'25 WTA Aus Open Lists, Q-Draws & Discussion

[ti-amie]

Women's MD Singles Entry List

Seed Name Entry Ranking

1 Aryna Sabalenka 1
2 Iga Swiatek 2
3 Coco Gauff 3
4 Jasmine Paolini 4
5 Qinwen Zheng 5
6 Elena Rybakina 6
7 Jessica Pegula 7
8 Emma Navarro 8
9 Daria Kasatkina 9
10 Barbora Krejcikova 10
11 Danielle Collins 11
12 Paula Badosa 12
13 Diana Shnaider 13
14 Anna Kalinskaya 14
15 Jelena Ostapenko 15
16 Mirra Andreeva 16
17 Beatriz Haddad Maia 17
18 Marta Kostyuk 18
19 Donna Vekic 19
20 Victoria Azarenka 20
21 Madison Keys 21
22 Karolina Muchova 22
23 Elina Svitolina 23
24 Katie Boulter 24
25 Magdalena Frech 25
26 Linda Noskova 26
27 Liudmila Samsonova 27
28 Ekaterina Alexandrova 28
29 Yulia Putintseva 29
30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 30
31 Leylah Fernandez 31
32 Maria Sakkari 32
Dayana Yastremska 33
Elise Mertens 34
Anastasia Potapova 35
Amanda Anisimova 36
Xinyu Wang 37
Magda Linette 38
Marketa Vondrousova 39
Lulu Sun 40
Karolina Pliskova 41
Ons Jabeur 42
Rebecca Sramkova 43
Elina Avanesyan 44
Marie Bouzkova 45
Katerina Siniakova 46
Peyton Stearns 47
Caroline Garcia 48
Yue Yuan 49
Clara Tauson 50
Olga Danilovic 51
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 52
Diane Parry 53
Viktoriya Tomova 54
Jessika Bouzas Maneiro 55
Moyuka Uchijima 56
Anhelina Kalinina 57
Renata Zarazua 58
Emma Raducanu 59
Naomi Osaka 60
Katie Volynets 61
Camila Osorio 62
Kamilla Rakhimova 63
Yafan Wang 64
Ashlyn Krueger 65
Varvara Gracheva 66
Mccartney Kessler 67
Mayar Sherif 68
Taylor Townsend 69
Sorana Cirstea 70
Cristina Bucsa 71
Caroline Wozniacki 72
Clara Burel 73
Bernarda Pera 74
Anna Blinkova 75
Veronika Kudermetova 76
Lucia Bronzetti 77
Sloane Stephens 78
Erika Andreeva 79
Arantxa Rus 80
Caroline Dolehide 81
Irina-Camelia Begu 82
Laura Siegemund 83
Sofia Kenin 84
Sonay Kartal 85
Jaqueline Cristian 86
Tatjana Maria 87
Suzan Lamens 88
Maria Loudes Carle 89
Zeynep Sonmez 90
Julie Niemeier 91
Hailey Baptiste 92
Anna Bondar 93
Greet Minnen 94
Ann Li 95
Olivia Gadecki 96
Xiyu Wang 97
Nadia Podoroska 98
Belinda Bencic 15 (SR)
Caty McNally 71 SR
Julia Grabher 73 SR
Jodie Burrage 85 SR
Saisai Zheng 89 (SR)
Danka Kovinic 95 (SR)

[ashkor87]

Certainly, Sabalenka should be favorite - the fast conditions and heat/humidity will help Coco - she is in very good form too.. Rybakina always has a chance, she is such a great player, and has the confidence of recent wins over Sabalenka (at the YEC, for instance).. the court wll be too fast for Swiatek, as usual, someone who can push her back, can beat her, and there are many like that - Collins, Kostyuk, Noskova, Navarro - in addition to the 3 above.. so I dont give her much chance at the AO, to actually win, too many people can beat her.. as for the rest, Paolini will do well, her quickness and defence will be very effective but I dont think she has the 'class' to be champion. Pegula, maybe but I just dont see her as a potential major champion - I know others here do. My wildcard here would be Andreeva - she is so young and improving so fast, it is impossible to tell how good she can be...
overall:
Sabalenka 40%
Gauff 40%
Rybakina 10%
Field 10% - includes Pegula, Muchova, etc etc.

Comments wlecome - this is a discussion forum,after all!

[ashkor87]

Nice to see Cirstea back.. she had a very painful foot condition.. hope she actually plays

[ponchi101]

The field at 10% is too low.
I say this will be a very good slam for a first time winner to do it. So, the field for me at 40%. Some Sofia-Kenin aberration may happen.

[ashkor87]

The field at 10% is too low.
I say this will be a very good slam for a first time winner to do it. So, the field for me at 40%. Some Sofia-Kenin aberration may happen.

why do you think that? Sabalenka etc. not dominant enough?

[ponchi101]

No. But the three losing finalists at slams this year were first time slam finalists.
Players like Navarro made their first SF's. Yastremska, coming from the Q's, made the SF last year at the Aussie. Andreeva made it at RG, Vekic at W.
And no, the dominance we see in today's game is nowhere near the great players of recent past. The sole player that I would say is dominant is Iga, as long as she is on clay. Other than that, nobody goes out there with the score already 3-0, with two breaks up, before they even step on the court. Like Martina, Chris, Steffi or Serena did.
Look at your own analysis. You claim Kerjikova is a Tier 1 player. And has the grand total of 2 slams. Do the graph and you need a whole new scale for real greatness.

