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2026 Australian Open – Women's singles

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Women's singles
2026 Australian Open
Final
ChampionKazakhstan Elena Rybakina
Runner-up Aryna Sabalenka
Score6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw128 (16Q / 8WC)
Seeds32
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Qualification
Singles men women
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Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Australian Open. It was her second major title.[1] Rybakina was the first Kazakhstani woman to win the Australian Open singles title, and the fourth woman (after Jennifer Capriati, Serena Williams, and Madison Keys) since the establishment of the WTA rankings to defeat both the world No. 1 and No. 2 players en route to the Australian Open title.[2] The final was a rematch of the 2023 final, won by Sabalenka.[3]

Keys was the defending champion,[4] but lost in the fourth round to Jessica Pegula.[5]

Sabalenka was the first woman to reach four consecutive Australian Open women's singles finals since Martina Hingis in 2000. Sabalenka and Rybakina both reached the final without losing a set en route, the first time both finalists at a major did so since Serena and Venus Williams at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.

Aged 45 years and 7 months old, Venus Williams became the oldest woman to compete in the singles main draw at the Australian Open, surpassing the previous record set by Kimiko Date in 2015.[6] The first round match between Karolína Plíšková and Sloane Stephens was the first major main draw match contested between two players ranked outside the top 1,000 since the current WTA Tour format was established in 1990.[7]

Zeynep Sönmez became the first Turkish woman to record a win at the event[8] and the first Turkish player to advance to the third round.[9] This was the first Australian Open to have four Americans in the quarterfinals since 2001.[10] For the first time in the Open Era, the top six seeds reached the quarterfinals in both the women's and men's singles competitions.[11]

Seeds

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1.   Aryna Sabalenka (final)
2.   Poland Iga Świątek (quarterfinals)
3.   United States Coco Gauff (quarterfinals)
4.   United States Amanda Anisimova (quarterfinals)
5.   Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina (champion)
6.   United States Jessica Pegula (semifinals)
7.   Italy Jasmine Paolini (third round)
8.   Mirra Andreeva (fourth round)
9.   United States Madison Keys (fourth round)
10.   Switzerland Belinda Bencic (second round)
11.   Ekaterina Alexandrova (first round)
12.   Ukraine Elina Svitolina (semifinals)
13.   Czech Republic Linda Nosková (third round)
14.   Denmark Clara Tauson (third round)
15.   United States Emma Navarro (first round)
16.   Japan Naomi Osaka (third round, withdrew)
17.   Canada Victoria Mboko (fourth round)
18.   Liudmila Samsonova (first round)
19.   Czech Republic Karolína Muchová (fourth round)
20.   Ukraine Marta Kostyuk (first round)
21.   Belgium Elise Mertens (fourth round)
22.   Canada Leylah Fernandez (first round)
23.   Diana Shnaider (third round)
24.   Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
25.   Spain Paula Badosa (second round)
26.   Ukraine Dayana Yastremska (first round)
27.   United States Sofia Kenin (first round)
28.   United Kingdom Emma Raducanu (second round)
29.   United States Iva Jovic (quarterfinals)
30.   Australia Maya Joint (first round)
31.   Anna Kalinskaya (third round)
32.   Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová (withdrew)

Draw

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Key

Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Aryna Sabalenka 6 6
29 United States Iva Jovic 3 0
1 Aryna Sabalenka 6 6
12 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2 3
3 United States Coco Gauff 1 2
12 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 6 6
1 Aryna Sabalenka 4 6 4
5 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 6 4 6
6 United States Jessica Pegula 6 77
4 United States Amanda Anisimova 2 61
6 United States Jessica Pegula 3 67
5 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 6 79
5 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 7 6
2 Poland Iga Świątek 5 1

