2017 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2017 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Venus Williams
Score	6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

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 and last major singles title overall, surpassing Steffi Graf as the Open Era leader in women's singles major titles.^[1] Serena did not lose a set during the tournament. This marked the first time the Williams sisters contested a major final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, the first time they contested the Australian Open final since 2003, and their ninth and final meeting in a major final overall. With the win, Serena also regained the world No. 1 singles ranking, and remains the oldest woman in the Open Era to win a singles major, aged 35 years and four months.^[2] Serena was roughly 8-weeks pregnant with her first daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., by the end of the 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 over 17 years after her first, at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships.^[4]

Seeds

1.

Angelique Kerber (fourth round)

2.

Serena Williams (champion)

3.

Agnieszka Radwańska (second round)

4.

Simona Halep (first round)

5.

Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)

6.

Dominika Cibulková (third round)

7.

Garbiñe Muguruza (quarterfinals)

8.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round)

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.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	CoCo Vandeweghe	6	6

7	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	0
						CoCo Vandeweghe	7⁷	2	3

					13	Venus Williams	6³	6	6
13	Venus Williams	6	7⁷

24	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	4	6³
										13	Venus Williams	4	4

										2	Serena Williams	6	6
5	Karolína Plíšková	4	6	4

	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	6	3	6
						Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	2	1

					2	Serena Williams	6	6
9	Johanna Konta	2	3

2	Serena Williams	6	6

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

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

10	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
	J Čepelová	2	2		10	C Suárez Navarro	6¹	3
	I Khromacheva	2	1			S Cîrstea	7⁷	6
	S Cîrstea	6	6								S Cîrstea	6	7⁷
	A Riske	7	6								A Riske	2	6²
	M Brengle	5	3			A Riske	7⁹	4	6
Q	A Sasnovich	0	3		20	S Zhang	6⁷	6	1
20	S Zhang	6	6												S Cîrstea	2	3
32	A Sevastova	6	0											7	G Muguruza	6	6
	N Hibino	4	0^r		32	A Sevastova	6	6
	K Kučová	6	6			K Kučová	3	4
	C McHale	4	0							32	A Sevastova	4	2
	S Crawford	4	6	6						7	G Muguruza	6	6
	L Davis	6	3	0		S Crawford	5	4
	M Erakovic	5	4		7	G Muguruza	7	6
7	G Muguruza	7	6

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

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	S Sorribes Tormo	2	0		5	Ka Plíšková	6	6
Q	A Blinkova	6	4	6	Q	A Blinkova	0	2
	M Niculescu	2	6	4						5	Ka Plíšková	4	6	10
Q	L Zhu	4	0								J Ostapenko	6	0	8
	J Ostapenko	6	6			J Ostapenko	6	6
	L Arruabarrena	6⁷	6¹⁰		31	Y Putintseva	3	1
31	Y Putintseva	7⁹	7¹²												5	Ka Plíšková	6	6
22	D Gavrilova	3	6	7											22	D Gavrilova	3	3
	N Broady	6	4	5	22	D Gavrilova	6	1	6
	A Konjuh	6	6			A Konjuh	2	6	4
	K Mladenovic	4	2							22	D Gavrilova	6	5	6
	D Kovinić	6	6							12	T Bacsinszky	3	7	4
	S Zheng	0	4			D Kovinić	1	6⁵
	C Giorgi	4	6	5	12	T Bacsinszky	6	7⁷
12	T Bacsinszky	6	3	7

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	0^r			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	2^r
	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

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to rankings on 9 January 2017,^[5] while ranking and points before are as of 16 January 2017.^[6]

