Women's singles Champion Serena Williams Runner-up Venus Williams Final score 6–4, 6–4 Draw 128 (12 / 8 ) Seeds 32
2017 tennis event results
Main article: 2017 Australian Open
Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 Australian Open. It was her seventh Australian Open singles title and her 23rd major singles title overall, surpassing Steffi Graf as the Open Era leader in women's singles major titles.[1] Serena won the title without losing a set during the tournament. This marks the first time the Williams sisters contested a major final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships , and the first time they contested the Australian Open final since 2003 . With the win, Serena also regained the world No. 1 singles ranking .[2] Serena was roughly 8-weeks pregnant with her first daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., by the end of this tournament.[3] It was Venus' first major final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to CoCo Vandeweghe .
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni reached her second major semifinal 18 years after her first at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships .
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Angelique Kerber (Fourth round)
0 2 . Serena Williams (Champion)
0 3 . Agnieszka Radwańska (Second round)
0 4 . Simona Halep (First round)
0 5 . Karolína Plíšková (Quarterfinals)
0 6 . Dominika Cibulková (Third round)
0 7 . Garbiñe Muguruza (Quarterfinals)
0 8 . Svetlana Kuznetsova (Fourth round)
0 9 . Johanna Konta (Quarterfinals)
10 . Carla Suárez Navarro (Second round)
11 . Elina Svitolina (Third round)
12 . Timea Bacsinszky (Third round)
13 . Venus Williams (Final)
14 . Elena Vesnina (Third round)
15 . Roberta Vinci (First round)
16 . Barbora Strýcová (Fourth round)
17 . Caroline Wozniacki (Third round)
18 . Samantha Stosur (First round)
19 . Kiki Bertens (First round)
20 . Zhang Shuai (Second round)
21 . Caroline Garcia (Third round)
22 . Daria Gavrilova (Fourth round)
23 . Daria Kasatkina (First round)
24 . Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Quarterfinals)
25 . Tímea Babos (First round)
26 . Laura Siegemund (First round)
27 . Irina-Camelia Begu (Second round)
28 . Alizé Cornet (Second round)
29 . Monica Puig (Second round)
30 . Ekaterina Makarova (Fourth round)
31 . Yulia Putintseva (Second round)
32 . Anastasija Sevastova (Third round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ]
Wildcards [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
1
A Kerber
6
5
6
L Tsurenko
2
7
2
1
A Kerber
6
63
6
Q
E Hozumi
5
66
C Witthöft
2
77
2
C Witthöft
7
78
1
A Kerber
6
6
Kr Plíšková
6
2
6
Kr Plíšková
0
4
V Golubic
3
6
4
Kr Plíšková
6
710
Y Shvedova
7
3
4
27
I-C Begu
4
68
27
I-C Begu
5
6
6
1
A Kerber
2
3
23
D Kasatkina
0
65
C Vandeweghe
6
6
S Peng
6
77
S Peng
65
2
L Chirico
0
4
E Bouchard
77
6
E Bouchard
6
6
E Bouchard
4
6
5
P Parmentier
7
7
C Vandeweghe
6
3
7
M Doi
5
5
P Parmentier
4
65
C Vandeweghe
6
77
C Vandeweghe
6
77
15
R Vinci
1
63
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
4
S Halep
3
1
S Rogers
6
6
S Rogers
5
1
WC
A Barty
6
7
WC
A Barty
7
6
A Beck
4
5
WC
A Barty
4
6
3
Q
M Barthel
6
77
Q
M Barthel
6
3
6
WC
D Aiava
3
64
Q
M Barthel
6
6
