2017 Australian Open – Women's singles

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Women's singles
2017 Australian Open
ChampionUnited States Serena Williams
Runner-upUnited States Venus Williams
Final score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds32
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends
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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[]

01.   Germany Angelique Kerber (Fourth round)
02.   United States Serena Williams (Champion)
03.   Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (Second round)
04.   Romania Simona Halep (First round)
05.   Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (Quarterfinals)
06.   Slovakia Dominika Cibulková (Third round)
07.   Spain Garbiñe Muguruza (Quarterfinals)
08.   Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (Fourth round)
09.   United Kingdom Johanna Konta (Quarterfinals)
10.   Spain Carla Suárez Navarro (Second round)
11.   Ukraine Elina Svitolina (Third round)
12.   Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky (Third round)
13.   United States Venus Williams (Final)
14.   Russia Elena Vesnina (Third round)
15.   Italy Roberta Vinci (First round)
16.   Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová (Fourth round)
17.   Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (Third round)
18.   Australia Samantha Stosur (First round)
19.   Netherlands Kiki Bertens (First round)
20.   China Zhang Shuai (Second round)
21.   France Caroline Garcia (Third round)
22.   Australia Daria Gavrilova (Fourth round)
23.   Russia Daria Kasatkina (First round)
24.   Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Quarterfinals)
25.   Hungary Tímea Babos (First round)
26.   Germany Laura Siegemund (First round)
27.   Romania Irina-Camelia Begu (Second round)
28.   France Alizé Cornet (Second round)
29.   Puerto Rico Monica Puig (Second round)
30.   Russia Ekaterina Makarova (Fourth round)
31.   Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva (Second round)
32.   Latvia 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[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 6 6
7 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 4 0
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 77 2 3
13 United States Venus Williams 63 6 6
13 United States Venus Williams 6 77
24 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4 63
13 United States Venus Williams 4 4
2 United States Serena Williams 6 6
5 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 4 6 4
Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 6 3 6
Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2 1
2 United States Serena Williams 6 6
9 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 2 3
2 United States Serena Williams 6 6

Top half[]

Section 1[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 Germany A Kerber 6 5 6
Ukraine L Tsurenko 2 7 2 1 Germany A Kerber 6 63 6
Q Japan E Hozumi 5 66 Germany C Witthöft 2 77 2
Germany C Witthöft 7 78 1 Germany A Kerber 6 6
Czech Republic Kr Plíšková 6 2 6 Czech Republic Kr Plíšková 0 4
Switzerland V Golubic 3 6 4 Czech Republic Kr Plíšková 6 710
Kazakhstan Y Shvedova 7 3 4 27 Romania I-C Begu 4 68
27 Romania I-C Begu 5 6 6 1 Germany A Kerber 2 3
23 Russia D Kasatkina 0 65 United States C Vandeweghe 6 6
China S Peng 6 77 China S Peng 65 2
United States L Chirico 0 4 Canada E Bouchard 77 6
Canada E Bouchard 6 6 Canada E Bouchard 4 6 5
France P Parmentier 7 7 United States C Vandeweghe 6 3 7
Japan M Doi 5 5 France P Parmentier 4 65
United States C Vandeweghe 6 77 United States C Vandeweghe 6 77
15 Italy R Vinci 1 63

Section 2[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 Spain C Suárez Navarro 6 6
Slovakia J Čepelová 2 2 10 Spain C Suárez Navarro 61 3
Russia I Khromacheva 2 1 Romania S Cîrstea 77 6
Romania S Cîrstea 6 6 Romania S Cîrstea 6 77
United States A Riske 7 6 United States A Riske 2 62
United States M Brengle 5 3 United States A Riske 79 4 6
Q Belarus A Sasnovich 0 3 20 China S Zhang 67 6 1
20 China S Zhang 6 6 Romania S Cîrstea 2 3
32 Latvia A Sevastova 6 0 7 Spain G Muguruza 6 6
Japan N Hibino 4 0r 32 Latvia A Sevastova 6 6
Slovakia K Kučová 6 6 Slovakia K Kučová 3 4
United States C McHale 4 0 32 Latvia A Sevastova 4 2
United States S Crawford 4 6 6 7 Spain G Muguruza 6 6
  United States L Davis 6 3 0 United States S Crawford 5 4
New Zealand M Erakovic 5 4 7 Spain G Muguruza 7 6
7 Spain G Muguruza 7 6