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 A Sabalenka 6 6
WC France T Rakotomanga Rajaonah 4 1 1 A Sabalenka 6 6
A Pavlyuchenkova 4 6 610 Q China Z Bai 3 1
Q China Z Bai 6 2 712 1 A Sabalenka 77 79
Netherlands S Lamens 6 5 2 Austria A Potapova 64 67
Austria A Potapova 3 7 6 Austria A Potapova 77 6
PR Thailand M Sawangkaew 4 1 28 United Kingdom E Raducanu 63 2
28 United Kingdom E Raducanu 6 6 1 A Sabalenka 6 77
17 Canada V Mboko 6 6 17 Canada V Mboko 1 61
WC Australia E Jones 4 1 17 Canada V Mboko 6 6
United States C McNally 6 6 United States C McNally 4 3
Q Japan H Sakatsume 3 1 17 Canada V Mboko 77 5 6
Uzbekistan P Kudermetova 6 6 14 Denmark C Tauson 65 7 3
Q Spain G Maristany 2 3 Uzbekistan P Kudermetova 3 6 5
Hungary D Gálfi 3 3 14 Denmark C Tauson 6 3 7
14 Denmark C Tauson 6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11 E Alexandrova 5 6 4
Q Turkey Z Sönmez 7 4 6 Q Turkey Z Sönmez 6 6
Hungary A Bondár 6 6 Hungary A Bondár 2 4
WC United States E Mandlik 0 4 Q Turkey Z Sönmez 3 77 3
Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 3 7 6 Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 6 63 6
Brazil B Haddad Maia 6 5 3 Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 6 6
France E Jacquemot 64 77 710 France E Jacquemot 1 2
20 Ukraine M Kostyuk 77 64 67 Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 0 1
29 United States I Jovic 6 6 29 United States I Jovic 6 6
United States K Volynets 2 3 29 United States I Jovic 6 6
WC Australia P Hon 1 6 5 WC Australia P Hon 1 2
Q Canada M Stakusic 6 4 3r 29 United States I Jovic 6 77
Slovenia V Erjavec 1 1 7 Italy J Paolini 2 63
Poland M Fręch 6 6 Poland M Fręch 2 3
Q A Sasnovich 1 2 7 Italy J Paolini 6 6
7 Italy J Paolini 6 6

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3 United States C Gauff 6 6
Uzbekistan K Rakhimova 2 3 3 United States C Gauff 6 6
Serbia O Danilović 65 6 6 Serbia O Danilović 2 2
WC United States V Williams 77 3 4 3 United States C Gauff 3 6 6
Q Australia S Hunter 6 6 United States H Baptiste 6 0 3
Spain J Bouzas Maneiro 4 4 Q Australia S Hunter 2 1
United States H Baptiste 6 63 6 United States H Baptiste 6 6
LL United States T Townsend 3 77 3 3 United States C Gauff 6 3 6
19 Czech Republic K Muchová 6 78 19 Czech Republic K Muchová 1 6 3
Romania J Cristian 3 66 19 Czech Republic K Muchová 4 6 6
United States A Parks 0 6 6 United States A Parks 6 4 4
Philippines A Eala 6 3 2 19 Czech Republic K Muchová 6 6
United States A Li 6 65 7 Poland M Linette 1 1
Colombia C Osorio 4 77 5 United States A Li 3 3
Poland M Linette 3 6 6 Poland M Linette 6 6
15 United States E Navarro 6 3 3

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12 Ukraine E Svitolina 6 6
Spain C Bucșa 4 1 12 Ukraine E Svitolina 7 6
Q Poland L Klimovičová 6 3 Q Poland L Klimovičová 5 1
United Kingdom F Jones 2 2r 12 Ukraine E Svitolina 77 6
WC Australia T Gibson 6 6 23 D Shnaider 64 3
A Blinkova 1 3 WC Australia T Gibson 6 5 3
Czech Republic B Krejčíková 6 3 3 23 D Shnaider 3 7 6
23 D Shnaider 2 6 6 12 Ukraine E Svitolina 6 6
26 Ukraine D Yastremska 4 5 8 M Andreeva 2 4
Romania E-G Ruse 6 7 Romania E-G Ruse 6 6
Q Ukraine Y Starodubtseva 6 63 1 Australia A Tomljanović 4 4
Australia A Tomljanović 4 77 6 Romania E-G Ruse 3 4
Greece M Sakkari 6 6 8 M Andreeva 6 6
France L Jeanjean 4 2 Greece M Sakkari 0 4
Croatia D Vekić 6 3 0 8 M Andreeva 6 6
8 M Andreeva 4 6 6

