2020 AO: Down Under Over/Under
#2 Karolina Pliskova: QF OVER
#3 Naomi Osaka: QF PUSH
#4 Simona Halep: QF OVER
#5 Elina Svitolina: QF UNDER
#6 Belinda Bencic: QF PUSH
#7 Petra Kvitova: QF UNDER
#8 Serena Williams: QF OVER
#9 Kiki Bertens: 4th Rd. UNDER
#10 Madison Keys: 4th Rd. OVER
#11 Aryna Sabalenka: 4th Rd. UNDER
#12 Johanna Konta: 4th Rd. UNDER
#13 Petra Martic: 4th Rd. UNDER
#14 Sofia Kenin: 4th Rd. PUSH
#15 Marketa Vondrousova: 4th Rd. UNDER
#16 Elise Mertens: 4th Rd. UNDER
#17 Angelique Kerber: 3rd Rd. OVER
#18 Alison Riske: 3rd Rd. OVER
#19 Donna Vekic: 3rd Rd. UNDER
#20 Karolina Muchova: 3rd Rd. OVER
#21 Amanda Anisimova: 3rd Rd. OVER
#22 Maria Sakkari: 3rd Rd. PUSH
#23 Dayana Yastremska: 3rd Rd. OVER
#24 Sloane Stephens: 3rd Rd. UNDER
#25 Ekaterina Alexandrova: 3rd Rd. OVER
#26 Danielle Collins: 3rd Rd. PUSH
#27 Wang Qiang: 3rd Rd. PUSH
#28 Anett Kontaveit: 3rd Rd. UNDER
#29 Elena Rybakina: 3rd Rd. PUSH
#30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3rd Rd. UNDER
#31 Anastasija Sevastova: 3rd Rd. UNDER
#32 Barbora Strycova: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Coco Gauff: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Julia Goerges: 3rd Rd. OVER
un Hsieh Su-wei: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Ons Jabeur: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Dasha Kasatkina: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Svetlana Kuznetsova: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Kristina Mladenovic: 2nd Rd. UNDER
un Garbine Muguruza: 3rd Rd. OVER
un Alona Ostapenko: 3rd Rd. UNDER
WC Maria Sharapova: 2nd Rd. OVER
un Katerina Siniakova: 2nd Rd. UNDER
un Samantha Stosur: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Carla Suarez-Navarro: 2nd Rd. UNDER
un Iga Swiatek: 2nd Rd. OVER
un Ajla Tomljanovic: 3rd Rd. UNDER
WC CoCo Vandeweghe: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Venus Williams: 3rd Rd. PUSH
un Caroline Wozniacki: 3rd Rd. UNDER
un Zhang Shuai: 2nd Rd. OVER
Any Qualifier: 3rd Rd. UNDER
**RECENT WOMEN'S SLAM WINNERS**
2016 AO: Angelique Kerber, GER
2016 RG: Garbine Muguruza, ESP
2016 WI: Serena Williams, USA
2016 US: Angelique Kerber, GER
2017 AO: Serena Williams, USA
2017 RG: Alona Ostapenko, LAT
2017 WI: Garbine Muguruza, ESP
2017 US: Sloane Stephens, USA
2018 AO: Caroline Wozniacki, DEN
2018 RG: Simona Halep, ROU
2018 WI: Angelique Kerber, GER
2018 US: Naomi Osaka, JPN
2019 AO: Naomi Osaka, JPN
2019 RG: Ash Barty, AUS
2019 WI: Simona Halep, ROU
2019 US: Bianca Andreescu, CAN
**ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS - FIRST SLAM FINAL**
1997 U.S. Open - Venus Williams
1999 U.S. Open - Serena Williams (W)
2001 Roland Garros - Kim Clijsters
2004 Wimbledon - Maria Sharapova (W)
2004 U.S. Open - Svetlana Kuznetsova (W)
2009 U.S. Open - Caroline Wozniacki
2010 Roland Garros - Samantha Stosur
2010 Wimbledon - Vera Zvonareva