[ti-amie]

Also the AO has long been known for flukey results mostly due to the heat and humidity but also for when it falls on the calendar. Remember the year the court was literally melting?

[ponchi101]

That was the previous surface. It was made of mulched tires, so, as you say, it was like playing on a marshmallow. Gabi twisted her ankle badly there.
Yes, first few weeks of the year, some players have not gotten in shape yet. It can be a tricky one.

[JTContinental]

Sabalenka and Gauff are at about even front runners for me, followed by Zheng and the field. Rybakina would have to have had a heck of an offseason to contend, despite her win against Aryna in a no-stakes match.

[ashkor87]

Sabalenka and Gauff are at about even front runners for me, followed by Zheng and the field. Rybakina would have to have had a heck of an offseason to contend, despite her win against Aryna in a no-stakes match.

agree, except for Rybakina - there is nothing actually wrong with Rybakina, and she showed she can play, beat Sabalenka in Riyadh. So I still think she is one of the 3 best in the field.. btw, saw an interview recently with Fisette where he said Iga's closest competition is Rybakina (presumably becuse she has a winning h2h against Iga).. I had expected Coco to win last year itself, but she didnt - this time, she is in good form, co-favorite for me with Sabalenka..

[ashkor87]

No. But the three losing finalists at slams this year were first time slam finalists.
Players like Navarro made their first SF's. Yastremska, coming from the Q's, made the SF last year at the Aussie. Andreeva made it at RG, Vekic at W.
And no, the dominance we see in today's game is nowhere near the great players of recent past. The sole player that I would say is dominant is Iga, as long as she is on clay. Other than that, nobody goes out there with the score already 3-0, with two breaks up, before they even step on the court. Like Martina, Chris, Steffi or Serena did.
Look at your own analysis. You claim Kerjikova is a Tier 1 player. And has the grand total of 2 slams. Do the graph and you need a whole new scale for real greatness.

Look at the actual facts..last year, who won the majors? Only Krejcikova is a surprise, and she was already a major champion...as we have seen over the past 2 decades, W has slowed down, so an RG champion can win it ..see Alcaraz, or even Vondrousova, or Paolini..it is no longer surprising to see claycourt experts doing well at W...

Let us not reopen the argument about 'anyone can win' - you think that is true, I think it is not.

[ponchi101]

And you are the one that says that we are here to talk about tennis
Look at the actual facts. Of the last 11 years, 4 have been won by first time winners of Slams. If you add first time winners at the Aussie, that is 7.
Yes, last year on the women's side there were no new winners. But Jannick won his first one here. Those data tell you something.

[ashkor87]

Sinner was always going to win one..I had predicted it before the AO started. There is always a first time...point is, there were no really unexpected or unworthy champions ..2 to Sinner, 2 to Alcaraz..totally expected.

[JTContinental]

Halep has been given a WC into the qualifiers

[ti-amie]

Halep has been given a WC into the qualifiers

Full qualifying entry list

Parks
Golubic
Parrizas Diaz
Starodubtseva
Marino
Dart
Errani
Sorribes Tormo
P. Kudermetova
Schmiedlova
Zakharova
Birrell
Bogdan
Montgomery
Todoni
Semenistaja
Zhu
Ruse
Martic
Trevisan
Stakusic
A. Ito
Riera
Chwalinska
Lepchenko
Sawangkaew
Lys
Ponchet
S. Wei
Teichmann
Fett
Shibahara
Timofeeva
Snigur
Seidel
Galfi
Ruzic
Sasnovich
Masarova
Hibino
Stefanini
Eala
Jeanjean
Saito
Salkova
Jones
Naef
Inglis
Udvardy
Jimenez Kasintseva
Hontama
Romero Gormaz
Jacquemot
Pigossi
Bejlek
Watson
Sierra
Rodionova
Hartono
Erjavec
Hon
Korpatsch
Arango
Preston
Barthel
Chirico
Von Deichmann
Waltert
X. Gao
Selekhmeteva
Korneeva
B. Fruhvirtova
Pridankina
Palicova
Radivojevic
Zindasek
Bolkvadze
Miyazaki
Brancaccio
Tararudee
Maristany
Koevermans
Makarova
Janicijevic
L. Fruhvirtova
Pedone
Aiava
Bektas
Ishii
H. Chang
Bandecchi
Benoit
Vickery
Serban
Akugue
Leonard
Falei
Boskovic
Mladenovic
Kraus
Bassols Ribera
Bulgaru
Han Shi
Ciric Bagaric
Soboleva
Monnet
Burillo Escorihuela
Tubello
Glushko
SR 109 Bonaventure
SR 119 C. Liu
SR 121 Stojanovic
SR 145 Bjorklund
SR 156 Konjuh
SR 171 Hercog
SR 173 Arconada
SR 173 Bolsova
SR 194 Friedsam
SR 212 Astakhova
WC Sharma
WC T. Smith
WC Hule
WC Cabrera
WC Fourlis
WC Ercan
WC Jamrichova
WC Micic
WC Halep