Bottom half

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Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6 United States J Pegula 6 6
A Zakharova 2 1 6 United States J Pegula 6 6
Colombia E Arango 3 2 United States M Kessler 0 2
United States M Kessler 6 6 6 United States J Pegula 6 6
O Selekhmeteva 6 3 6 O Selekhmeteva 3 2
Germany E Seidel 3 6 0 O Selekhmeteva 6 6
WC Kazakhstan Z Diyas 2 4 25 Spain P Badosa 4 4
25 Spain P Badosa 6 6 6 United States J Pegula 6 6
22 Canada L Fernandez 2 61 9 United States M Keys 3 4
Indonesia J Tjen 6 77 Indonesia J Tjen 4 4
PR Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 79 6 PR Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 6 6
Q United States S Stephens 67 2 PR Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 3 3
United States A Krueger 6 6 9 United States M Keys 6 6
Czech Republic S Bejlek 3 3 United States A Krueger 1 5
Ukraine O Oliynykova 66 1 9 United States M Keys 6 7
9 United States M Keys 78 6

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13 Czech Republic L Nosková 6 6
Latvia D Semeņistaja 3 0 13 Czech Republic L Nosková 6 4 6
China S Zhang 3 6 3 WC Australia T Preston 2 6 2
WC Australia T Preston 6 2 6 13 Czech Republic L Nosková 5 4
China Xin Wang 6 6 China Xin Wang 7 6
Q Ukraine A Kalinina 3 3 China Xin Wang 4 6 6
Slovakia R Šramková 4 4 24 Latvia J Ostapenko 6 4 4
24 Latvia J Ostapenko 6 6 China Xin Wang 64 4
27 United States S Kenin 3 2 4 United States A Anisimova 77 6
United States P Stearns 6 6 United States P Stearns 6 7
Croatia P Marčinko 6 7 Croatia P Marčinko 2 5
Germany T Maria 3 5 United States P Stearns 1 4
Hungary P Udvardy 1 2 4 United States A Anisimova 6 6
Czech Republic K Siniaková 6 6 Czech Republic K Siniaková 1 4
Switzerland S Waltert 3 2 4 United States A Anisimova 6 6
4 United States A Anisimova 6 6

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 Kazakhstan E Rybakina 6 6
Slovenia K Juvan 4 3 5 Kazakhstan E Rybakina 7 6
France V Gracheva 6 2 6 France V Gracheva 5 2
Switzerland V Golubic 1 6 1 5 Kazakhstan E Rybakina 6 6
New Zealand L Sun 3 5 Czech Republic T Valentová 2 3
Q Czech Republic L Fruhvirtová 6 7 Q Czech Republic L Fruhvirtová 5 6 3
Czech Republic T Valentová 6 6 Czech Republic T Valentová 7 2 6
30 Australia M Joint 4 4 5 Kazakhstan E Rybakina 6 6
21 Belgium E Mertens 7 6 21 Belgium E Mertens 1 3
Q Thailand L Tararudee 5 1 21 Belgium E Mertens 6 6
Argentina S Sierra 3 1 Japan M Uchijima 3 1
Japan M Uchijima 6 6 21 Belgium E Mertens 6 6
Australia D Kasatkina 67 6 3 Q Czech Republic N Bartůňková 0 4
Q Czech Republic N Bartůňková 79 0 6 Q Czech Republic N Bartůňková 6 0 6
United Kingdom K Boulter 0 5 10 Switzerland B Bencic 3 6 4
10 Switzerland B Bencic 6 7

