament of the year. It w ...
. It was her second
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title and fourth
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title overall. With the win, Osaka extended her winning streak to 21 matches, dating to the 2020 Cincinnati Open. She saved two match points en route to the title, in the fourth round against
Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Asso ...
. Osaka became the third player in the
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, after
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and
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, to win their first four major finals.
Sofia Kenin } Sofia Anna "Sonya" Kenin (born November 14, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 26 in doubles. Kenin was named the ...
was the defending champion, but lost to
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in the second round.
Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...
became the first player to win a match at a major after turning 40 since
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at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to win a major main draw match.
Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Su-wei (; ; born 4 January 1986) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in Doubles tennis, doubles with nine Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, she is rega ...
became the first Taiwanese woman to make a major singles quarterfinal. At 35 years of age, Hsieh also became the oldest player to make her quarterfinal debut.
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equaled
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's all-time record of 54 major quarterfinals at this tournament; she then lost to Osaka in the semifinals. This was the seven-time champion's final appearance at the event, as Williams announced her retirement from professional tennis the following year.


Seeds

Seeding per WTA rankings.


Draw


Finals


Top half


Section 1


Section 2


Section 3


Section 4


Bottom half


Section 5


Section 6


Section 7


Section 8


Other entry information


Wild cards


Protected ranking


Qualifiers


Lucky losers


Potential lucky losers


Withdrawals

– not included on entry list
& – withdrew from entry list


Championship match statistics


See also

* 2021 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries *
2021 WTA Tour The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the In ...
*
International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. there are 211 nat ...


Explanatory notes


References


External links


Draw information
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