Seedings for the Australian Open women singles will feature the top 32 ranked entrants.
This will protect other seeds from playing each other until the latter stages of the tournament.
At the Australian Open draw, the seedings will be revealed as official in the days before the main singles starts
The Sporting News lists the projected women’s seedings before confirmation closer to when the event begins.
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Women’s Australian Open 2025 projected seedings
As at December 9, 2024.
This is a list of projected women’s seed for Australian Open 2025, with confirmation of the seeds to come at the Australian Open draw on Thursday, January 9 at TBC (AEDT) on the steps of Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park.
| Ranking | Name | Country | Ranking |
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | |
| 2 | Iga Swiatek | POL | 2 |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | USA | 3 |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | ITA | 4 |
| 5 | Qinwen Zheng | CHN | 5 |
| 6 | Elena Rybakina | KAZ | 6 |
| 7 | Jessica Pegula | USA | 7 |
| 8 | Emma Navarro | USA | 8 |
| 9 | Daria Kasatkina | 9 | |
| 10 | Barbora Krejcikova | CZE | 10 |
| 11 | Danielle Collins | USA | 11 |
| 12 | Paula Badosa | ESP | 12 |
| 13 | Diana Shnaider | 13 | |
| 14 | Anna Kalinskaya | 14 | |
| 15 | Jelena Ostapenko | LAT | 15 |
| 16 | Mirra Andreeva | 16 | |
| 17 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | BRA | 17 |
| 18 | Marta Kostyuk | UKR | 18 |
| 19 | Donna Vekic | CRO | 19 |
| 20 | Victoria Azarenka | 20 | |
| 21 | Madison Keys | USA | 21 |
| 22 | Karolina Muchova | CZE | 22 |
| 23 | Elina Svitolina | UKR | 23 |
| 24 | Katie Boulter | GBR | 24 |
| 25 | Magdalena Frech | POL | 25 |
| 26 | Linda Noskova | CZE | 26 |
| 27 | Liudmila Samsonova | 27 | |
| 28 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 28 | |
| 29 | Yulia Putintseva | KAZ | 29 |
| 30 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 30 | |
| 31 | Leylah Fernandez | CAN | 31 |
| 32 | Maria Sakkari | GRE | 32 |
How do the Australian Open seedings work?
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Just like the other three Grand Slams, the Australian Open uses the current WTA women’s rankings to determine the women’s seed order – which is 32 players.
Organisers usually take the WTA rankings from the previous Monday before the tournament begins.
French Open and US Open have had the same system for seedings in recent times, but Wimbledon only recently moved over to it in 2021.
Until the 2021 tournament, Wimbledon organisers had used a computer-based system favouring grass court results to decide the seedings, giving players who had gone far at Wimbledon the previous year an advantage.
When is the Australian Open 2025 singles draw? Time, date
The Australian Open 2025 singles draw will be held on Thursday, January 9 at TBC (AEDT) on the steps of Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park.
It will also be shown live on all the big screens around Melbourne Park.
As in previous years, the draw is likely to be streamed via the AO website but details are yet to be confirmed.
Details of the draw will be available on The Sporting News after its conclusion.
When does the Australian Open start?
The Australian Open 2025 main draw will begin on Sunday, January 12.
It marks the second consecutive year that the tournament will begin on a Sunday, with the extra day added to ease scheduling pressures.
The action will conclude at Melbourne Park on Sunday, January 26 – the day of the men’s singles final.
When does Australian Open qualifying start?
Qualifying for the year’s first grand slam tournament is slated for Monday, January 6 to Saturday, January 11.
Players will battle over three rounds, with 16 spots in both the men’s and women’s main draws up for grabs.
Organisers have labelled this period ‘Opening Week’, with Melbourne Park to host exhibition matches, open practice sessions and Kids Tennis Day alongside qualifying.