Section 3[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
4 Romania S Halep 3 1
United States S Rogers 6 6 United States S Rogers 5 1
WC Australia A Barty 6 7 WC Australia A Barty 7 6
Germany A Beck 4 5 WC Australia A Barty 4 6 3
Q Germany M Barthel 6 77 Q Germany M Barthel 6 3 6
WC Australia D Aiava 3 64 Q Germany M Barthel 6 6
Romania PM Țig 0 1 29 Puerto Rico M Puig 4 4
29 Puerto Rico M Puig 6 6 Q Germany M Barthel 3 5
19 Netherlands K Bertens 5 65 13 United States V Williams 6 7
United States V Lepchenko 7 77 United States V Lepchenko 1 6 8
China Y Duan 6 6 China Y Duan 6 3 10
Q Slovakia R Šramková 3 4 China Y Duan 1 0
Q Switzerland S Vögele 2 6 6 13 United States V Williams 6 6
Japan K Nara 6 2 3 Q Switzerland S Vögele 3 2
Ukraine K Kozlova 65 5 13 United States V Williams 6 6
13 United States V Williams 77 7

Section 4[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
11 Ukraine E Svitolina 6 6
PR Kazakhstan G Voskoboeva 0 2 11 Ukraine E Svitolina 6 6
  Italy F Schiavone 2 4 Q United States J Boserup 4 1
Q United States J Boserup 6 6 11 Ukraine E Svitolina 5 6 3
United States V King 3 2 24 Russia A Pavlyuchenkova 7 4 6
Q Russia N Vikhlyantseva 6 6 Q Russia N Vikhlyantseva 2 2
Russia E Rodina 1 62 24 Russia A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6
24 Russia A Pavlyuchenkova 6 77 24 Russia A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6
26 Germany L Siegemund 1 6 4 8 Russia S Kuznetsova 3 3
Serbia J Janković 6 1 6 Serbia J Janković 6 6
Czech Republic K Siniaková 6 3 4 Germany J Görges 3 4
Germany J Görges 3 6 6 Serbia J Janković 4 7 7
PR United States A Tatishvili 4 3 8 Russia S Kuznetsova 6 5 9
WC Australia J Fourlis 6 6 WC Australia J Fourlis 2 1
Colombia M Duque Mariño 0 1 8 Russia S Kuznetsova 6 6
8 Russia S Kuznetsova 6 6

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 6 6
Spain S Sorribes Tormo 2 0 5 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 6 6
Q Russia A Blinkova 6 4 6 Q Russia A Blinkova 0 2
Romania M Niculescu 2 6 4 5 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 4 6 10
Q China L Zhu 4 0 Latvia J Ostapenko 6 0 8
Latvia J Ostapenko 6 6 Latvia J Ostapenko 6 6
Spain L Arruabarrena 67 610 31 Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 3 1
31 Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 79 712 5 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 6 6
22 Australia D Gavrilova 3 6 7 22 Australia D Gavrilova 3 3
United Kingdom N Broady 6 4 5 22 Australia D Gavrilova 6 1 6
Croatia A Konjuh 6 6 Croatia A Konjuh 2 6 4
France K Mladenovic 4 2 22 Australia D Gavrilova 6 5 6
Montenegro D Kovinić 6 6 12 Switzerland T Bacsinszky 3 7 4
China S Zheng 0 4 Montenegro D Kovinić 1 65
Italy C Giorgi 4 6 5 12 Switzerland T Bacsinszky 6 77
12 Switzerland T Bacsinszky 6 3 7

