Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open. It was her first major singles title. By reaching the final, Rybakina made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings, making her the first Kazakhstani, male or female, to do so.

Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion, but she retired from professional tennis in March 2022. Barty's retirement and Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka’s absences (both due to pregnancy) meant that Victoria Azarenka and Sofia Kenin were the only former champions left in the draw. They met in the first round, with Azarenka winning.

Jeļena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.

This tournament marked the final major appearance of former world No. 1 and two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza; she lost in the first round to Elise Mertens. Muguruza later announced her retirement from professional tennis the following year.

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 Category Sabalenka Rybakina 1st serve %70/108 (65%) 62/105 (59%) 1st serve points won 50 of 70 = 71% 44 of 62 = 71% 2nd serve points won18 of 38 = 47% 19 of 43 = 44% Total service points won68 of 108 = 62.96% 63 of 105 = 60.00% Aces17 9 Double faults 7 1 Winners51 31 Unforced errors28 25 Net points won 7 of 8 = 88% 9 of 12 = 75% Break points converted 3 of 13 = 23% 2 of 7 = 29% Return points won 42 of 105 = 40% 40 of 108 = 37% Total points won 110 103Source

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 9 January 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 16 January 2023.

SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Iga Świątek 11,025 780 240 10,485 Fourth round lost to Elena Rybakina 2 2 Ons Jabeur 5,140 0 70 5,210 3 3 Jessica Pegula 5,000 430 430 5,000 Quarterfinals lost to Victoria Azarenka 4 4 Caroline Garcia 4,415 10 240 4,645 Fourth round lost to Magda Linette 5 5 Aryna Sabalenka 4,340 240 2,000 6,100Champion, defeated Elena Rybakina 6 6 Maria Sakkari 3,921 240 130 3,811 Third round lost to Zhu Lin 7 7 Coco Gauff 3,762 10 240 3,992 Fourth round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko 8 8 Daria Kasatkina 3,500 130 10 3,380 First round lost to Varvara Gracheva 9 9 2,800 130 70 2,740 Second round lost to Katie Volynets [Q] 10 13 Madison Keys 2,318 780 130 1,668 Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka 11 16 Paula Badosa 2,102 240 0 1,862 Withdrew due to right abductor injury 12 10 Belinda Bencic 2,735 70 240 2,905 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 13 11 Danielle Collins 2,388 1,300 130 1,218 Third round lost to Elena Rybakina 14 14 Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,255 70 10 2,195 First round lost to Nuria Párrizas Díaz 15 15 Petra Kvitová 2,221 10 70 2,281 Second round lost to Anhelina Kalinina 16 19 Anett Kontaveit 1,909 70 70 1,909 Second round lost to Magda Linette 17 17 Jeļena Ostapenko 2,040 130 430 2,340 Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina 18 20 Liudmila Samsonova 1,905 70 70 1,905 Second round lost to Donna Vekić 19 18 1,910 10 130 2,030 Third round lost to Magda Linette 20 23 Barbora Krejčíková 1,600 430 240 1,410 Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula 21 21 Martina Trevisan 1,672 110 10 1,572 22 25 Elena Rybakina 1,585 70 1,300 2,815 Runner-up, lost to Aryna Sabalenka 23 22 Zhang Shuai 1,600 130 240 1,710 Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková 24 24 Victoria Azarenka 1,598 240 780 2,138 Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina 25 26 Marie Bouzková 1,581 70 10 1,521 First round lost to Bianca Andreescu 26 32 Elise Mertens 1,449 240 130 1,339 Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 27 30 Irina-Camelia Begu 1,472 70 70 1,472 Second round lost to Laura Siegemund [PR] 28 27 Amanda Anisimova 1,535 240 10 1,305 First round lost to Marta Kostyuk 29 28 Zheng Qinwen 1,534 110+80 70+1 1,415 Second round lost to Bernarda Pera 30 31 Karolína Plíšková 1,450 0 430 1,880 Quarterfinals lost to Magda Linette 31 29 Kaia Kanepi 1,472 430 10 1,052 First round lost to Kimberly Birrell [WC] 32 33 Jil Teichmann 1,429 70 70 1,429 Second round lost to Zhu Lin

Withdrawn players The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 12 Simona Halep 2,381 240 2,141 Provisional suspension due to positive doping test

Other entry information Wild cards

Sources:

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals The entry list was released by Tennis Australia based on the WTA rankings for the week of 5 December 2022.

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

See also 2023 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries 2023 WTA Tour 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour International Tennis Federation

Notes

References

External links 2023 Australian Open Women's Singles draw 2023 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation