2021 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
	2021 Australian Open
Champion	Naomi Osaka
Runner-up	Jennifer Brady
Final score	6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Naomi Osaka defeated Jennifer Brady in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open.^[1] This was Osaka's second Australian Open title and her fourth Grand Slam tournament singles title.^[2] At this event Osaka extended her winning streak, dating back to the 2020 Cincinnati Open, to 21 matches. Osaka dropped just one set the entire tournament, to Garbiñe Muguruza in the fourth round and also saved two match points in the fourth round match against Muguruza.

Sofia Kenin was the defending champion,^[3] but she lost to Kaia Kanepi in the second round. Her loss to Kanepi was the earliest by a women's defending champion at the Australian Open since two-time defending champion Jennifer Capriati lost in the opening round in 2003.^[4] Mayar Sherif became the first Egyptian woman to win a match in a Grand Slam tournament main draw.^[5] Serena Williams equalled Chris Evert's all-time record of reaching 54 Grand Slam quarterfinals.^[6]^[7] Hsieh Su-wei became the first female Taiwanese player to make a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal. At 35 years old, Hsieh is also the oldest player to debut in a Grand Slam quarterfinal.^[8]^[9]

Seeds

Seeding per WTA rankings.^[10]

01.

Ashleigh Barty (Quarterfinals)

02.

Simona Halep (Quarterfinals)

03.

Naomi Osaka (Champion)

04.

Sofia Kenin (Second round)

05.

Elina Svitolina (Fourth round)

06.

Karolína Plíšková (Third round)

07.

Aryna Sabalenka (Fourth round)

08.

Bianca Andreescu (Second round)

09.

Petra Kvitová (Second round)

10.

Serena Williams (Semifinals)

11.

Belinda Bencic (Third round)

12.

Victoria Azarenka (First round)

13.

Johanna Konta (First round, retired)

14.

Garbiñe Muguruza (Fourth round)

15.

Iga Świątek (Fourth round)

16.

Petra Martić (First round)

17.

Elena Rybakina (Second round)

18.

Elise Mertens (Fourth round)

19.

Markéta Vondroušová (Fourth round)

20.

Maria Sakkari (First round)

21.

Anett Kontaveit (Third round)

22.

Jennifer Brady (Final)

23.

Angelique Kerber (First round)

24.

Alison Riske (First round)

25.

Karolína Muchová (Semifinals)

26.

Yulia Putintseva (Third round)

27.

Ons Jabeur (Third round)

28.

Donna Vekić (Fourth round)

29.

Ekaterina Alexandrova (Third round)

30.

Wang Qiang (First round)

31.

Zhang Shuai (First round)

32.

Veronika Kudermetova (Third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final


1	Ashleigh Barty	6	3	2

25	Karolína Muchová	1	6	6
					25	Karolína Muchová	4	6	4

					22	Jennifer Brady	6	3	6
22	Jennifer Brady	4	6	6

	Jessica Pegula	6	2	1
										22	Jennifer Brady	4	3

										3	Naomi Osaka	6	6
	Hsieh Su-wei	2	2

3	Naomi Osaka	6	6
					3	Naomi Osaka	6	6

					10	Serena Williams	3	4
10	Serena Williams	6	6

2	Simona Halep	3	3

Top half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

1	A Barty	6	6
	D Kovinić	0	0		1	A Barty	6	7⁹
	S Sorribes Tormo	1	5		WC	D Gavrilova	1	6⁷
WC	D Gavrilova	6	7							1	A Barty	6	6
	S Zheng	3	6	2						29	E Alexandrova	2	4
	B Krejčíková	6	2	6		B Krejčíková	3	6⁴
	M Trevisan	3	4		29	E Alexandrova	6	7⁷
29	E Alexandrova	6	6											1	A Barty	6	6
21	A Kontaveit	7	6												S Rogers	3	4
	A Sasnovich	5	2		21	A Kontaveit	6⁵	6	6
	Kr Plíšková	6⁴	6³			H Watson	7⁷	4	2
	H Watson	7⁷	7⁷							21	A Kontaveit	4	3
Q	F Jones	4	1								S Rogers	6	6
	S Rogers	6	6			S Rogers	6	6
Q	O Danilović	7	3	6	Q	O Danilović	2	3
16	P Martić	5	6	4

