2026 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2026 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Elena Rybakina
Runner-up	Aryna Sabalenka
Score	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (16Q / 8WC)
Seeds	32
Events
Qualification
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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 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]

Champion

Elena Rybakina

Runner-up

Aryna Sabalenka

Score6–4, 4–6, 6–4

Draw128 (16 / 8)

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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]

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Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

29	Iva Jovic	3	0
				1	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6

				12	Elina Svitolina	2	3
3	Coco Gauff	1	2

12	Elina Svitolina	6	6
								1	Aryna Sabalenka	4	6	4

								5	Elena Rybakina	6	4	6
6	Jessica Pegula	6	7⁷

4	Amanda Anisimova	2	6¹
				6	Jessica Pegula	3	6⁷

				5	Elena Rybakina	6	7⁹
5	Elena Rybakina	7	6

2	Iga Świątek	5	1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	A Sabalenka	6	6
WC	T Rakotomanga Rajaonah	4	1		1	A Sabalenka	6	6
	A Pavlyuchenkova	4	6	6¹⁰	Q	Z Bai	3	1
Q	Z Bai	6	2	7¹²						1	A Sabalenka	7⁷	7⁹
	S Lamens	6	5	2							A Potapova	6⁴	6⁷
	A Potapova	3	7	6		A Potapova	7⁷	6
PR	M Sawangkaew	4	1		28	E Raducanu	6³	2
28	E Raducanu	6	6												1	A Sabalenka	6	7⁷
17	V Mboko	6	6												17	V Mboko	1	6¹
WC	E Jones	4	1		17	V Mboko	6	6
	C McNally	6	6			C McNally	4	3
Q	H Sakatsume	3	1							17	V Mboko	7⁷	5	6
	P Kudermetova	6	6							14	C Tauson	6⁵	7	3
Q	G Maristany	2	3			P Kudermetova	3	6	5
	D Gálfi	3	3		14	C Tauson	6	3	7
14	C Tauson	6	6

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

11	E Alexandrova	5	6	4
Q	Z Sönmez	7	4	6	Q	Z Sönmez	6	6
	A Bondár	6	6			A Bondár	2	4
WC	E Mandlik	0	4						Q	Z Sönmez	3	7⁷	3
	Y Putintseva	3	7	6						Y Putintseva	6	6³	6
	B Haddad Maia	6	5	3		Y Putintseva	6	6
	E Jacquemot	6⁴	7⁷	7¹⁰		E Jacquemot	1	2
20	M Kostyuk	7⁷	6⁴	6⁷											Y Putintseva	0	1
29	I Jovic	6	6											29	I Jovic	6	6
	K Volynets	2	3		29	I Jovic	6	6
WC	P Hon	1	6	5	WC	P Hon	1	2
Q	M Stakusic	6	4	3^r					29	I Jovic	6	7⁷
	V Erjavec	1	1						7	J Paolini	2	6³
	M Fręch	6	6			M Fręch	2	3
Q	A Sasnovich	1	2		7	J Paolini	6	6
7	J Paolini	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

3	C Gauff	6	6
	K Rakhimova	2	3		3	C Gauff	6	6
	O Danilović	6⁵	6	6		O Danilović	2	2
WC	V Williams	7⁷	3	4						3	C Gauff	3	6	6
Q	S Hunter	6	6								H Baptiste	6	0	3
	J Bouzas Maneiro	4	4		Q	S Hunter	2	1
	H Baptiste	6	6³	6		H Baptiste	6	6
LL	T Townsend	3	7⁷	3											3	C Gauff	6	3	6
19	K Muchová	6	7⁸												19	K Muchová	1	6	3
	J Cristian	3	6⁶		19	K Muchová	4	6	6
	A Parks	0	6	6		A Parks	6	4	4
	A Eala	6	3	2						19	K Muchová	6	6
	A Li	6	6⁵	7							M Linette	1	1
	C Osorio	4	7⁷	5		A Li	3	3
	M Linette	3	6	6		M Linette	6	6
15	E Navarro	6	3	3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

12	E Svitolina	6	6
	C Bucșa	4	1		12	E Svitolina	7	6
Q	L Klimovičová	6	3		Q	L Klimovičová	5	1
	F Jones	2	2^r							12	E Svitolina	7⁷	6
WC	T Gibson	6	6							23	D Shnaider	6⁴	3
	A Blinkova	1	3		WC	T Gibson	6	5	3
	B Krejčíková	6	3	3	23	D Shnaider	3	7	6
23	D Shnaider	2	6	6										12	E Svitolina	6	6
26	D Yastremska	4	5											8	M Andreeva	2	4
	E-G Ruse	6	7			E-G Ruse	6	6
Q	Y Starodubtseva	6	6³	1		A Tomljanović	4	4
	A Tomljanović	4	7⁷	6							E-G Ruse	3	4
	M Sakkari	6	6							8	M Andreeva	6	6
	L Jeanjean	4	2			M Sakkari	0	4
	D Vekić	6	3	0	8	M Andreeva	6	6
8	M Andreeva	4	6	6

