Ashleigh Barty defeated Danielle Collins in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–2) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Australian Open. It was her first Australian Open title and third and last major title overall. Barty did not drop a set during the tournament. She was the first home player to win the title since Chris O'Neil in 1978. This also marked Barty's last professional appearance, as she announced her retirement from the sport two months later.

Naomi Osaka was the defending champion, but lost to Amanda Anisimova in the third round.

Barty retained the world No. 1 singles ranking after Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejčíková lost in the fourth round and quarterfinals, respectively. Collins entered the top 10 in the WTA rankings for the first time by reaching the final.

Alizé Cornet reached her first major singles quarterfinal on her 63rd main-draw appearance, surpassing Tamarine Tanasugarn's all-time record, who reached her first quarterfinal at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships on her 45th attempt. Kaia Kanepi became the first Estonian to reach the quarterfinals at all four majors. For the first time since 1997, neither Venus nor Serena Williams participated in the Australian Open.

This was the last singles major for former world No. 4 and US Open champion Samantha Stosur, who announced her retirement from the discipline. She lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round. This was also the final Australian Open appearance for former world No. 1, 2018 finalist and two-time major champion Simona Halep. She lost to Cornet in the fourth round.

This event marked the first major main draw appearance for future world No. 4 and Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen, who lost to Maria Sakkari in the second round.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

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Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics Category Barty Collins 1st serve % 38/67 (57%) 40/64 (63%) 1st serve points won31 of 38 = 82% 25 of 40 = 63% 2nd serve points won 13 of 29 = 45%12 of 24 = 50% Total service points won44 of 67 = 65.67% 37 of 64 = 57.81% Aces10 1 Double faults 3 2 Winners30 17 Unforced errors22 22 Net points won 5 of 6 = 83% 11 of 16 = 69% Break points converted 3 of 5 = 60% 2 of 4 = 50% Return points won 27 of 64 = 42% 23 of 67 = 34% Total points won 71 60Source

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 10 January 2022. Rank and points before are as of 17 January 2022.

Unlike in the men's tournament, points from the 2021 women's singles tournament will be dropped at the end of this year's tournament in addition to the 2020 women's singles tournament as player's points will also be dropped as usual. The "better of 2020/2021 points" for January, February and March were announced by the WTA in September 2021, even though the 2021 tournament was held three weeks later than in 2022. Accordingly, the higher of each player's 2020 or 2021 points will be replaced by her 2022 points at the end of the tournament.

SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defending from 2020 or 2021Points wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Ashleigh Barty 7,111 780 2,000 8,331 Champion, defeated Danielle Collins 2 2 Aryna Sabalenka 5,698 240 240 5,698 Fourth round lost to Kaia Kanepi 3 3 Garbiñe Muguruza 5,425 1,300 70 4,195 Second round lost to Alizé Cornet 4 4 Barbora Krejčíková 5,213 110 430 5,533 Quarterfinals lost to Madison Keys 5 8 Maria Sakkari 4,071 240 240 4,071 Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula 6 7 Anett Kontaveit 4,231 430 70 3,871 Second round lost to Clara Tauson 7 9 Iga Świątek 3,916 240 780 4,456 Semifinals lost to Danielle Collins 8 6 Paula Badosa 4,264 70+29 240+24 4,429 Fourth round lost to Madison Keys 9 10 Ons Jabeur 3,500 430 0 3,070 Withdrew due to lower back injury 10 11 2,968 430 130 2,668 Third round lost to Sorana Cîrstea 11 13 Sofia Kenin 2,762 2,000 10 772 First round lost to Madison Keys 12 12 Elena Rybakina 2,765 130 70 2,705 Second round retired against Zhang Shuai 13 14 Naomi Osaka 2,696 2,000 130 826 Third round lost to Amanda Anisimova 14 15 Simona Halep 2,657 780 240 2,117 Fourth round lost to Alizé Cornet 15 17 Elina Svitolina 2,641 240 130 2,531 Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka 16 20 Angelique Kerber 2,517 240 10 2,287 First round lost to Kaia Kanepi 17 18 Emma Raducanu 2,595 (1)† 70 2,664 Second round lost to Danka Kovinić 18 16 Coco Gauff 2,655 240 10 2,425 First round lost to Wang Qiang 19 26 Elise Mertens 2,091 240 240 2,091 Fourth round lost to Danielle Collins 20 19 Petra Kvitová 2,530 430 10 2,110 First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea 21 21 Jessica Pegula 2,474 430 430 2,474 Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty 22 22 Belinda Bencic 2,415 130 70 2,355 Second round lost to Amanda Anisimova 23 24 Leylah Fernandez 2,279 40 10 2,249 First round lost to Maddison Inglis [WC] 24 25 Victoria Azarenka 2,166 10 240 2,396 Fourth round lost to Barbora Krejčíková 25 23 Daria Kasatkina 2,360 70 130 2,420 Third round lost to Iga Świątek 26 27 Jeļena Ostapenko 2,035 70 130 2,095 Third round lost to Barbora Krejčíková 27 30 Danielle Collins 1,911 70 1,300 3,141 Final lost to Ashleigh Barty 28 32 Veronika Kudermetova 1,695 130 130 1,695 Third round lost to Maria Sakkari 29 29 Tamara Zidanšek 1,931 70 130 1,991 Third round lost to Alizé Cornet 30 33 Camila Giorgi 1,692 130 130 1,692 Third round lost to Ashleigh Barty 31 41 Markéta Vondroušová 1,447 240 130 1,337 Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 32 35 Sara Sorribes Tormo 1,588 70 70 1,588 Second round lost to Marta Kostyuk

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in either 2020 or 2021. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

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

Rank Player Points before Points defending from 2020 or 2021 Points after Withdrawal reason 5 Karolína Plíšková 4,582 130 4,452 Right hand injury 28 Jennifer Brady 1,953 1,300 653 Left foot injury 31 Karolína Muchová 1,734 780 954 Stomach injury

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Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

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

Explanatory notes

See also 2022 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries 2022 WTA Tour International Tennis Federation

References

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