Australian Open: Women's singles draw as Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng target title
Aryna Sabalenka completed a ruthless defence of her Australian Open title by beating first-timer Zheng Qinwen in the final; British hopes ended in third round with Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter knocked out
Saturday 27 January 2024 11:05, UK
The full draw for the 2024 Australian Open women's singles tournament in Melbourne.
Women's singles draw (seedings in brackets, British players in bold)
Final
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2) bt Qinwen Zheng (Chi) (12) 6-3 6-2
Semi-finals
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2) bt Coco Gauff (USA) (4) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
Qinwen Zheng (Chi) (12)bt Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) 6-4 6-4
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Quarter-Finals
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Linda Noskova (Cze) 6-3 6-4
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (12) bt Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-1
Coco Gauff (USA) (4) bt Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (3-7) 6-2
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2) bt Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) (9) 6-2 6-3
Fourth Round
Top half
Linda Noskova (Cze) bt Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (19) 3-0 ret
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (18) 7-6 (7-6) 6-4
Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) bt Jasmine Paolini (Ita) (26) 6-4 6-2
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (12) bt Oceane Dodin (Fra) 6-0 6-3
Bottom half
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt Maria Timofeeva (Rus) 6-2 6-1
Coco Gauff (USA) (4) bt Magdalena Frech (Pol) 6-1 6-2
Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) (9) bt Mirra Andreeva (Rus) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-3 6-2
Third Round
Top half
Linda Noskova (Cze) bt Iga Swiatek (Pol) (1) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (19) bt Viktorija Golubic (Swi) 6-2 6-3
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (18) bt Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) (11) 6-1 7-5
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Emma Navarro (USA) (27) 6-2 2-6 6-1
Jasmine Paolini (Ita) (26) bt Anna Blinkova (Rus) 7-6 (7-1) 6-4
Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-7 (8-10) 6-1 6-4
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (12) bt Yafan Wang (Chn) 6-4 2-6 7-6 (10-8)
Oceane Dodin (Fra) bt Clara Burel (Fra) 6-2 6-4
Bottom half
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt Elina Avanesyan (Rus) 2-6 6-4 6-4
Maria Timofeeva (Rus) bt Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) (10) 7-6 (9-7) 6-3
Magdalena Frech (Pol) bt Anastasia Zakharova (Rus) 4-6 7-5 6-4
Coco Gauff (USA) (4) bt Alycia Parks (USA) 6-0 6-2
Mirra Andreeva (Rus) bt Diane Parry (Fra) 1-6 6-1 7-6 (10-5)
Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) (9) bt Storm Hunter (Aus) 4-6 7-5 6-3
Amanda Anisimova (USA) bt Paula Badosa (Spa) 7-5 6-4
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2) bt Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) (28) 6-0 6-0
Second Round
Top half
Iga Swiatek (Pol) (1) bt Danielle Collins (USA) 6-4 3-6 6-4
Linda Noskova (Cze) bt McCartney Kessler (USA) 6-3 1-6 6-4
Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (19) bt Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) 6-1 6-3
Viktorija Golubic (Swi) bt Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) (11) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) 6-0 3-6 6-4
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (18) bt Clara Tauson (Den) 6-4 3-6 6-2
Emma Navarro (USA) (27) bt Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Varvara Gracheva (Fra) 6-3 6-2
Anna Blinkova (Rus) bt Elena Rybakina (Kaz) (3) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (22-20)
Jasmine Paolini (Ita) (26) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-2 6-3
Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) bt Arantxa Rus (Ned) 6-1 7-5
Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Daria Kasatkina (Rus) (14) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (12) bt Katie Boulter (Gbr) 6-3 6-3
Yafan Wang (Chn) bt Emma Raducanu (Gbr) 6-4 4-6 6-4
Oceane Dodin (Fra) bt Martina Trevisan (Ita) 6-4 6-4
Clara Burel (Fra) bt Jessica Pegula (USA) (5) 6-4 6-2
Bottom Half
Elina Avanesyan (Rus) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) (8) 6-4 6-4
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt Elise Mertens (Bel) (25) 5-7 6-1 7-6 (8-6)
Maria Timofeeva (Rus) bt Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 1-6 6-4 6-1
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) (10) bt Alina Korneeva (Rus) 6-1 6-2
Magdalena Frech (Pol) bt Caroline Garcia (Fra) (16) 6-4 7-6 (7-2)
Anastasia Zakharova (Rus) bt Kaja Juvan (Slo) 6-1 6-1
Alycia Parks (USA) bt Leylah Fernandez (Can) (32) 7-5 6-4
Coco Gauff (USA) (4) bt Caroline Dolehide (USA) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
Mirra Andreeva (Rus) bt Ons Jabeur (Tun) (6) 6-0 6-2
Diane Parry (Fra) bt Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus) 7-5 6-2
Storm Hunter (Aus) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) (17) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) (9) bt Tamara Korpatsch (Ger) 6-2 6-2
