Australian Open 2025, women’s draw: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek's projected path to final-thriller

The forthcoming Australian Open has revealed the women's singles main draws, headlined by star players with the likes of Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, and Coco Gauff. The first Grand Slam of the year is set to take place from January 12 to 25. The defending champion Sabalenka is set to face American Sloane Stephens in the first round and might face Linda Noskova and Mirra Andreeva in the later rounds of the game.

Coco Gauff’s possible path to the Australian Open title

R1 - Kenin

R2 - Burrage / Qualifier

R3 - Starodubtseva / Bucsa / Fernandez

R4 - Muchova / Ostapenko / Bencic / Osaka

QF - Badosa / Kostyuk / Pegula / Samsonova

SF - Sabalenka / Zheng / Andreeva / Vekic

F - Rybakina /… pic.twitter.com/VZ7FQSj6Ru

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 9, 2025

In the same quarter of the game, China's Zheng Qinwen is matched in a qualifier thriller against Donna Vekic and Diana Shnaider, as they both seem to be the potential third-round opponents with a possibility of a quarterfinal game with defending champion Sabalenka.

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Aryna Sabalenka’s possible path to defending her Australian Open title

R1 - Stephens

R2 - Kartal / Bouzas Maneiro

R3 - Noskova / Tauson / Pera

R4 - Andreeva / Frech / Blinkova

QF - Zheng / Shnaider / Vekic / Pavlyuchenkova / Vondrousova

SF - Gauff / Pegula / Ostapenko /… pic.twitter.com/i7ySDI0UjC

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 9, 2025

Meanwhile, one of the most intriguing first-round matches will see Coco Gauff take on 2020 Australia Open champion Sofia Kenin, and in the subsequent game, she is set to take on Naomi Osaka and Caroline Garcia. In addition, 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko is set to face Belinda Bencic in 2020.

Elena Rybakina’s possible path to the Australian Open title

R1 - Jones

R2 - Parrizas Diaz / Jovic

R3 - Sherif / Kovinic / Sun / Yastremska

R4 - Collins / Keys

QF - Paolini / Svitolina / Haddad Maia / Boulter /

SF - Swiatek / Navarro / Sakkari / Azarenka / Raducanu /… pic.twitter.com/syjX2u0qjA

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 9, 2025

On the flip side, star player Elena Rybakina will face a catchy first-round duel against Aussie star Emerson Jones. Danielle Collins, Madison Keys, and Jasmine Paolini might join them. The world number two, Iga Swiatek, is set to start her tournament against Czechia's Katerina Siniakova.

Iga Swiatek’s possible path to the Australian Open title

R1 - Siniakova

R2 - Sramkova / Volynets

R3 - Anisimova / Raducanu / Alexandrova

R4 - Kalinskaya / Azarenka

QF - Navarro / Kasatkina / Sakkari

SF - Rybakina / Paolini / Svitolina / Collins / Haddad Maia / Keys

F -… pic.twitter.com/7CwXdKuG5r

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 9, 2025

It's worth mentioning that Sabalenka aims to become the first woman since Martina Hingis to win three straight titles at the Australian Open 2025.

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First-round matches to keep an eye on:-

1. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) vs Sofia Kenin (USA)
2. Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs Caroline Garcia (FRA)
3. Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
4. [2] Iga Swiatek (POL) vs Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
5. [14] Mirra Andreeva vs Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
6. [6] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs [WC] Emerson Jones (AUS)
7. Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs [26] Ekaterina Alexandrova