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Angelique Kerber	8,875	2,000	240	7,115	Fourth round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe
2	2	Serena Williams	7,080	1,300	2,000	7,780	Champion, defeated Venus Williams [13]
3	3	Agnieszka Radwańska	5,625	780	70	4,915	Second round lost to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
4	4	Simona Halep	5,073	10	10	5,073	First round lost to Shelby Rogers
5	5	Karolína Plíšková	4,970	130	430	5,270	Quarter-finals lost to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
6	6	Dominika Cibulková	4,865	10	130	4,985	Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [30]
7	7	Garbiñe Muguruza	4,420	130	430	4,720	Quarter-finals lost to CoCo Vandeweghe
8	10	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3,745	70	240	3,915	Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [24]
9	9	Johanna Konta	4,055	780	430	3,705	Quarter-finals lost to Serena Williams [2]
10	12	Carla Suárez Navarro	2,985	430	70	2,625	Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
11	13	Elina Svitolina	2,895	70	130	2,955	Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [24]
12	15	Timea Bacsinszky	2,347	70	130	2,407	Third round lost to Daria Gavrilova [22]
13	17	Venus Williams	2,240	10	1,300	3,530	Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [2]
14	18	Elena Vesnina	2,229	2^[7]	130	2,357	Third round lost to Jennifer Brady [Q]
15	19	Roberta Vinci	2,210	130	10	2,090	First round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe
16	16	Barbora Strýcová	2,295	240	240	2,295	Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [2]
17	20	Caroline Wozniacki	2,175	10	130	2,295	Third round lost to Johanna Konta [9]
18	21	Samantha Stosur	2,016	10	10	2,016	First round lost to Heather Watson
19	22	Kiki Bertens	1,956	10	10	1,956	First round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
20	23	Zhang Shuai	1,885	470	70	1,485	Second round lost to Alison Riske
21	24	Caroline Garcia	1,765	10	130	1,885	Third round lost to Barbora Strýcová [16]
22	26	Daria Gavrilova	1,665	240	240	1,665	Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková [5]
23	25	Daria Kasatkina	1,700	130	10	1,580	First round lost to Peng Shuai
24	27	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,620	10	430	2,040	Quarter-finals lost to Venus Williams [13]
25	28	Tímea Babos	1,545	70	10	1,485	First round lost to Nicole Gibbs
26	30	Laura Siegemund	1,502	130	10	1,382	First round lost to Jelena Janković
27	29	Irina-Camelia Begu	1,502	10	70	1,562	Second round lost to Kristýna Plíšková
28	43	Alizé Cornet	1,242	70	70	1,242	Second round lost to Maria Sakkari
29	46	Monica Puig	1,215	130	70	1,155	Second round lost to Mona Barthel [Q]
30	34	Ekaterina Makarova	1,377	240	240	1,377	Fourth round lost to Johanna Konta [9]
31	31	Yulia Putintseva	1,450	130	70	1,390	Second round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko
32	33	Anastasija Sevastova	1,425	110	130	1,445	Third round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza [7]

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
8	Madison Keys	4,137	240	3,897	Wrist injury^[8]
11	Petra Kvitová	3,485	70	3,415	Off-court injury^[9]
14	Victoria Azarenka	2,591	430	2,161	Maternity^[10]

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Maryna Zanevska

Withdrawals

& Victoria Azarenka (13) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig (107)
† Anna-Lena Friedsam (67) → replaced by Anna Tatishvili (107 PR)
† Petra Kvitová (11) → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei (108)
† Madison Keys (8) → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova (109)
† Ana Ivanovic (retirement from tennis) (63) → replaced by Mariana Duque Mariño (110)
† Sabine Lisicki (92) → replaced by Han Xinyun (111)
† Catherine Bellis (75) → replaced by Anett Kontaveit (112)
† Sloane Stephens (35) → replaced by Samantha Crawford (113)^[i]
† Johanna Larsson (50) → replaced by Maryna Zanevska (LL)

& – not included on entry list
† – withdrew from entry list

Retirements

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

Notes

^ Last direct acceptance

References

^ "Australian Open 2017: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams to set Grand Slam record". BBC Sport. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Australian Open: Serena Williams beats sister Venus for record 23rd slam title". Guardian. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Serena won the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant". Guardian. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "Mirjana Lucic-Baroni overcomes physical abuse from her father". Fox Sports. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ WTA Tour (9 January 2017). "Women's Singles Seeds". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ WTA Tour (16 January 2017). "Women's Singles Points". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ "Elena Vesnina profile". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "Madison Keys ruled out of Australian Open". Special Broadcasting Service. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
^ "Petra Kvitova out for three months after hand surgery following knife attack". BBC. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ "Victoria Azarenka announces pregnancy". Women's Tennis Association. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ "Lizette Cabrera has been handed a wildcard into the Australian Open". Courier Mail. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

External links

Preceded by 2016 US Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2017 French Open – Women's singles

[12] Last direct acceptance

[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.

[4] "Mirjana Lucic-Baroni overcomes physical abuse from her father". Fox Sports. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[WR-5] WTA Tour (9 January 2017). "Women's Singles Seeds". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[WP-6] WTA Tour (16 January 2017). "Women's Singles Points". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[7] "Elena Vesnina profile". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

[8] "Madison Keys ruled out of Australian Open". Special Broadcasting Service. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[Knife-attack-9] "Petra Kvitova out for three months after hand surgery following knife attack". BBC. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[Withdraw1-10] "Victoria Azarenka announces pregnancy". Women's Tennis Association. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[11] "Lizette Cabrera has been handed a wildcard into the Australian Open". Courier Mail. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

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