2011 Wimbledon - Petra Kvitova (W)
2012 Australian Open - Victoria Azarenka (W)
2012 Roland Garros - Sara Errani
2013 Wimbledon - Sabine Lisicki
2014 Roland Garros - Simona Halep
2014 Wimbledon - Genie Bouchard
2015 Wimbledon - Garbine Muguruza
2016 Australian Open - Angelique Kerber (W)
2016 U.S. Open - Karolina Pliskova
2017 Roland Garros - Alona Ostapenko (W)
2017 U.S. Open - Sloane Stephens (W)
2017 U.S. Open - Madison Keys
2018 U.S. Open - Naomi Osaka (W)
2019 Roland Garros - Ash Barty (W)
2019 Roland Garros - Marketa Vondrousova
2019 U.S. Open - Bianca Andreescu (W)
**ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS - WON IN FIRST SLAM FINAL**
1999 U.S. Open - Serena Williams
2004 Wimbledon - Maria Sharapova
2011 Wimbledon - Petra Kvitova
2012 Australian Open - Victoria Azarenka
2016 Australian Open - Angelique Kerber
2017 Roland Garros - Alona Ostapenko
2017 U.S. Open - Sloane Stephens
2018 U.S. Open - Naomi Osaka
2019 Roland Garros - Ash Barty
2019 U.S. Open - Bianca Andreescu
**RECENT AUSTRALIAN OPEN SINGLES CHAMPIONS**
2005 Serena Williams, USA
2006 Amelie Mauresmo, FRA
2007 Serena Williams, USA
2008 Marai Sharapova, RUS
2009 Serena Williams, USA
2010 Serena Williams, USA
2011 Kim Clijsters, BEL
2012 Victoria Azarenka, BLR
2013 Victoria Azarenka, BLR
2014 Li Na, CHN
2015 Serena Williams, USA
2016 Angelique Kerber, GER
2017 Serena Williams, USA
2018 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN
2019 Naomi Osaka, JPN
**AUSTRALIAN OPEN TOP SEEDS - since 2010**
2010 Serena Williams, USA (W)
2011 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN (SF)
2012 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN (QF)
2013 Victoria Azarenka, BLR (W)
2014 Serena Williams, USA (4th)
2015 Serena Williams, USA (W)
2016 Serena Williams, USA (RU)
2017 Angelique Kerber, GER (1st)
2018 Simona Halep, ROU (RU)
2019 Simona Halep, ROU (4th)
2020 Ash Barty, AUS
**ALL-TIME AO MATCH WINS - WOMEN**
85...Serena Williams*
60...Margaret Court
57...Maria Sharapova*
56...Lindsay Davenport
53...Venus Williams*
52...Martina Hingis
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* - active
**FIRST-TIME SLAM CHAMPS AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN - OPEN ERA**
1977 Kerry Melville-Reid, AUS
1978 Chris O'Neil, AUS
1979 Barbara Jordan, USA
1980 Hana Mandlikova, CZE
1995 Mary Pierce, FRA
1997 Martina Hingis, SUI
2001 Jennifer Capriati, USA
2006 Amelie Mauresmo, FRA
2012 Victoria Azarenka, BLR
2016 Angelique Kerber, GER
2018 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN
**AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINALS - ACTIVE**
8...Serena Williams (7-1)
4...Maria Sharapova (1-3)
2...Victoria Azarenka (2-0)
2...Kim Clijsters (1-1)
2...Venus Williams (0-2)
1...Angelique Kerber (1-0)
1...Naomi Osaka (1-0)
1...Caroline Wozniacki (1-0)
1...Simona Halep (0-1)
1...Petra Kvitova (0-1)