Section 2

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

11	B Bencic	6	4	6
	L Davis	3	6	1	11	B Bencic	7	2	6
	S Kuznetsova	6	6			S Kuznetsova	5	6	4
	B Strýcová	2	2							11	B Bencic	2	1
	L Zhu	6	6							18	E Mertens	6	6
Q	W Osuigwe	1	1			L Zhu	6⁸	1
	LA Fernandez	1	3		18	E Mertens	7¹⁰	6
18	E Mertens	6	6											18	E Mertens	6⁵	5
25	K Muchová	7	6											25	K Muchová	7⁷	7
	J Ostapenko	5	2		25	K Muchová	6	6
PR	M Barthel	3	6	6	PR	M Barthel	4	1
Q	E Cocciaretto	6	4	4						25	K Muchová	7	7
	D Collins	6	6							6	Ka Plíšková	5	5
	A Bogdan	3	1			D Collins	5	2
	J Paolini	0	2		6	Ka Plíšková	7	6
6	Ka Plíšková	6	6

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

4	S Kenin	7	6
WC	M Inglis	5	4		4	S Kenin	3	2
	A Sevastova	3	1			K Kanepi	6	6
	K Kanepi	6	6								K Kanepi	7	6²	4
	N Podoroska	6	6							28	D Vekić	5	7⁷	6
	C McHale	4	4			N Podoroska	2	2
	Y Wang	6	3	4	28	D Vekić	6	6
28	D Vekić	4	6	6											28	D Vekić	1	5
22	J Brady	6	6												22	J Brady	6	7
	A Bolsova	1	3		22	J Brady	6	6
	M Brengle	6	6			M Brengle	1	2
WC	Ar Rodionova	1	2							22	J Brady	6	6
Q	C Paquet	5	5							Q	K Juvan	1	3
Q	M Sherif	7	7		Q	M Sherif	6	6²	3
Q	K Juvan	4	2		Q	K Juvan	3	7⁷	6
13	J Konta	6	0^r

Section 4

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

12	V Azarenka	5	4
	J Pegula	7	6			J Pegula	6	6
WC	D Aiava	4	4		WC	S Stosur	0	1
WC	S Stosur	6	6								J Pegula	6	6
	N Hibino	2	6	7							K Mladenovic	2	1
WC	A Sharma	6	3	5		N Hibino	5	1
	K Mladenovic	6	0	6		K Mladenovic	7	6
20	M Sakkari	2	6	3											J Pegula	6	3	6
26	Y Putintseva	4	6	6										5	E Svitolina	4	6	3
	S Stephens	6	2	3	26	Y Putintseva	6	1	6
	A Van Uytvanck	4	6	6		A Van Uytvanck	4	6	2
Q	C Burel	6	3	4						26	Y Putintseva	4	0
	C Gauff	6	6							5	E Svitolina	6	6
	J Teichmann	3	2			C Gauff	4	3
	M Bouzková	3	6⁵		5	E Svitolina	6	6
5	E Svitolina	6	7⁷

Bottom half

Section 5

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

8	B Andreescu	6	4	6
LL	M Buzărnescu	2	6	3	8	B Andreescu	3	2
	S-w Hsieh	7	6			S-w Hsieh	6	6
Q	T Pironkova	5	2								S-w Hsieh	6	2	7
	K Flipkens	5	2							Q	S Errani	4	6	5
	V Williams	7	6			V Williams	1	0
Q	S Errani	2	6	6	Q	S Errani	6	6
30	Q Wang	6	4	4												S-w Hsieh	6	6
19	M Vondroušová	2	7	7											19	M Vondroušová	4	2
	R Peterson	6	5	5	19	M Vondroušová	6	7
Q	R Marino	6	7¹¹		Q	R Marino	1	5
WC	K Birrell	0	6⁹							19	M Vondroušová	6	6
	PM Țig	2	1								S Cîrstea	2	4
	S Cîrstea	6	6			S Cîrstea	6	1	6
Q	G Minnen	3	4		9	P Kvitová	4	6	1
9	P Kvitová	6	6

Section 6

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

14	G Muguruza	6	6
LL	M Gasparyan	4	0		14	G Muguruza	6	6
Q	L Samsonova	6⁴	7⁷	7	Q	L Samsonova	3	1
	P Badosa	7⁷	6⁴	5						14	G Muguruza	6	6
	Z Diyas	6	7								Z Diyas	1	1
	T Zidanšek	2	5			Z Diyas	6	3	6
	B Pera	6	6			B Pera	4	6	3
23	A Kerber	0	4											14	G Muguruza	6	4	5
27	O Jabeur	6	3	6										3	N Osaka	4	6	7
	A Petkovic	3	6	4	27	O Jabeur	6	6
Q	M Hibi	6²	4		LL	AK Schmiedlová	3	2
LL	AK Schmiedlová	7⁷	6							27	O Jabeur	3	2
	P Hercog	6⁶	3							3	N Osaka	6	6
	C Garcia	7⁸	6			C Garcia	2	3
	A Pavlyuchenkova	1	2		3	N Osaka	6	6
3	N Osaka	6	6

