2017 Australian Open – Women's singles

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's Open Era record for women's singles major titles. Serena did not lose a set during the tournament. This marked the Williams sisters' ninth and last meeting in a major final. With the win, Serena 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. Serena was roughly eight weeks pregnant with her first daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., by the end of the tournament. 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. b Lučić-Baroni played 22-time grand slam singles champion Steffi Graf in her first grand slam semifinal at Wimbledon in 1999, and would go on to play 22-time grand slam singles champion Serena Williams in her second grand slam semifinal at the 2017 Australian Open.

Seeds

Angelique Kerber (fourth round) Serena Williams (champion) Agnieszka Radwańska (second round) Simona Halep (first round) Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals) Dominika Cibulková (third round) Garbiñe Muguruza (quarterfinals) Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round) Johanna Konta (quarterfinals) Carla Suárez Navarro (second round) Elina Svitolina (third round) Timea Bacsinszky (third round) Venus Williams (final) Elena Vesnina (third round) Roberta Vinci (first round) Barbora Strýcová (fourth round)

Caroline Wozniacki (third round) Samantha Stosur (first round) Kiki Bertens (first round) Zhang Shuai (second round) Caroline Garcia (third round) Daria Gavrilova (fourth round) Daria Kasatkina (first round) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (quarterfinals) Tímea Babos (first round) Laura Siegemund (first round) Irina-Camelia Begu (second round) Alizé Cornet (second round) Monica Puig (second round) Ekaterina Makarova (fourth round) Yulia Putintseva (second round) Anastasija Sevastova (third round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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, while ranking and points before are as of 16 January 2017.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 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 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 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 9 9 Johanna Konta 4,055 780 430 3,705 Quarter-finals lost to Serena Williams 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 12 15 Timea Bacsinszky 2,347 70 130 2,407 Third round lost to Daria Gavrilova 13 17 Venus Williams 2,240 10 1,300 3,530 Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams 14 18 Elena Vesnina 2,229 2 130 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 17 20 Caroline Wozniacki 2,175 10 130 2,295 Third round lost to Johanna Konta 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 22 26 Daria Gavrilova 1,665 240 240 1,665 Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková 23 25 Daria Kasatkina 1,700 130 10 1,580 First round lost to Peng Shuai 24 27 1,620 10 430 2,040 Quarter-finals lost to Venus Williams 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 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

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason 8 Madison Keys 4,137 240 3,897 Wrist injury 11 Petra Kvitová 3,485 70 3,415 Off-court injury 14 Victoria Azarenka 2,591 430 2,161 Maternity

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

† – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw

Retirements

Championship match statistics Category S. Williams V. Williams 1st serve % 37/61 (61%) 46/67 (69%) 1st serve points won28 of 37 = 76% 31 of 46 = 67% 2nd serve points won11 of 24 = 46%6 of 21 = 29% Total service points won39 of 61 = 63.93% 37 of 67 = 55.22% Aces10 7 Double faults 5 3 Winners2721 Unforced errors23 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 59Source

2017 Australian Open – Women's singles

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