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Seeds

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

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 9 January 2023. Rankings 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Withdrawn players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

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

The entry list was released by

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based on the WTA rankings for the week of 5 December 2022. † – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

Notes

References

External links

2023 Australian Open Women's Singles draw

2023 Australian Open – Women's draws and results
at the

Women's Singles

Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles {{DEFAULTSORT:2023 Australian Open - Women's singles