Section 7

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Fourth Round

7	A Sabalenka	6	6
	V Kužmová	0	4		7	A Sabalenka	7⁷	6
PR	K Boulter	1	4			D Kasatkina	6⁵	3
	D Kasatkina	6	6						7	A Sabalenka	6	6
	A Cornet	6	4	7¹⁰						A Li	3	1
Q	V Savinykh	2	6	6⁷		A Cornet	2	6⁶
	A Li	6	6			A Li	6	7⁸
31	S Zhang	2	0										7	A Sabalenka	4	6	4
24	A Riske	2	1										10	S Williams	6	2	6
	A Potapova	6	6			A Potapova	6	6
Q	T Babos	7⁷	6		Q	T Babos	2	4
LL	Y Bonaventure	6⁰	4							A Potapova	6⁵	2
	N Stojanović	6	6						10	S Williams	7⁷	6
	I-C Begu	3	4			N Stojanović	3	0
	L Siegemund	1	1		10	S Williams	6	6
10	S Williams	6	6

Section 8

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

15	I Świątek	6	6
	A Rus	1	3		15	I Świątek	6	6
PR	Y Shvedova	3	3			C Giorgi	2	4
	C Giorgi	6	6							15	I Świątek	6	6
	F Ferro	6⁵	6	6							F Ferro	4	3
	K Siniaková	7⁷	2	4		F Ferro	6	6
PR	V Zvonareva	6	4	4	17	E Rybakina	4	4
17	E Rybakina	4	6	6										15	I Świątek	6	1	4
32	V Kudermetova	6	7⁷											2	S Halep	3	6	6
	M Kostyuk	2	6⁵		32	V Kudermetova	5	6	6
	V Gracheva	6	3	7¹⁰		V Gracheva	7	2	2
	A Blinkova	1	6	6⁷						32	V Kudermetova	1	3
	M Doi	2	1							2	S Halep	6	6
	A Tomljanović	6	6			A Tomljanović	6	4	5
WC	L Cabrera	2	1		2	S Halep	4	6	7
2	S Halep	6	6

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Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

Before the Qualifying tournament

Kiki Bertens → replaced by Aliona Bolsova
Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Mona Barthel
Taylor Townsend → replaced by Andrea Petkovic

After the Qualifying tournament

Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
Madison Keys → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Magda Linette → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan
Dayana Yastremska (suspension by ITF, upheld by CAS)^[11]^[12] → replaced by Mihaela Buzărnescu

Championship match statistics

Category	Osaka	Brady
1st serve %	30/63 (48%)	29/60 (48%)
1st serve points won	22 of 30 = 73%	18 of 29 = 62%
2nd serve points won	18 of 33 = 55%	13 of 31 = 42%
Total service points won	40 of 63 = 63.49%	31 of 60 = 51.67%
Aces	6	2
Double faults	2	4
Winners	16	15
Unforced errors	24	31
Net points won	4 of 5 = 80%	2 of 3 = 67%
Break points converted	4 of 5 = 80%	2 of 4 = 50%
Return points won	25 of 60 = 42%	21 of 63 = 33%
Total points won	69	54
Source

References

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[2] "Australian Open: Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady in women's final". BBC Sport. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[3] "Sofia Kenin battles back to beat Garbiñe Muguruza in Australian Open final". Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[4] Pentony, Luke (11 February 2021). "Ash Barty beats Daria Gavrilova in straight sets, Sofia Kenin out of Australian Open". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[5] "Egypt's Mayar Sherif Wins First Round Australian Open Match". egyptianstreets.com.

[6] "Australian Open 2021 tennis, day 7 live, scores, results, Naomi Osaka, Grigor Dimitrov def Dominic Thiem, Aslan Karatsev, latest news, schedule". Fox Sports. 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-14.

[7] "Serena Williams Matches Incredible Grand Slam Feat. After Victory Over Aryna Sabalenka at Australian Open 2021". EssentiallySports. 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-14.

[8] "Hsieh makes tennis history in Melbourne". Taipei Times. AFP. 2021-02-15. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14.

[9] "35-year-old Hsieh Su-wei makes history after unbelievable Aus Open boilovers". Fox Sports Australia. 2021-02-14. Archived from the original on 2021-02-16.

[10] "Seeding per WTA rulebook" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[11] "Dayana Yastremska". International Tennis Federation Anti-Doping. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[12] "Media Release, Tennis Anti-Doping: The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) dismisses the appeal filed by Dayana Yastremska: Provisional suspension maintained" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

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