2026 AO WTA Entry Lists, Draws & Discussion

[ashkor87]

Swiatek 15%

that is a bit too high, in my view.. she is a bit vulnerable on the faster hard courts like AO.

[Suliso]

I tell you Swiatek for whatever reason is not what she used to be. Bencic also beat her rather easily today.

I give about 50% to Sabalenka, after that difficult to say...

[ponchi101]

I agree she is not what she used to be.
And I forgot one player. Amanda. Who is playing well and has the power to go through this.
So I will review:
Sabalenka 30%
Rybakina 10%
Iga 10%
Amanda 10%
Coco 10%
Muchova 5%
Field 25%

[ti-amie]

I agree she is not what she used to be.
And I forgot one player. Amanda. Who is playing well and has the power to go through this.
So I will review:
Sabalenka 30%
Rybakina 10%
Iga 10%
Amanda 10%
Coco 10%
Muchova 5%
Field 25%

[ti-amie]

UPDATED WTA MD SINGLES ENTRY LIST

Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam
Date: 1/18/2026 Original Cut Off: 103 Ranking Date: 12/8/2025
Draw Size: 128 Direct Acceptances: 104 Wild Cards: 8 Qualifiers: 16 Special Exempts: 0

Main Draw Singles

1​ Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)
2 Iga Swiatek (POL)
3 Coco Gauff (USA)
4​ Amanda Anisimova (USA)
5​ Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
6​ Jessica Pegula (USA)
7​ Madison Keys (USA)
8 Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
9​ Mirra Andreeva (RUS)
10​ Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS)
11 Belinda Bencic (SUI)
12​ Clara Tauson (DEN)
13​ Linda Noskova (CZE)
14 Elina Svitolina (UKR)
15 Emma Navarro (USA)
16 Naomi Osaka (JPN)
17​ Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)
18 Victoria Mboko (CAN)
19​ Karolina Muchova (CZE)
20 Elise Mertens (BEL)
21​ Diana Shnaider (RUS)
22​ Leylah Fernandez (CAN)
23​ Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
24 Qinwen Zheng (CHN)
25​ Paula Badosa (ESP)
26​ Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
27​ Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
28​ Sofia Kenin (USA)
29 Emma Raducanu (GBR)
30​ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)
31​ McCartney Kessler (USA)
32 Maya Joint (AUS)
33​ Anna Kalinskaya (RUS)
34​ Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)
35 Iva Jovic (USA)
36 Lois Boisson (FRA)
37​ Daria Kasatkina (AUS)
38​ Ann Li (USA)
39​ Jaqueline Cristian (ROU)
40 Eva Lys (GER)
40 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) SR
41 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)
42​ Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
43​ Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
44​ Ashlyn Krueger (USA)
45​ Tatjana Maria (GER)
46 Laura Siegemund (GER)
47​ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
48 Katarina Siniakova (CZE)
49​ Emiliana Arango (COL)
50​ Anastasia Potapova (AUT)
51 Maria Sakkari (GRE)
52 Alexandra Eala (PHI)
53 Janice Tjen (INA)
54​ Cristina Bucsa (ESP)
55 Magda Linette (POL)
56 Xinyu Wang (CHN)
57 Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)
58​ Magdalena Frech (POL)
59​ Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
60​ Tereza Valentova (CZE)
61​ Hailey Baptiste (USA)
62 Anna Blinkova (RUS)
63 Peyton Stearns (USA)
65 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)
66 Solana Sierra (ARG)
67 Olga Danilovic (SRB)
68 Viktorija Golubic (SUI)
69 Sonay Kartal (GBR)
70 Donna Vekic (CRO)
71 Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
71 Yafan Wang (CHN) SR
72 Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)
73 Antonia Ruzic (CRO)
74 Francesca Jones (GBR)
75 Anna Bondar (HUN)
77 Varvara Gracheva (FRA)
78 Camila Osorio (COL)
79 Renata Zarazua (MEX)
80 Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
81 Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
82 Petra Marcinko (CRO)
83 Caty McNally (USA)
84 Ella Seidel (GER)
85 Alycia Parks (USA)
86​ Simona Waltert (SUI)
87 Shuai Zhang (CHN)
88 Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)
89 Suzan Lamens (NED)
90 Lulu Sun (NZL)
91 Panna Udvardy (HUN)
92 Sara Bejlek (CZE)
93 Katie Volynets (USA)
94​ Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)
95 Julia Grabher (AUT)
96 Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR)
97 Kamilla Rakhimova (UZB)
98 Kimberly Birrell (AUS)
99 Dalma Galfi (HUN)
100 Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS)
100 Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) SR
101 Darja Semenistaja (LAT)
102 Kaja Juvan (SLO)
103 Leolia Jeanjean (FRA)
IN 104 Polina Kudermetova (RUS)
IN 105 Veronika Erjavec (SLO)
IN 106 Katie Boulter (GBR)
IN 107 Anastasia Zakharova (RUS)