Section 6[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 Russia E Vesnina 7 6
Q Romania A Bogdan 5 2 14 Russia E Vesnina 6 6
Luxembourg M Minella 7 6 Luxembourg M Minella 3 3
Poland M Linette 5 4 14 Russia E Vesnina 64 2
Q United States J Brady 6 6 Q United States J Brady 77 6
LL Belgium M Zanevska 3 2 Q United States J Brady 2 77 10
United Kingdom H Watson 6 3 6 United Kingdom H Watson 6 63 8
18 Australia S Stosur 3 6 0 Q United States J Brady 4 2
28 France A Cornet 6 4 6 Croatia M Lučić-Baroni 6 6
WC France M Georges 3 6 1 28 France A Cornet 5 6 1
Greece M Sakkari 6 6 Greece M Sakkari 7 4 6
Estonia A Kontaveit 0 4 Greece M Sakkari 6 2 3
Croatia M Lučić-Baroni 4 6 6 Croatia M Lučić-Baroni 3 6 6
China Q Wang 6 3 4 Croatia M Lučić-Baroni 6 6
Bulgaria T Pironkova 1 6 1 3 Poland A Radwańska 3 2
3 Poland A Radwańska 6 4 6

Section 7[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 Slovakia D Cibulková 7 6
Czech Republic D Allertová 5 2 6 Slovakia D Cibulková 6 710
PR Italy K Knapp 3 0r Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh 4 68
Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh 6 2 6 Slovakia D Cibulková 2 77 3
Italy S Errani 7 6 30 Russia E Makarova 6 63 6
Japan R Ozaki 5 1 Italy S Errani 2 2r
Russia E Alexandrova 0 6 1 30 Russia E Makarova 6 3
30 Russia E Makarova 6 4 6 30 Russia E Makarova 1 4
17 Denmark C Wozniacki 6 6 9 United Kingdom J Konta 6 6
WC Australia Ar Rodionova 1 2 17 Denmark C Wozniacki 6 6
Croatia D Vekić 7 6 Croatia D Vekić 1 3
WC Australia L Cabrera 5 2 17 Denmark C Wozniacki 3 1
WC Thailand L Kumkhum 77 4 5 9 United Kingdom J Konta 6 6
Japan N Osaka 62 6 7 Japan N Osaka 4 2
Belgium K Flipkens 5 2 9 United Kingdom J Konta 6 6
9 United Kingdom J Konta 7 6

Section 8[]

First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
16 Czech Republic B Strýcová 6 6
Q Russia E Kulichkova 3 2 16 Czech Republic B Strýcová 6 7
WC United States K Day 3 2 Germany A Petkovic 0 5
Germany A Petkovic 6 6 16 Czech Republic B Strýcová 6 7
Turkey Ç Büyükakçay 5 77 2 21 France C Garcia 2 5
France O Dodin 7 61 6 France O Dodin 77 4 4
Ukraine K Bondarenko 64 4 21 France C Garcia 63 6 6
21 France C Garcia 77 6 16 Czech Republic B Strýcová 5 4
25 Hungary T Babos 63 4 2 United States S Williams 7 6
United States N Gibbs 77 6 United States N Gibbs 6 6
United States I Falconi 6 7 United States I Falconi 4 1
China X Han 1 5 United States N Gibbs 1 3
Belgium Y Wickmayer 6 67 1 2 United States S Williams 6 6
Czech Republic L Šafářová 3 79 6 Czech Republic L Šafářová 3 4
Switzerland B Bencic 4 3 2 United States S Williams 6 6
2 United States S Williams 6 6

Championship match statistics[]

Category United States S. Williams United States 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[]

  1. ^ "Australian Open 2017: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams to set Grand Slam record". BBC Sport. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Australian Open: Serena Williams beats sister Venus for record 23rd slam title". Guardian. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Serena won the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant". Guardian. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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