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
16 Japan N Osaka 6 3 6
Croatia A Ružić 3 6 4 16 Japan N Osaka 6 4 6
Romania S Cîrstea 3 6 6 Romania S Cîrstea 3 6 2
Germany E Lys 6 4 3 16 Japan N Osaka
Q Australia M Inglis 78 69 6 Q Australia M Inglis w/o
Australia K Birrell 66 711 4 Q Australia M Inglis 6 63 710
Germany L Siegemund 0 7 6 Germany L Siegemund 4 77 67
18 L Samsonova 6 5 4 Q Australia M Inglis 0 3
31 A Kalinskaya 77 6 2 Poland I Świątek 6 6
United Kingdom S Kartal 63 1 31 A Kalinskaya 6 6
Austria J Grabher 7 2 6 Austria J Grabher 3 3
Italy E Cocciaretto 5 6 4 31 A Kalinskaya 1 6 1
Mexico R Zarazúa 2 5 2 Poland I Świątek 6 1 6
Czech Republic M Bouzková 6 7 Czech Republic M Bouzková 2 3
Q China Y Yuan 65 3 2 Poland I Świątek 6 6
2 Poland I Świątek 77 6

Championship match statistics

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Category Kazakhstan Rybakina Sabalenka
1st serve % 54/98 (55%) 53/86 (62%)
1st serve points won 41 of 54 = 76% 40 of 53 = 75%
2nd serve points won 21 of 44 = 48% 16 of 33 = 48%
Total service points won 62 of 98 = 63.27% 56 of 86 = 65.12%
Aces 6 5
Double faults 3 2
Winners 28 35
Unforced errors 25 26
Net points won 10 of 15 = 67% 8 of 10 = 80%
Break points converted 3 of 6 = 50% 2 of 8 = 25%
Return points won 28 of 86 = 33% 33 of 98 = 34%
Total points won 92 92
Source

Seeded players

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The following are the seeded players, based on WTA rankings as of 12 January 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 19 January 2026.

Because the tournament took place one week later this year, points defending also included tournaments that took place during the week of 27 January 2025 (Linz and Singapore), which were replaced by the player's next best result.

Champion
Runner-up
Eliminated
Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Aryna Sabalenka 10,990 1,300 1,300 10,990 Final lost to Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina [5]
2 2 Poland Iga Świątek 8,328 780 430 7,978 Quarterfinals lost to Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina [5]
3 3 United States Coco Gauff 6,423 430 430 6,423 Quarterfinals lost to Ukraine Elina Svitolina [12]
4 4 United States Amanda Anisimova 6,320 70 430 6,680 Quarterfinals lost to United States Jessica Pegula [6]
5 5 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 5,850 240 2,000 7,610 Champion, defeated Aryna Sabalenka [1]
6 6 United States Jessica Pegula 5,453 130 780 6,103 Semifinals lost to Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina [5]
7 8 Italy Jasmine Paolini 4,267 130 130 4,267 Third round lost to United States Iva Jovic [29]
8 7 Mirra Andreeva 4,731 240 240 4,731 Fourth round lost to Ukraine Elina Svitolina [12]
9 9 United States Madison Keys 4,111 2,000 240 2,351 Fourth round lost to United States Jessica Pegula [6]
10 10 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 3,512 240 70 3,342 Second round lost to Czech Republic Nikola Bartůňková [Q]
11 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova 3,375 10+500 10+108 2,983 First round lost to Turkey Zeynep Sönmez [Q]
12 12 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2,856 430+1 780+0 3,205 Semifinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [1]
13 13 Czech Republic Linda Nosková 2,641 10 130 2,761 Third round lost to China Wang Xinyu
14 14 Denmark Clara Tauson 2,530 130+195 130+10 2,345 Third round lost to Canada Victoria Mboko [17]
15 15 United States Emma Navarro 2,515 430 10 2,095 First round lost to Poland Magda Linette
16 17 Japan Naomi Osaka 2,366 130 130 2,366 Third round withdrew due to abdominal injury
17 16 Canada Victoria Mboko 2,447 (35+78)[a] 240+32 2,606 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [1]
18 18 Liudmila Samsonova 2,122 70 10 2,062 First round lost to Germany Laura Siegemund
19 19 Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 2,083 70+195 240+0 2,058 Fourth round lost to United States Coco Gauff [3]
20 20 Ukraine Marta Kostyuk 1,983 130 10 1,863 First round lost to France Elsa Jacquemot
21 21 Belgium Elise Mertens 1,956 70+250 240+60 1,936 Fourth round lost to Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina [5]
22 23 Canada Leylah Fernandez 1,821 130 10 1,701 First round lost to Indonesia Janice Tjen
23 22 Diana Shnaider 1,953 130 130 1,953 Third round lost to Ukraine Elina Svitolina [12]
24 24 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 1,741 10 70 1,801 Second round lost to China Wang Xinyu
25 26 Spain Paula Badosa 1,676 780 70 966 Second round lost to Oksana Selekhmeteva
26 28 Ukraine Dayana Yastremska 1,610 130+325 10+10 1,175 First round lost to Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse
27 30 United States Sofia Kenin 1,567 10 10 1,567 First round lost to United States Peyton Stearns
28 29 United Kingdom Emma Raducanu 1,607 130 70 1,547 Second round lost to Austria Anastasia Potapova
29 27 United States Iva Jovic 1,671 70 430 2,031 Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [1]
30 31 Australia Maya Joint 1,549 10 10 1,549 First round lost to Czech Republic Tereza Valentová
31 33 Anna Kalinskaya 1,511 0+98 130+32 1,575 Third round lost to Poland Iga Świątek [2]
32 34 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 1,446 0 0 1,446 Withdrew due to shoulder injury

