Sofia Kenin

• event: Australian Open
• edition: 109th
• date: February 8-21, 2021
• venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• defending champion: Sofia Kenin

SEEDS

1. Alison Riske, 30, United States
2. Anett Kontaveit, 25, Estonia
3. Angelique Kerber, 33, Germany
4. Aryna Sabalenka (Арына Сяргееўна Сабаленка), 22, Belarus
5. Ashleigh Barty, 24, Australia
6. Belinda Bencic, 23, Switzerland
7. Bianca Andreescu, 20, Canada
8. Donna Vekić, 24, Croatia
9. Ekaterina Alexandrova (Екатерина Евгеньевна Александрова), 26, Russia
10. Elena Rybakina (Елена Андреевна Рыбакина), 21, Kazakhstan
11. Elina Svitolina (Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна), 26, Ukraine
12. Elise Mertens, 25, Belgium
13. Garbiñe Muguruza, 27, Spain
14. Iga Świątek, 19, Poland
15. Jennifer Brady, 25, United States
16. Johanna Konta, 29, Australia
17. Karolína Muchová, 24, Czech Republic
18. Karolína Plíšková, 28, Czech Republic
19. Maria Sakkari (Μαρία Σάκκαρη), 25, Greece
20. Markéta Vondroušová, 21, Czech Republic
21. Naomi Osaka (大坂 なおみ), 23, Japan
22. Ons Jabeur (أُنْس جابر), 26, Tunisia
23. Petra Kvitová, 30, Czech Republic
24. Petra Martić, 30, Croatia
25. Serena Williams, 39, United States
26. Simona Halep, 29, Romania
27. Sofia “Sonya” Kenin, 22, United States
28. Veronika Kudermetova (Вероника Эдуардовна Кудерметова), 23, Russia
29. Victoria Azarenka (Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка), 31, Belarus
30. Yulia Putintseva (Ю́лия Анто́новна Пути́нцева), 26, Russia
31. Wang Qiang (王蔷), 29, China
32. Zhang Shuai (张帅), 32, China

RECORDS

• Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to win a match in a Grand Slam tournament main draw.
• Serena Williams equaled Chris Evert‘s all-time record of reaching 54 Grand Slam Quarterfinals.
• Hsieh Su-wei became the first female Taiwanese player to make a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal and the oldest player to debut in a Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 35.

QUARTERFINALS

• Ashleigh Barty (Australia) vs Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)
• Jennifer Brady (USA) vs Jessica Pegula (USA)
• Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) vs Naomi Osaka (Japan)
• Serena Williams (USA) vs Simona Halep (Romania)

SEMIFINALS

• Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) vs Jennifer Brady (USA)
• Naomi Osaka (Japan) vs Serena Williams (USA)

FINALS

• Naomi Osaka (Japan) vs Jennifer Brady (USA)

WINNER

• Naomi Osaka (Japan)