**RECENT AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMIFINALISTS**
2015: S.Williams (W), Sharapova (RU), Keys/Makarova
2016: Kerber (W), S.Williams (RU), A.Radwanska/Konta
2017: S.Williams (W), V.Williams (RU), Lucic-Baroni/Vandeweghe
2018: Wozniacki (W), Halep (RU); Mertens/Kerber
2019: Osaka (W), Kvitova (RU); Collins/Ka.Pliskova
**LOW-SEEDED AO CHAMPIONS - OPEN ERA**
Unseeded - 1978 Chris O'Neil, AUS
Unseeded - 2007 Serena Williams, USA
#12 - 2001 Jennifer Capriati, USA
#7 - 2005 Serena Williams, USA
#7 - 2016 Angelique Kerber, GER
#5 - 1979 Barbara Jordan, USA
#5 - 2008 Maria Sharapova, RUS
#4 - 1995 Mary Pierce. FRA
#4 - 1997 Martina Hingis, SUI
#4 - 2014 Li Na, CHN
#4 - 2019 Naomi Osaka, JPN
**BACK-to-BACK US/AO TITLES OVER TWO SEASONS - Open era**
1969-70 Margaret Court, AUS
1970-71 Margaret Court, AUS
1988-89 Steffi Graf, FRG
1989-90 Steffi Graf, FRG
1991-92 Monica Seles, YUG
1992-93 Monica Seles, YUG
1993-94 Steffi Graf, GER
1997-98 Martina Hingis, SUI
2002-03 Serena Williams, USA
2003-04 Justine Henin-Hardenne, BEL
2008-09 Serena Williams, USA
2010-11 Kim Clijsters, BEL
2014-15 Serena Williams, USA
2018-19 Naomi Osaka, JPN
**LOWEST-SEEDED WOMEN IN AO SF, since 2010**
Unseeded - 2010 Zheng Jie, CHN
Unseeded - 2015 Madison Keys, USA
Unseeded - 2016 Johanna Konta, GBR
Unseeded - 2017 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, CRO
Unseeded - 2017 CoCo Vandeweghe, USA
Unseeded - 2018 Elise Bertens, BEL
Unseeded - 2019 Danielle Collins, USA
Wild Card - 2010 Justine Henin, BEL (RU)
#30 - 2014 Genie Bouchard, CAN
#29 - 2013 Sloane Stephens, USA
#21 - 2018 Angelique Kerber, GER
#20 - 2014 Dominika Cibulkova, SVK (RU)
#16 - 2010 Li Na, CHN
#13 - 2017 Venus Williams, USA (RU)
#11 - 2012 Kim Clijsters, BEL
#10 - 2015 Ekaterina Makarova, RUS
**AUSTRALIAN OPEN GIRLS FINALS - since 2010**
2010 Karolina Pliskova/CZE d. Laura Robson/GBR
2011 An-Sophie Mestach/BEL d. Monica Puig/PUR
2012 Taylor Townsend/USA d. Yulia Putintseva/RUS
2013 Ana Konjuh/CRO d. Katerina Siniakova/CZE
2014 Elizaveta Kulichkova/RUS d. Jana Fett/CRO
2015 Tereza Mihalikova/SVK d. Katie Swan/GBR
2016 Vera Lapko/BLR d. Tereza Mihalikova/SVK
2017 Marta Kostyuk/UKR d. Rebeka Masarova/SUI
2018 Liang En-shuo/TPE d. Clara Burel/FRA
2019 Clara Tauson/DEN d. Leylah Annie Fernandez/CAN
**BEST AO GIRLS/WOMEN'S RESULTS**
[won Girls & Women's titles]
Evonne Goolagong (1970 Jr. Champion; 1974-77 Women's Champion)
Chris O'Neil (1973 Jr. Champion; 1978 Women's Champion)
Victoria Azarenka (2005 Jr. Champion; 2012-13 Women's Champion)
[others]
Lindsay Davenport (1992 Jr. RU; 2000 Women's Champion)
Maria Sharapova (2002 Jr. RU; 2008 Women's Champion)
Caroline Wozniacki (2006 Jr. RU; 2018 Women's Champion)
**RECENT AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN AO ROUND OF 16**
[since 7-round event in '87]
1987 QF - Elizabeth Smylie
1987 4th Rd. - Janine Tremelling
1987 4th Rd. - Wendy Turnbull
1988 QF - Anne Minter
1989 4th Rd. - Nicole Provis
1990 4th Rd. - Rachel McQuillan
1991 4th Rd. - Rachel McQuillan
1993 4th Rd. - Nicole Provis
2003 4th Rd. - Nicole Pratt
2004 4th Rd. - Alicia Molik
2005 QF - Alicia Molik
2006 4th Rd. - Samantha Stosur
2008 4th Rd. - Casey Dellacqua
2009 QF - Jelena Dokic
2010 4th Rd. - Samantha Stosur
2015 4th Rd. - Casey Dellacqua
2016 4th Rd. - Dasha Gavrilova
2017 4th Rd. - Dasha Gavrilova
2019 QF - Ash Barty
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MOST RECENT WINNER: 1978 Chris O'Neil
MOST RECENT SF: 1984 Wendy Turnbull
**AO WOMEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS - since 2010**
2010 Serena Williams / Venus Williams, USA/USA
2011 Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta, ARG/ITA
2012 Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva, RUS/RUS
2013 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, ITA/ITA
2014 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, ITA/ITA
2015 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Safarova, USA/CZE
2016 Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza, SUI/IND
2017 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Safarova, USA/CZE
2018 Timea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic, HUN/FRA
2019 Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai, AUS/CHN
**AO MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONS - since 2010**
2010 Cara Black & Mahesh Bhupathi, ZIM/IND
2011 Katarina Srebotnik & Daniel Nestor, SLO/CAN
2012 Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Horia Tecau, USA/ROU
2013 Jarmila Gajdosova & Matthew Ebden, AUS/AUS
2014 Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor, FRA/CAN
2015 Martina Hingis & Leander Paes, SUI/IND
2016 Elena Vesnina & Bruno Soares, RUS/BRA
2017 Abigail Spears & Juan Sebastian Cabal, USA/COL
2018 Gaby Dabrowski & Mate Pavic, CAN/CRO
2019 Barbora Krejcikova & Rajeev Ram, CZE/USA
**AUSTRALIAN OPEN GIRLS DOUBLES CHAMPS - since 2010**
2010 Jana Cepelova / Chantal Skamlova, SVK/SVK
2011 An-Sophie Mestach / Demi Schuurs, BEL/NED
2012 Gabby Andrews / Taylor Townsend, USA/USA
2013 Ana Konjuh / Carol Zhao, CRO/CAN
2014 Anhelina Kalinina / Elizaveta Kulichkova, UKR/RUS
2015 Miriam Kolodziejova / Marketa Vondrousova, CZE/CZE
2016 Anna Kalinskaya / Tereza Mihalikova, RUS/SVK
2017 Bianca Andreescu / Carson Branstine, CAN/USA
2018 Liang En-shou / Wang Xinyu, TPE/CHN
2019 Natsumi Kawaguchi / Adrienn Nagy, JPN/HUN
**AO WHEELCHAIR CHAMPIONS**
2002 WC Classic 8's at AO: Esther Vergeer, NED
2003 WC Classic 8's at AO: Esther Vergeer, NED
2004 WC Classic 8's at AO: Esther Vergeer, NED
2005 WC Classic 8's at AO: Mie Yaosa, JPN
2006 WC Classic 8's at AO: Esther Vergeer, NED
2007 Esther Vergeer, NED
2008 Esther Vergeer, NED
2009 Esther Vergeer, NED