Amanda Anisimova (USA) bt Nadia Podoroska (Arg) 6-2 6-3
Paula Badosa (Spa) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-2 6-3
Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) (28) bt Rebeka Masarova (Spa) 6-3 6-4
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2) bt Brenda Fruhvirtova (Cze) 6-3 6-2
First Round
Top half
Iga Swiatek (Pol) (1) bt Sofia Kenin (USA) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
Danielle Collins (USA) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger) 6-2 3-6 6-1
McCartney Kessler (USA) bt Fiona Ferro (Fra) 3-6 6-3 6-2
Linda Noskova (Cze) bt Marie Bouzkova (Cze) (31) 6-1 7-5
Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (19) bt Taylah Preston (Aus) 6-2 6-2
Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) bt Kayla Day (USA) 6-4 6-2
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Jaqueline Cristian (Rom) 6-2 7-5
Viktorija Golubic (Swi) bt Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) (15) 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 6-1
Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) (11) bt Kimberly Birrell (Aus) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1
Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) bt Petra Martic (Cro) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-4
Clara Tauson (Den) bt Greet Minnen (Bel) 7-5 7-5
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (18) bt Camila Giorgi (Ita) 6-1 4-6 6-3
Emma Navarro (USA) (27) bt Xiyu Wang (Chn) 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 7-5
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita) bt Lulu Sun (Sui) 6-1 7-5
Varvara Gracheva (Fra) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 6-3 6-4
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) (7) 6-1 6-2
Elena Rybakina (Kaz) (3) vs Karolina Pliskova (Cze)
Anna Blinkova (Rus) bt Cristina Bucsa (Spa) 6-2 6-4
Tatjana Maria (Ger) bt Camila Osorio (Col) 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-4
Jasmine Paolini (Ita) (26) bt Diana Shnaider (Rus) 6-3 6-4
Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt Anhelina Kalinina (Ukr) (24) 6-1 6-0
Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) bt Katie Volynets (USA) 6-3 3-6 6-2
Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Olivia Gadecki (Aus) 6-3 6-1
Daria Kasatkina (Rus) (14) bt Peyton Stearns (USA) 6-2 3-6 6-2
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (12) bt Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 3-6 6-2 6-3
Katie Boulter (Gbr) bt Yue Yuan (Chn) 7-5 7-6 (7-1)
Emma Raducanu (Gbr) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-3 6-2
Yafan Wang (Chn) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) (22) 0-6 7-5 6-2
Oceane Dodin (Fra) bt Lin Zhu (Chn) (29) 6-4 6-3
Martina Trevisan (Ita) bt Renata Zarazua (Mex) 4-6 6-4 6-2
Clara Burel (Fra) bt Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 6-4 6-1
Jessica Pegula (USA) (5) bt Rebecca Marino (Can) 6-2 6-4
Bottom Half
Maria Sakkari (Gre) (8) bt Nao Hibino (Jpn) 6-4 6-1
Elina Avanesyan (Rus) bt Zhuoxuan Bai (Chi) 4-6 7-5 6-2
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt Claire Liu (USA) 6-3 4-6 6-1
Elise Mertens (Bel) (25) bt Mayar Sherif (Egy) 6-2 2-0 ret.
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Magda Linette (Pol) (20) 6-2 2-0 ret
Maria Timofeeva (Rus) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-2 6-4
Alina Korneeva (Rus) bt Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) (10) bt Linda Fruhvirtova (Cze) 6-2 3-6 6-2
Caroline Garcia (Fra) (16) bt Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 6-4 7-6 (7-2)
Magdalena Frech (Pol) bt Daria Saville (Aus) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-5
Anastasia Zakharova (Rus) bt Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 2-6 6-0 6-3
Kaja Juvan (Slo) bt Anastasia Potapova (Rus) (23) 6-1 6-4
Leylah Fernandez (Can) (32) bt Sara Bejlek (Cze) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
Alycia Parks (USA) bt Daria Snigur (Ukr) 2-6 6-2 6-4
Caroline Dolehide (USA) bt Leolia Jeanjean (Fra) 6-2 6-4
Coco Gauff (USA) (4) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 6-3 6-0
Ons Jabeur (Tun) (6) bt Yulia Starodubtsewa (Ukr) 6-3 6-1
Mirra Andreeva (Rus) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 7-5 6-2
Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus) bt Emina Bektas (USA) 6-4 6-4
Diane Parry (Fra) bt Xin Yu Wang (Chn) (30) 6-3 2-6 6-3
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) (17) bt Laura Siegemund (Ger) 6-2 3-6 7-6 (11-9)
Storm Hunter (Aus) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-4 6-3
Tamara Korpatsch (Ger) bt Jodie Burrage (Gbr) 2-6 6-3 6-0
Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) (9) bt Mai Hontama (Jpn) 2-6 6-4 6-3
Amanda Anisimova (USA) bt Laura Samsonova (Cze) (13) 6-3 6-4
Nadia Podoroska (Arg) bt Tamara Zidansek (Slo) 6-1 6-0
Paula Badosa (Spa) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-1 6-3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) (21) 6-4 6-4
Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) (28) bt Lucia Bronzetti (Ita) 3-6 7-5 6-3
Rebeka Masarova (Spa) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) 6-3 6-4
Brenda Fruhvirtova (Cze) bt Ana Bogdan (Rom) 2-6 6-4 6-3
Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2) bt Ella Seidel (Ger) 6-0 6-1
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