Iga Swiatek will be the No 1 seed at a Grand Slam for the eighth consecutive time as the world No 1 has received top billing for the 2024 Australian Open.
Four-time Grand Slam winner Swiatek has been top seed at every single major since the 2022 French Open with the now retired Ashleigh Barty the last player other than the Pole to achieve the top seed status as she was No 1 for the 2022 Australian Open.
Organizers of the Australian Open use the official WTA Rankings to determine the seeds and Swiatek tops the list ahead of defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. It means the top two won’t face each other before the final, but they could potentially face either Elena Rybakina or Coco Gauff in the semi-final.
Last year’s runner-up Rybakina is seeded third as she replaced reigning US Open champion Gauff at No 3 in the WTA Rankings on Monday on the back of her title run at the Brisbane International.
Gauff retained her Auckland Classic trophy last week, but the New Zealand event was a WTA 250 tournament while Rybakina’s title run was worth 500 points.
The top four are followed by Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Marketa Vondrousova, Maria Sakkari, Barbora Krejcikova and Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Last year’s French Open finalist Karolina Muchova was due to be the No 9 seed, but she is missing due to injury.
Meanwhile, two players in the top 20 – two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic – will also miss the tournament as they are pregnant while world No 18 Madison Keys is out injured.
As a result, Chinese duo Zhu Lin and Wang Xinyu as well as Marie Bouzkova from the Czech Republic and Canadian Leylah Fernandez have received a boost as they are among the top 32 seeds despite being ranked lower.
2024 Australian Open women’s seeds:
1. Iga Swiatek Poland
2. Aryna Sabalenka –
3. Elena Rybakina Kazkhstan
4. Coco Gauff United States
5. Jessica Pegula United States
6. Ons Jabeur Tunisia
7. Marketa Vondrousova Czech Republic
8. Maria Sakkari Greece
9. Barbora Krejcikova Czech Republic
10. Beatriz Haddad Maia Brazil
11. Jelena Ostapenko Latvia
12. Zheng Qinwen China
13. Liudmila Samsonova
14. Daria Kasatkina
15. Veronika Kudermetova
16. Caroline Garcia France
17. Ekaterina Alexandrova
18. Victoria Azarenka
19. Elina Svitolina Ukraine
20. Magda Linette Poland
21. Donna Vekic Croatia
22. Sorana Cirstea Romania
23. Anastasia Potapova
24. Anhelina Kalinina Ukraine
25. Elise Mertens Belgium
26. Jasmine Paolini Italy
27. Emma Navarro United States
28. Lesia Tsurenko Ukraine
29. Zhu Lin China
30. Wang Xinyu China
31. Marie Bouzkova Czech Republic
32. Leylah Fernandez Canada
