Australian Open 2024

 

            Aaaaand we are off!!  

Australian Open
Melbourne Park
Melbourne, Australia
January 14-28, 2024

I think they are dancing. Performing the Minuet!

Surface: Hard

Draws: Singles 128, Doubles 64.

This is the 112th edition of the tournament. It will have a Sunday start for the first time, and the first-round matches will take place over 3 days instead of 2. In an attempt to avoid extremely late matches, there will be just 2 daytime matches on the 2 main courts instead of 3.

Men

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Defending champion: Novak Djokovic who defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas. Novak is going for an amazing 11th AO title.

Defending doubles team: Aussies Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler defeated Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski. It was the first tourney the Aussies played together as a team.

Top 20 seeds (of 32) in order of seeding: Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune, Hubert Hurkacz, Alex de Minaur, Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz, Grigor Dimitrov, Tommy Paul, Karen Khachanov, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Nicolas Jarry, Cameron Norrie, Adrian Mannarino

Wildcards: Aussie players James Duckworth, Jason Kubler, James McCabe, Marc Polmans, Adam Walton, plus Arthur Cazaux, Patrick Kypson, Shang Juncheng

Protected ranking: Marin Cilic, Kwon Soonwoo, Milos Raonic, Denis Shapovalov, Jiri Vesely

Withdrawals: Aslan Karatsev, Rafa Nadal, Reilly Opelka, Dominic Stricker 

Singles Draw
OOP

Women

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Defending champion: Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina

Defending doubles team: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova who defeated Shuko Aoyama/Ena Shibahara.

For the first time in the tournament’s history there are 6 former champions in the main draw – Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Sofia Kenin, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka.

Top 20 seeds (of 32) in order of seeding: Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Marketa Vondrousova, Maria Sakkari, Barbora Krejcikova, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Jelena Ostapenko, Zheng Qinwen, Liudmila Samsonova, Daria Kasatkina, Veronika Kudermetova, Caroline Garcia, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Victoria Azarenka, Elina Svitolina, Magda Linette

Wildcards: Aussie players Kimberley Birrell, Olivia Gadecki, Taylah Preston, Daria Saville, plus Alize Cornet, Mia Hartama, McCartney Kessler, Caroline Wozniacki

Protected ranking: Amanda Anisimova, Angelique Kerber, Aleksandra Krunic, Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu, Shelby Rogers, Ajla Tomljanovic

Withdrawals include: Bianca Andreescu, Belinda Bencic, Karolina Muchova, Madison Keys, Petra Kvitova

Singles Draw
OOP

The great Rod Laver...

As always Thank you Shirley Hartt for your research