2010 Korie Homan, NED
2011 Esther Vergeer, NED
2012 Esther Vergeer, NED
2013 Aniek van Koot, NED
2014 Sabine Ellerbrock, GER
2015 Jiske Griffioen, NED
2016 Jiske Griffioen, NED
2017 Yui Kamiji, JPN
2018 Diede de Groot, NED
2019 Diede de Groot, NED
[doubles]
2004 WC Classic 8's at AO: Maaike Smit/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2005 WC Classic 8's at AO: Florence Gravellier/Maaike Smit, FRA/NED
2006 WC Classic 8's at AO: Jiske Griffioen/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2007 Jiske Griffioen/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2008 Jiske Griffioen/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2009 Korie Homan/Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2010 Florence Gravellier/Aniek van Koot, FRA/NED
2011 Esther Vergeer/Sharon Walraven, NED/NED
2012 Esther Vergeer/Sharon Walraven, NED/NED
2013 Jiske Griffioen/Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2014 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR
2015 Yui Kamiji/Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR
2016 Marjolein Buis/Yui Kamiji, NED/JPN
2017 Jiske Griffioen/Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2018 Marjolein Buis/Yui Kamiji, NED/JPN
2019 Diede de Groot/Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED
**RECENT WC SLAM SINGLES FINALS**
2017 AO - #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN def. #1 Jiske Griffioen/NED
2017 RG - #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN def. Sabine Ellerbrock/GER
2017 WI - Diede de Groot/NED def. Sabine Ellerbrock/GER
2017 US - #1 Yui Kamiji/JPN def. #2 Diede de Groot/NED
2018 AO - #2 Diede de Groot/NED def. #1 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2018 RG - #1 Yui Kamiji/JPN def. #2 Diede de Groot/NED
2018 WI - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. Aniek van Koot/NED
2018 US - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2019 AO - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2019 RG - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
2019 WI - Aniek Van Koot/NED def. #1 Diede de Groot/NED
2019 US - #1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN
**SLAM TITLES AFTER AGE 30**
10..Serena Williams, USA (age 30-35)*
3...Martina Navratilova, USA (age 30-33)
3...Margaret Court, AUS (age 30-31)
2...Billie Jean King, USA (age 30 & 31)
2...Chris Evert, USA (age 30 & 31)
1...Flavia Pennetta, ITA (age 33)
1...Virginia Wade. GBR (age 31)
1...Ann Haydon Jones, GBR (age 30)
1...Angelique Kerber, GER (age 30)*
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*-active
**OLDEST WOMEN'S SINGLES SLAM CHAMPIONS - OPEN ERA**
Serena Williams (35y/125) - 2017 Australian
Serena Williams (34/283) - 2016 Wimbledon
Serena Williams (33/285) - 2015 Wimbledon
Martina Navratilova (33/263) - 1990 Wimbledon
Serena Williams (33/254) - 2015 Roland Garros