PM Țig
0
1
29
M Puig
4
4
29
M Puig
6
6
Q
M Barthel
3
5
19
K Bertens
5
65
13
V Williams
6
7
V Lepchenko
7
77
V Lepchenko
1
6
8
Y Duan
6
6
Y Duan
6
3
10
Q
R Šramková
3
4
Y Duan
1
0
Q
S Vögele
2
6
6
13
V Williams
6
6
K Nara
6
2
3
Q
S Vögele
3
2
K Kozlova
65
5
13
V Williams
6
6
13
V Williams
77
7
Section 4 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
11
E Svitolina
6
6
PR
G Voskoboeva
0
2
11
E Svitolina
6
6
F Schiavone
2
4
Q
J Boserup
4
1
Q
J Boserup
6
6
11
E Svitolina
5
6
3
V King
3
2
24
A Pavlyuchenkova
7
4
6
Q
N Vikhlyantseva
6
6
Q
N Vikhlyantseva
2
2
E Rodina
1
62
24
A Pavlyuchenkova
6
6
24
A Pavlyuchenkova
6
77
24
A Pavlyuchenkova
6
6
26
L Siegemund
1
6
4
8
S Kuznetsova
3
3
J Janković
6
1
6
J Janković
6
6
K Siniaková
6
3
4
J Görges
3
4
J Görges
3
6
6
J Janković
4
7
7
PR
A Tatishvili
4
3
8
S Kuznetsova
6
5
9
WC
J Fourlis
6
6
WC
J Fourlis
2
1
M Duque Mariño
0
1
8
S Kuznetsova
6
6
8
S Kuznetsova
6
6
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
Section 6 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
14
E Vesnina
7
6
Q
A Bogdan
5
2
14
E Vesnina
6
6
M Minella
7
6
M Minella
3
3
M Linette
5
4
14
E Vesnina
64
2
Q
J Brady
6
6
Q
J Brady
77
6
LL
M Zanevska
3
2
Q
J Brady
2
77
10
H Watson
6
3
6
H Watson
6
63
8
18
S Stosur
3
6
0
Q
J Brady
4
2
28
A Cornet
6
4
6
M Lučić-Baroni
6
6
WC
M Georges
3
6
1
28
A Cornet
5
6
1
M Sakkari
6
6
M Sakkari
7
4
6
A Kontaveit
0
4
M Sakkari
6
2
3
M Lučić-Baroni
4
6
6
M Lučić-Baroni
3
6
6
Q Wang
6
3
4
M Lučić-Baroni
6
6
T Pironkova
1
6
1
3
A Radwańska
3
2
3
A Radwańska
6
4
6
Section 7 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
6
D Cibulková
7
6
D Allertová
5
2
6
D Cibulková
6
710
PR
K Knapp
3
0r
S-w Hsieh
4
68
S-w Hsieh
6
2
6
D Cibulková
2
77
3
S Errani
7
6
30
E Makarova
6
63
6
R Ozaki
5
1
S Errani
2
2r
E Alexandrova
0
6
1
30
E Makarova
6
3
30
E Makarova
6
4
6
30
E Makarova
1
4
17
C Wozniacki
6
6
9
J Konta
6
6
WC
Ar Rodionova
1
2
17
C Wozniacki
6
6
D Vekić
7
6
D Vekić
1
3
WC
L Cabrera
5
2
17
C Wozniacki
3
1
WC
L Kumkhum
77
4
5
9
J Konta
6
6
N Osaka
62
6
7
N Osaka
4
2
K Flipkens
5
2
9
J Konta
6
6
9
J Konta
7
6
Section 8 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
16
B Strýcová
6
6
Q
E Kulichkova
3
2
16
B Strýcová
6
7
WC
K Day
3
2
A Petkovic
0
5
A Petkovic
6
6
16
B Strýcová
6
7
Ç Büyükakçay
5
77
2
21
C Garcia
2
5
O Dodin
7
61
6
O Dodin
77
4
4
K Bondarenko
64
4
21
C Garcia
63
6
6
21
C Garcia
77
6
16
B Strýcová
5
4
25
T Babos
63
4
2
S Williams
7
6
N Gibbs
77
6
N Gibbs
6
6
I Falconi
6
7
I Falconi
4
1
X Han
1
5
N Gibbs
1
3
Y Wickmayer
6
67
1
2
S Williams
6
6
L Šafářová
3
79
6
L Šafářová
3
4
B Bencic
4
3
2
S Williams
6
6
2
S Williams
6
6
Championship match statistics [ ]
Category
S. Williams
V. Williams
1st serve %
37/61 (61%)
46/67 (69%)
1st serve points won
28 of 37 = 76%
31 of 46 = 67%
2nd serve points won
11 of 24 = 46%
6 of 21 = 29%
Total service points won
39 of 61 = 63.93%
37 of 67 = 55.22%
Aces
10
7
Double faults
5
3
Winners
27
21
Unforced errors
23
25
Net points won
6 of 7 = 86%
6 of 10 = 60%
Break points converted
4 of 11 = 36%
2 of 3 = 67%
Return points won
30 of 67 = 45%
22 of 61 = 36%
Total points won
69
59
Source
See also [ ]
2017 Australian Open Series
References [ ]
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