2026 Australian Open – Women's singles

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

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Withdrawals

Notes

References

External links

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Category	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

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 Elena Rybakina [5]
2	2	Iga Świątek	8,328	780	430	7,978	Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina [5]
3	3	Coco Gauff	6,423	430	430	6,423	Quarterfinals lost to Elina Svitolina [12]
4	4	Amanda Anisimova	6,320	70	430	6,680	Quarterfinals lost to Jessica Pegula [6]
5	5	Elena Rybakina^‡	5,850	240	2,000	7,610	Champion, defeated Aryna Sabalenka [1]
6	6	Jessica Pegula	5,453	130	780	6,103	Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina [5]
7	8	Jasmine Paolini	4,267	130	130	4,267	Third round lost to Iva Jovic [29]
8	7	Mirra Andreeva	4,731	240	240	4,731	Fourth round lost to Elina Svitolina [12]
9	9	Madison Keys	4,111	2,000	240	2,351	Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula [6]
10	10	Belinda Bencic	3,512	240	70	3,342	Second round lost to Nikola Bartůňková [Q]
11	11	Ekaterina Alexandrova	3,375	10+500	10+108	2,983	First round lost to Zeynep Sönmez [Q]
12	12	Elina Svitolina	2,856	430+1	780+0	3,205	Semifinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [1]
13	13	Linda Nosková	2,641	10	130	2,761	Third round lost to Wang Xinyu
14	14	Clara Tauson	2,530	130+195	130+10	2,345	Third round lost to Victoria Mboko [17]
15	15	Emma Navarro	2,515	430	10	2,095	First round lost to Magda Linette
16	17	Naomi Osaka	2,366	130	130	2,366	Third round withdrew due to abdominal injury
17	16	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 Laura Siegemund
19	19	Karolína Muchová	2,083	70+195	240+0	2,058	Fourth round lost to Coco Gauff [3]
20	20	Marta Kostyuk	1,983	130	10	1,863	First round lost to Elsa Jacquemot
21	21	Elise Mertens	1,956	70+250	240+60	1,936	Fourth round lost to Elena Rybakina [5]
22	23	Leylah Fernandez	1,821	130	10	1,701	First round lost to Janice Tjen
23	22	Diana Shnaider	1,953	130	130	1,953	Third round lost to Elina Svitolina [12]
24	24	Jeļena Ostapenko	1,741	10	70	1,801	Second round lost to Wang Xinyu
25	26	Paula Badosa	1,676	780	70	966	Second round lost to Oksana Selekhmeteva
26	28	Dayana Yastremska	1,610	130+325	10+10	1,175	First round lost to Elena-Gabriela Ruse
27	30	Sofia Kenin	1,567	10	10	1,567	First round lost to Peyton Stearns
28	29	Emma Raducanu	1,607	130	70	1,547	Second round lost to Anastasia Potapova
29	27	Iva Jovic	1,671	70	430	2,031	Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [1]
30	31	Maya Joint	1,549	10	10	1,549	First round lost to Tereza Valentová
31	33	Anna Kalinskaya	1,511	0+98	130+32	1,575	Third round lost to Iga Świątek [2]
32	34	Markéta Vondroušová	1,446	0	0	1,446	Withdrew due to shoulder injury

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

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First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

13	L Nosková	6	6
	D Semeņistaja	3	0		13	L Nosková	6	4	6
	S Zhang	3	6	3	WC	T Preston	2	6	2
WC	T Preston	6	2	6						13	L Nosková	5	4
	Xin Wang	6	6								Xin Wang	7	6
Q	A Kalinina	3	3			Xin Wang	4	6	6
	R Šramková	4	4		24	J Ostapenko	6	4	4
24	J Ostapenko	6	6												Xin Wang	6⁴	4
27	S Kenin	3	2											4	A Anisimova	7⁷	6
	P Stearns	6	6			P Stearns	6	7
	P Marčinko	6	7			P Marčinko	2	5
	T Maria	3	5								P Stearns	1	4
	P Udvardy	1	2							4	A Anisimova	6	6
	K Siniaková	6	6			K Siniaková	1	4
	S Waltert	3	2		4	A Anisimova	6	6
4	A Anisimova	6	6

^‡	Champion
^†	Runner-up