Withdrawn seeded players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
25 China Zheng Qinwen 1,728 70 1,658 Right elbow injury[12]
32 Veronika Kudermetova 1,517 240 1,277 Personal reasons

Other entry information

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Wildcards

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The following players received wildcards into the women's singles main draw[13]:

Protected ranking

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Qualifiers

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Lucky loser

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Withdrawals

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The entry list was released based on the WTA rankings for the week of 8 December 2025, which was the usual cutoff deadline date.

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

Source:[18]

Notes

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  1. ^ Did not qualify for the tournament in 2025 and is instead defending points from two ITF tournaments.
  2. ^ Originally represented Russia in the initial entry list at the time of publish, but switched her nationality to Uzbekistan from 15 December 2025.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Rybakina confirms place among game's elites; wins first Australian Open, second Major title". wtatennis.com. 31 January 2026. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
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  4. ^ "Keys edges Sabalenka in Australian Open final thriller for first Slam title". Women's Tennis Association. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Pegula ends Keys title defence to win 'gross' bet". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Venus Williams awarded Australian Open wildcard". ausopen. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Stephens details injury rehab, 2026 plans after first-round loss to Pliskova". WTATennis. 20 January 2026.
  8. ^ "History made, kindness shown: Sonmez aids ballkid, posts upset in Melbourne". WTATennis. 18 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Zeynep Sonmez makes history at Australian Open with third round breakthrough". TurkiyeToday. 21 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Jovic blitzes Putintseva in 53 minutes to reach first Grand Slam quarterfinal in Melbourne". WTATennis. 24 January 2026.
  11. ^ "MATCH NOTES | DAY 11 – QF (BOTTOM HALF) - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 28 January 2026. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Zheng Qinwen confirms withdrawal from 2026 Australian Open". tennis.com. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  13. ^ a b "Venus Williams awarded Australian Open wildcard". Australian Open. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Wildcard weekend: Jones, Duckworth, Diyas, Bu set for AO 2026 main draw". ausopen. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Elizabeth Mandlik, Patrick Kypson clinch Australian Open Wild Card Challenges". USTA. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Les invitations pour l'Open d'Australie 2026 à Sarah Rakotomanga et Kyrian Jacquet". FFT (in French). 16 December 2025.
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