Flavia Pennetta (33/201) - 2015 U.S. Open
Serena Williams (33/127) - 2015 Australian
**OLDEST WOMEN'S SINGLES SLAM FINALISTS**
Serena Williams (37,347d) - lost '19 US to Andreescu
Serena Williams (37,291d) - lost '19 WI to Halep
Martina Navratilova (37y,258d) — lost '94 WI to C.Martinez
Venus Williams (37,28d) - lost '17 WI to Muguruza
Serena Williams (36/347) - lost '18 US to Osaka
Serena Williams (36/291) - lost '18 WI to Kerber
Venus Williams (36/226) — lost '17 AO to S.Williams
Serena Williams (35/125) — '17 AO, def. V.Williams
**OLDEST FIRST-TIME SLAM CHAMPS**
33y,199d - Flavia Pennetta, 2015 U.S. Open
29y,346d - Francesca Schiavone, 2010 Roland Garros
29y,275d - Jana Novotna, 1998 Wimbledon
29y,154d - Kerry Melville-Reid, 1977 Australian Open
29y,98d - Li Na, 2011 Roland Garros
28y,277d - Marion Bartoli, 2013 Wimbledon
28y,12d - Angelique Kerber, 2016 Australian Open
27y,200d - Caroline Wozniacki, 2018 Australian Open
26y,255d - Simona Halep, 2018 Roland Garros
26y,207d - Amelie Mauresmo, 2006 Australian Open
26y,165d - Samantha Stosur, 2011 U.S. Open
**MOST SLAMS BEFORE FIRST TITLE**
49 - Flavia Pennetta (2015 U.S. Open)
47 - Marion Bartoli (2013 Wimbledon)
45 - Jana Novotna (1998 Wimbledon)
43 - Caroline Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open)
39 - Francesca Schiavone (2010 Roland Garros)
34 - Samantha Stosur (2011 U.S. Open)
33 - Angelique Kerber (2016 Australian Open)
32 - Simona Halep (2018 Roland Garros)
32 - Amelie Mauresmo (2006 Australian Open)
**RECENT FIRST-TIME SLAM CHAMPS AND RESULT AT NEXT MAJOR**
2010 Francesca Schiavone (RG): Wimbledon 1st
2011 Li Na (RG): Wimbledon 2nd
2011 Petra Kvitova (WI): U.S. 1st
2011 Samantha Stosur (US): Australian 1st
2012 Victoria Azarenka (AO): Roland Garros 4th
2013 Marion Bartoli (WI): DNP/retired
2015 Flavia Pennetta (US): DNP/retired
2016 Angelique Kerber (AO): Roland Garros 1st
2016 Garbine Muguruza (RG): Wimbledon 2nd
2017 Alona Ostapenko (RG): Wimbledon QF
2017 Sloane Stephens (US): Australian 1st
2018 Caroline Wozniacki (AO): Roland Garros 4th
2018 Simona Halep (RG): Wimbledon 3rd
2018 Naomi Osaka (US): Australian W
2019 Ash Barty (RG): Wimbledon 4th
2019 Bianca Andreescu (US): DNP/injured
**TEEN SLAM CHAMPS - since 1997**
1997 Martina Hingis, 16 (AO)*
1997 Iva Majoli, 19 (RG)*
1997 Martina Hingis, 16 (WI)
1997 Martina Hingis, 16 (US)
1998 Martina Hingis, 17 (AO)
1999 Martina Hingis, 18 (AO)
1999 Serena Williams, 17 (US)*
2004 Maria Sharapova, 17 (WI)*
2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 19 (US)*
2006 Maria Sharapova, 19 (US)
2019 Bianca Andreescu, 19 (AO)*
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* - first-time slam winner
**BIGGEST AGE DIFFERENCE IN SLAM FINAL**
18y,263 - Andreescu (19) d. S.Williams (37) = '19 U.S.
17y,45d - Seles (17) d. Navratilova (34) = '91 U.S.
16y,20d - Osaka (20) d. S.Williams (36) = '18 U.S.
15y,180d - Martinez (22) d. Navratilova (37) = '94 WI
14y,175d - Graf (18) d. Evert (33) = '88 AO
13y,113d - Muguruza (23) d. V.Williams (37) = '17 WI
**LOW RANKED IN SLAM FINAL - Open era**
NR - Evonne Goolagong, 1977 Australian (W)
NR - Kim Clijsters, 2009 US Open (W)
NR - Justine Henin, 2010 Australian
#181 - Serena Williams, 2018 Wimbledon
#111 - Chris O'Neil, 1978 Australian (W)
#83 - Sloane Stephens, 2017 US Open (W)
#81 - Serena Williams, 2007 Australian (W)
#78 - Betsy Nagelson, 1978 Australian
#68 - Barbara Jordan, 1979 Australian (W)
#66 - Venus Williams. 1997 US Open
**FIRST-TIME SLAM SEMIFINALISTS SINCE 2013**
=2013=
AO: Sloane Stephens/USA
RG: -
WI: Kirsten Flipkens/BEL
US: Flavia Pennetta/ITA
=2014=
AO: Genie Bouchard/CAN
RG: Simona Halep/ROU (RU), Andrea Petkovic/GER
WI: Lucie Safarova/CZE
US: Ekatarina Makarova/RUS, Peng Shuai/CHN
=2015=
AO: Madison Keys/USA
RG: Timea Bacsinszky/SUI
WI: Garbine Muguruza/ESP (RU)
US: Roberta Vinci/ITA (RU)
=2016=
AO: Johanna Konta/GBR
RG: Kiki Bertens/NED
WI: Elena Vesnina/RUS
US: Karolina Pliskova/CZE (RU)
=2017=
AO: CoCo Vandeweghe/USA
RG: Alona Ostapenko/LAT (W)
WI: Magdalena Rybarikova/SVK
US: -
=2018=
AO: Elise Mertens/BEL
RG: -
WI: Julia Goerges/GER
US: Naomi Osaka/JPN (W), Anastasija Sevastova/LAT
=2019=
AO: Danielle Collins/USA
RG: Amanda Anisimova/USA, Ash Barty/AUS (W), Marketa Vondrousova/CZE (RU)
WI: Barbora Strycova/CZE, Elina Svitolina/UKR
US: Bianca Andreescu/USA (W), Belinda Bencic/SUI
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NOTE: 25/27 slams, 26/29 slams
NOTE: 7 consecutive AO (2013-19)
**CAREER SLAM #1 SEEDS - active**
20...Serena Williams
6...Caroline Wozniacki
5...Simona Halep
4...Maria Sharapova
3...Victoria Azarenka
3...Angelique Kerber
2...ASH BARTY
2...Naomi Osaka
1...Karolina Pliskova
1...Venus Williams
**EARLIEST EXIT BY SLAM #1**
[pre-Open era]
1962 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Margaret Court (lost to Billie Jean Moffitt)
[Open era]
1979 Australian Open 1st Rd. - Virginia Ruzici (lost to Mary Sawyer)
1994 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Steffi Graf (lost to Lori McNeil)
1999 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Martina Hingis (lost to Jelena Dokic)
2001 Wimbledon 1st Rd. - Martina Hingis (lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual)
2017 Roland Garros 1st Rd. - Angelique Kerber (lost to Ekaterina Makarova)
2018 US Open 1st Rd. - Simona Halep (lost to Kaia Kanepi)
**RECENT SLAM JUNIOR CHAMPS**
[2017]
AO: Marta Kostyuk, UKR
RG: Whitney Osuigwe, USA
WI: Claire Liu, USA
US: Amanda Anisimova, USA
[2018]
AO: Liang En-shuo, TPE
RG: Coco Gauff, USA
WI: Iga Swiatek, POL
US: Wang Xiyu, CHN
[2019]
AO: Clara Tauson, DEN
RG: Leylah Annie Fernandez, CAN
WI: Daria Snigur, UKR
US: Maria Camila Osorio Serrano, COL
Top seed and world No.1 Ash Barty will begin her campaign to become the first Australian woman to win the women’s singles title since 1978...@ashbarty | #AusOpen | #AO2020https://t.co/Ad9DW7eu2v
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2020
posted by Todd.Spiker @ 10:14 PM
2 Comments:
And here we go. Barty will be #1 no matter what. But 8 women could leave as #2. On the other hand, since Dabrowski and Xu both reached the final this week, 8 women have a chance to reach #1 in doubles.
10 On the Up Side.
1.Ka.Pliskova- Brisbane winner reached SF last year, and has equaled or bettered her previous best here 9 years running. In the 4th qtr, which is not as messy as some others.
2.Keys- Won more matches before AO than she has done since 2013. Courts play to her style. Possible fun matchup with Kvitova.
3.Osaka- On form, has won before, but is in the Group of Death. Venus, Coco, Naomi, Caroline, and Serena? If she goes back to back, most likely that she will have beat the last woman to have done so in Serena.
4.Ostapenko- No match play, but expecting the weirdness to come from Halep's quarter. Why? See below.
5.Brady- 51/49 match vs Halep, and i'm riding Brady. Has a similar game to Kanepi, who is always a threat to Halep. Seems ready for a 3rd or 4th rd next week.
6.Siegemund- Only for a round. Her version of Sharapova/Williams. 0-5 vs Vandeweghe, but Coco only has 1 WTA MD win since the beginning of 2019-Bouzkova. Her best chance to get win #1.
7.Muguruza- Liked this pick more before she offered her normal January walkover or retirement. Not at her pear, but looks like a more engaged player this season.
8.Rybakina- Bad draw, but this time next year will be making history. By then, she would be seeded here for the 2nd time, which a Kazakh has never done. Putintseva-2017, Diyas-2015, and Shvedova-2013 are the others.
9.Vondrousova- Looked better in warmup event than expected. R16 looks doable. Can compare her to Andreescu in that she kept good form. Like Bianca in the last year, has also missed a slam, entered another one compromised, and reached a slam final.
10.S.Williams- Draw does her no favors, but is in the best form here since she won in 2017. And as confident as she says she is, actually winning a title validates her beliefs. Her daughter Osaka would be the favorite if they meet.
10 On the Down Side.
1.Barty- She may yet win this week, but AO is different. Fed Cup final may have been the blueprint, and a player like Rybakina, who is unafraid to pull the trigger could knock her out. The other thing is the press. Expectations will be high, as she is the first Aussie seeded #1 here since Goolagong Cawley in 1977. Heck, they haven't even had a Top 10 seed since Stosur, who was 9 back in 2013.
2.Stephens- How much space do I have? Something is wrong, period. Opens the year with one lose to a sub-100 player, then followed that up with one to a sub-200 player. On a 4-10 stretch, the weird thing is that normally when she loses, her lack of footwork is the problem. This week, it was the serve, or lack of it, as she lost over 50% of those points to Rodionova. Backhand is terrible right now. Also missing is her aggressiveness. She just seems lost out there.
3.V.Williams- Unseeded, she lives for the big matchups. But with the exception of Serena, this is the worst possible matchup for her. Not a random 15 yr old WC, but a player that already beat her in Gauff. Add in the fact that Venus has already pulled out of 2 tournaments and probably isn't 100 pct, plus the fact that she has lost her first match in 6 of her last 10 events, and this seems like one and done.
4.Sevastova- With older slam winners, you normally say they will walk away within 2 years of that title. On a smaller scale, Sevastova won her home tournament in Jurmala. Has gone 3-8 since. Don't know if it is lack of motivation or just father time, but expectations are low.
5.Kuzmova- Has taken a step back. Seemingly made 50 errors vs Zhu. Slower than a street sweeper. Has nice strokes, but is at the mercy of anybody who makes her move.
6.Osorio Serrano- Lost in Q, has a big upside with the right gameplan and coach. This will be really important for her, as people probably have the wrong impression of her. They see the Colombian flag, and thing she will be great on clay. But her hands are bad, her net play is weak, but she is great from the baseline. There is a reason she won her junior slam on hard.
7.Bouzkova- Unseeded player with the worst draw goes to Bouzkova. Even though she is the type of player that can trouble Osaka, especially if she goes on her second set walkabout, the result should be the same as her match vs Serena, close, but no cigar.
8.Halep- The can opener. She is going to open up the 3rd qtr once she loses, it will be a free for all with a bunch of good players who have had varying degrees of slam success. This is the section to watch.
9.Tomljanovic- Another tough draw. Has only made it past the 2nd rd once out of 21 slams. That seems to be the limit here also.
10.Vekic- Another 51/49 match. Has been slumping since the Riske match, which she hasn't recovered from. This could be great, because both Vekic and Sharapova have had problems closing out matches in recent times. If you are looking for a match with a match point saved, this may be it.
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