ALTERNATES

108 Lucia Bronzetti (ITA)

[ti-amie]

Main Draw Singles

Top Half

A. Sabalenka 1 vs T. Rakotomanga Rajaonah WC
A. Pavlyuchenkova vs Qualifier
S. Lamens vs A. Potapova
M. Sawangkaew vs E. Raducanu 28

V. Mboko 17 vs E. Jones WC
C. McNally vs Qualifier
P. Kudermetova vs Qualifier
D. Galfi vs C. Tauson 14

E. Alexandrova 11 vs Qualifier
A. Bondar vs E. Mandlik WC
Y. Putintseva vs B. Haddad Maia
E. Jacquemot vs M. Kostyuk 20

I. Jovic 29 vs K. Volynets
P. Hon WC vs Qualifier
V. Erjavec vs M. Frech
Qualifier vs J. Paolini 7


C. Gauff 3 vs K. Rakhimova
O. Danilovic vs V. Williams WC
Qualifier vs J. Bouzas Maneiro
H. Baptiste vs M. Vondrousova 32

K. Muchova 19 vs J. Cristian
A. Parks vs A. Eala
A. Li vs C. Osorio
M. Linette vs E. Navarro 15

E. Svitolina 12 vs C. Bucsa
Qualifier vs F. Jones
T. Gibson WC vs A. Blinkova
B. Krejcikova vs D. Shnaider 23

D. Yastremska 26 vs E. Ruse
Qualifier vs A. Tomljanovic
M. Sakkari vs L. Jeanjean
D. Vekic vs M. Andreeva 8

Bottom Half

J. Pegula 6 vs A. Zakharova
E. Arango vs M. Kessler
O. Selekhmeteva vs E. Seidel
Z. Diyas WC vs P. Badosa 25

L. Fernandez 22 vs J. Tjen
K. Pliskova vs Qualifier
A. Krueger vs S. Bejlek
O. Oliynykova vs M. Keys 9

L. Noskova 13 vs D. Semenistaja
S. Zhang vs T. Preston WC
X. Wang vs Qualifier
R. Sramkova vs J. Ostapenko 24

S. Kenin 27 vs P. Stearns
P. Marcinko vs T. Maria
P. Udvardy vs K. Siniakova
S. Waltert vs A. Anisimova 4


E. Rybakina 5 vs K. Juvan
V. Gracheva vs V. Golubic
L. Sun vs Qualifier
T. Valentova vs M. Joint 30

E. Mertens 21 vs Qualifier
S. Sierra vs M. Uchijima
D. Kasatkina vs Qualifier
K. Boulter vs B. Bencic 10

N. Osaka 16 vs A. Ruzic
S. Cirstea vs E. Lys
Qualifier vs K. Birrell
L. Siegemund vs L. Samsonova 18

A. Kalinskaya 31 vs S. Kartal
J. Grabher vs E. Cocciaretto
R. Zarazua vs M. Bouzkova
Qualifier vs I. Swiatek 2

[ponchi101]

Gauff on Aryna's side, Ostapenko on Iga's.
The deities of tennis are having some fun.

[ashkor87]

Krejcikova vs Shnaider! Tough first round.. Though Shnaider is in better form ..

[ashkor87]

My estimate of Probabilities of win:
Men: Sinner 50%, Alcaraz 45%, Field 5%
Women: Rybakina 35%, Sabalenka 35%, Coco 20%, Field 10%

slightly revised:
Mboko 5%, Field 5%

[jazzyg]

Swiatek's performance at Wimbledon was the outlier. Her struggles are the norm.

But to ponch's point, her run at Wimbledon came from nowhere, so although I expect her to lose to Kalinskaya in round 3 (Kalinskaya choked away a golden opportunity to beat her at the US Open), I'm not totally counting her out.

[skatingfan]

First Grand Slam
Nikola Bartunkova (19) Czech Republic
Linda Klimovicova (21) Poland
Guiomar Maristany (26) Spain
Oleksandra Oliynykova (25) Ukraine
Petra Marcinko (20) Croatia
Himeno Sakatsume (24) Japan
Mananchaya Sawangkaew (23) Thailand
Lanlana Tararudee (21) Thailand

First Australian Open
Emiliana Arango (25) Colombia
Alexandra Eala (20) Philippines
Elsa Jacquemot (22) France
Victoria Mboko (19) Canada
Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (20) France
Antonia Ruzic (22) Croatia
Solana Sierra (21) Argentina
Marina Stakusic (21) Canada
Janice Tjen (23) Indonesia
Simona Waltert (25) Switzerland
Tereza Valentova (18) Czech Republic

[Suliso]

slightly revised:
Mboko 5%, Field 5%

Tired and injured... Even R1 possible this year.

[ti-amie]

[ashkor87]

I am a big fan of Parks..she will do well here

[Suliso]

I am a big fan of Parks..she will do well here

Will beat Muchova you think?