'24 ATP WTA AO Grand Slam 1/14 - 1/28

[JTContinental]

Kvitova announced yesterday that she is expecting her first child, but it's unclear if she is still planning to play the AO

[meganfernandez]

Kvitova announced yesterday that she is expecting her first child, but it's unclear if she is still planning to play the AO

Guessing no, meaning Raducanu is only two spots out of the main draw, I think. She hasn't gotten a WC yet, so she would have to play qualifying if two more players don't withdraw.

[meganfernandez]

Same but SP pick, not my favorite.

[Fastbackss]

Kvitova announced yesterday that she is expecting her first child, but it's unclear if she is still planning to play the AO

Guessing no, meaning Raducanu is only two spots out of the main draw, I think. She hasn't gotten a WC yet, so she would have to play qualifying if two more players don't withdraw.

Petra is out, as per entry list

[Suliso]

Nice for Petra

[JTContinental]

Begu and McNally are out--Raducanu is currently 1 withdrawal away

[JTContinental]

Lauren Davis is out--Raducanu is in

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

UPDATED WTA Entry List

Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam
Date: 1/15/2024 Original Cut Off: 99 Ranking Date: 12/4/2023
Draw Size: 128 Direct Acceptances: 104 Wild Cards: 8 Qualifiers: 16 Special Exempts: 0

Main Draw Singles
1 Swiatek, Iga (POL)
2 Sabalenka, Aryna (BLR)
3 Gauff, Coco (USA)
4 Rybakina, Elena (KAZ)
5 Pegula, Jessica (USA)
6 Jabeur, Ons (TUN)
7 Vondrousova, Marketa (CZE)
8 Muchova, Karolina (CZE)
9 Sakkari, Maria (GRE)
10 Krejcikova, Barbora (CZE)
11 Haddad Maia, Beatriz (BRA)
12 Keys, Madison (USA)
13 Ostapenko, Jelena (LAT)
14 Kvitova, Petra (CZE)
14 Brady, Jennifer (USA) SR
15 Zheng, Qinwen (CHN)
16 Samsonova, Liudmila (RUS)
18 Kasatkina, Daria (RUS)
19 Kudermetova, Veronika (RUS)
20 Garcia, Caroline (FRA)
21 Alexandrova, Ekaterina (RUS)
22 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)
23 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
24 Linette, Magda (POL)
25 Svitolina, Elina (UKR)
26 Cirstea, Sorana (ROU)
27 Kalinina, Anhelina (UKR)
28 Potapova, Anastasia (RUS)
29 Mertens, Elise (BEL)
30 Paolini, Jasmine (ITA)
31 Tsurenko, Lesia (UKR)
31 Kerber, Angelique (GER) SR
32 Navarro, Emma (USA)
33 Kenin, Sofia (USA)
33 Tomljanovic, Ajla (AUS) SR
34 Bouzkova, Marie (CZE)
35 Fernandez, Leylah (CAN)
36 Wang, Xinyu (CHN)
37 Zhu, Lin (CHN)
38 Pliskova, Karolina (CZE)
39 Kostyuk, Marta (UKR)
40 Martic, Petra (CRO)
41 Noskova, Linda (CZE)
42 Trevisan, Martina (ITA)
43 Gracheva, Varvara (RUS)
44 Dolehide, Caroline (USA)
45 Siniakova, Katerina (CZE)
46 Stephens, Sloane (USA)
46 Osaka, Naomi (JPN) SR
47 Sorribes Tormo, Sara (ESP)
48 Cocciaretto, Elisabetta (ITA)
49 Stearns, Peyton (USA)
50 Blinkova, Anna (RUS)
51 Rus, Arantxa (NED)
51 Rogers, Shelby (USA) SR
52 Collins, Danielle (USA)
53 Giorgi, Camila (ITA)
54 Maria, Tatjana (GER)
55 Boulter, Katie (GBR)
56 Andreeva, Mirra (RUS)
57 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (RUS)
58 Sherif, Mayar (EGY)
59 Minnen, Greet (BEL)
60 Burel, Clara (FRA)
61 Bronzetti, Lucia (ITA)
61 Anisimova, Amanda (USA) SR
62 Parks, Alycia (USA)
63 Frech, Magdalena (POL)
64 Masarova, Rebeka (ESP)
65 Badosa, Paula (ESP)
66 Bogdan, Ana (ROU)
67 Pera, Bernarda (USA)
68 Putintseva, Yulia (KAZ)
69 Podoroska, Nadia (ARG)
70 Davis, Lauren (USA)
71 Wang, Xiyu (CHN)
71 McNally, Caty (USA) SR
72 Wickmayer, Yanina (BEL)
73 Schmiedlova, Anna Karolina (SVK)
74 Avanesyan, Elina (RUS)
75 Begu, Irina-Camelia (ROU)
76 Kalinskaya, Anna (RUS)
77 Yuan, Yue (CHN)
78 Osorio, Camila (COL)
79 Tomova, Viktoriya (BUL)
80 Townsend, Taylor (USA)
81 Krueger, Ashlyn (USA)
82 Tauson, Clara (DEN)
83 Korpatsch, Tamara (GER)
84 Golubic, Viktorija (SUI)
85 Bai, Zhuoxuan (CHN)
86 Siegemund, Laura (GER)
87 Bektas, Emina (USA)
88 Shnaider, Diana (RUS)
89 Kay, Kayla (USA)
90 Bucsa, Cristina (ESP)
91 Cristian, Jaqueline (ROU)
92 Sasnovich, Aliaksandra (BLR)
93 Fruhvirtova, Linda (CZE)
94 Parry, Diane (FRA)
95 Hibino, Nao (JPN)
97 Dodin, Oceane (FRA)
98 Burrage, Jodie (GBR)
99 Liu, Claire (USA)

Alternates

99 Krunic, Aleksandra (SRB) SR
100 Rakhimova, Kamilla (RUS)
101 Wang, Yafan (CHN)
102 Grabher, Julia (AUT)
103 Zidansek, Tamara (SLO)
103 Raducanu, Emma (GBR) SR (Into MD)
104 Errani, Sara (ITA)

[ti-amie]

I believe Errani is next in.

[ti-amie]

[ashkor87]

that is really sad.. she deseves one.. especially making a come-back at this age..

[ashkor87]

time to put an end to this corrupt pracice of slams exchanging wild cards.. not fair to countries who are not wealthy enough to have one - even though they have great players, like Spain, Czech.. etc

[JTContinental]

Rodionova is almost 100 years old, is really Russian, hasn't played at the AO since 2012, and according to Wikipedia and the WTA website, retired in August 2023. Tennis Australia always gives their home country wildcards to younger talent, so that just looks like Ben looking to create controversy again when there isn't any.

[meganfernandez]

Rodionova is almost 100 years old, is really Russian, hasn't played at the AO since 2012, and according to Wikipedia and the WTA website, retired in August 2023. Tennis Australia always gives their home country wildcards to younger talent, so that just looks like Ben looking to create controversy again when there isn't any.

But why would Daria Saville be more deserving? Rodionova is in the top 100 and Saville is #176 - and 29. Not young.