Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. It was her second Australian Open title and second major singles title overall. Sabalenka did not lose a set during the tournament, and lost only 31 games in total. She was the first player to defend the title since Victoria Azarenka in 2013.

Dayana Yastremska was the first qualifier to reach the semifinals since Christine Matison in 1978, and the fifth qualifier in the Open Era to reach any major semifinal (after Matison, Alexandra Stevenson, Nadia Podoroska and Emma Raducanu). Zheng was the second Chinese woman to reach a major singles final, after Li Na, the second player in the Open Era to beat six unseeded players en route to the final (after Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1995),https://twitter.com/OptaAce/status/1750498034751054015 and the third player to do so at any major (after Sánchez Vicario and Martina Hingis at 1996 and 1997 Wimbledon, respectively, with the 16-seeds draw still in place). By reaching the final, Zheng made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings.

For the first time in the tournament's history, there were six former champions in the main draw: Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Sofia Kenin, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, and Azarenka. This marked the final Australian Open appearance for 2016 champion and former world No. 1 Kerber, who lost to Danielle Collins in the first round.

The defeat of world No. 1 Iga Świątek by Linda Nosková in the third round marked the earliest loss by a top seed at the Australian Open since 1979, and the first time that the top seed failed to make the round of 16 since the tournament became a 128-player draw in 1988. Nosková was the first teenager to defeat a current world No. 1 at a major since Petra Kvitová defeated Dinara Safina at the 2009 US Open. The five top-10 seeds to reach the third round were the fewest since 1988. Only seven seeded players reached the fourth round; this was the worst performance by seeded players since the draw was expanded to 128 players in 1988, and the worst overall since 1985.

Elena Rybakina and Anna Blinkova played the longest tiebreak in a major singles match in the third set of their second-round match. Blinkova won the tiebreak 22–20.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

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Championship match statistics Category Sabalenka Zheng 1st serve %38/57 (67%) 27/51 (53%) 1st serve points won32 of 38 = 84% 20 of 27 = 74% 2nd serve points won8 of 19 = 42% 9 of 24 = 38% Total service points won40 of 57 = 70.16% 29 of 51 = 56.86% Aces 3 6 Double faults 0 6 Winners 14 19 Unforced errors14 16 Net points won 4 of 8 = 50% 3 of 3 = 100% Break points converted 3 of 6 = 50% 0 of 4 = 0% Return points won 22 of 51 = 43% 17 of 57 = 30% Total points won 62 46Source

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 8 January 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 15 January 2024.

SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Iga Świątek 9,880 240 130 9,770 Third round lost to Linda Nosková 2 2 Aryna Sabalenka 8,905 2,000 2,000 8,905 Champion, defeated Zheng Qinwen 3 3 Elena Rybakina 6,918 1,300 70 5,688 Second round lost to Anna Blinkova 4 4 Coco Gauff 6,660 240 780 7,200 Semifinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 5 5 Jessica Pegula 6,065 430 70 5,705 Second round lost to Clara Burel 6 6 Ons Jabeur 4,076 70 70 4,076 Second round lost to Mirra Andreeva 7 7 Markéta Vondroušová 3,966 130 10 3,846 First round lost to Dayana Yastremska [Q] 8 8 Maria Sakkari 3,770 130 70 3,710 Second round lost to Elina Avanesyan 9 11 Barbora Krejčíková 2,891 240 430 3,081 Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 10 12 Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,830 10 130 2,950 Third round lost to Maria Timofeeva [Q] 11 10 Jeļena Ostapenko 3,328 430 130 3,028 Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka 12 15 Zheng Qinwen 2,720 70 1,300 3,950 Runner-up, lost to Aryna Sabalenka 13 14 Liudmila Samsonova 2,760 70 10 2,700 First round lost to Amanda Anisimova [PR] 14 13 Daria Kasatkina 2,778 10 70 2,838 Second round lost to Sloane Stephens 15 17 2,555 70 102,495 First round lost to Viktorija Golubic 16 19 Caroline Garcia 2,330 240 702,160 Second round lost to Magdalena Fręch 17 20 2,215 130 10 2,095 First round lost to Laura Siegemund 18 22 Victoria Azarenka 2,011 780 240 1,471 Fourth round lost to Dayana Yastremska [Q] 19 23 Elina Svitolina 1,972 0 240 2,212 Fourth round retired against Linda Nosková 20 24 Magda Linette 1,896 780 101,126 21 25 Donna Vekić 1,865 430 101,445 First round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 22 27 Sorana Cîrstea 1,722 10 101,722 First round lost to Wang Yafan 23 29 Anastasia Potapova 1,694 70 101,634 First round lost to Kaja Juvan 24 30 Anhelina Kalinina 1,600 130 101,480 First round lost to Arantxa Rus 25 28 Elise Mertens 1,713 130 701,653 Second round lost to Marta Kostyuk 26 31 Jasmine Paolini 1,530 10 240 1,760 Fourth round lost to Anna Kalinskaya 27 26 Emma Navarro 1,730 (57)† 130 1,803 Third round lost to Dayana Yastremska [Q] 28 33 Lesia Tsurenko 1,452 40 130 1,542 Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 29 32 Zhu Lin 1,464 240 10 1,234 First round lost to Océane Dodin 30 36 Wang Xinyu 1,353 70 10 1,293 First round lost to Diane Parry 31 34 Marie Bouzková 1,382 10 10 1,382 First round lost to Linda Nosková 32 35 Leylah Fernandez 1,355 70 70 1,355 Second round lost to Alycia Parks † The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. Points from her 18th best result will be deducted instead.

Withdrawn players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 9 Karolína Muchová 3,590 70 3,520 Wrist injury 16 Madison Keys 2,608 130 2,478 Shoulder injury 18 Petra Kvitová 2,535 70 2,465 Pregnancy 21 Belinda Bencic 2,077 240 1,837 Pregnancy

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Withdrawals The entry list was released by Tennis Australia based on the WTA rankings for the week of 4 December 2023.

† – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list

References

External links Draw Main draw 2024 Australian Open Women's Singles draw 2024 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation