The 2013 Australian Open is the first Major tennis tournament of the year and is played at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The 2013 Australian Open Women's Draw is listed below for the opening round. It is also broken up into pairs of eight players. The players that are seeded in the tournament have a number after their names and before the country they are representing. All wildcards are listed with a (W) in front of their names.
Serena Williams is the overwhelming favorite to win the tournament. It should come as no surprise as she has won 36 of her last 37 matches overall. She could meet up with No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the in the semifinals. Yet, Williams is 11-1 against Azarenka in her career, and has won the last eight matchups between the two.
The Australian Open begins on Monday, Jan. 14 in Melbourne, which is Sunday night in EST. First round coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. Sunday night on ESPN2.
2013 Australian Open Women's Draw
Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, vs. Monica Niculescu, Romania
Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, vs. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic
Qualifier vs. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden
Jamie Hampton, United States, vs. Urszula Radwanska (31), Poland
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Varvara Lepchenko (21), United States, vs. Polona Hercog, Slovenia
(W) Caroline Garcia, France, vs. Elena Vesnina, Russia
Mathilde Johansson, France, vs. Qualifier
Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, vs. Roberta Vinci (16), Italy
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Caroline Wozniacki (10), Denmark, vs. Sabine Lisicki, Germany
Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, vs. Donna Vekic, Croatia
Qualifier vs. Lauren Davis, United States
Qualifier vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (24), Russia
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Hsieh Su-wei (26), Taiwan, vs. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain
Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, vs. Christina McHale, United States
Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, vs. Sara Errani (7), Italy
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Serena Williams (3), United States, vs. Edina Gallovits-Hall, Romania
Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, vs. Garbine Muguruza, Spain
Ayumi Morita, Japan, vs. Anna Tatishvili, Georgia
Annika Beck, Germany, vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (28), Kazakhstan
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Yanina Wickmayer (20), Belgium, vs. (W) Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia
Qualifier vs. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia
Rebecca Marino, Canada, vs. Peng Shuai, China
Vania King, United States, vs. Maria Kirilenko (14), Russia
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Nadia Petrova (12), Russia, vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan
Shahar Peer, Israel, vs. Alexandra Panova, Russia
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, vs. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, vs. Lucie Safarova (17), Czech Republic
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Sloane Stephens (29), United States, vs. Simona Halep, Romania
Kristina Mladenovic, France, vs. Timea Babos, Hungary
Melanie Oudin, United States, vs. Laura Robson, Britain
Francesca Schiavone, Italy, vs. Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic
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Li Na (6), China, vs. Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan
Pauline Parmentier, France, vs. Olga Govortsova, Belarus
Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, vs. (W) Sacha Jones, Australia
CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, vs. Sorana Cirstea (27), Romania
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Julia Goerges (18), Germany, vs. Qualifier
Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, vs. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria
(W) Zhang Yuxuan, China, vs. Zheng Jie, China
Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, vs. Sam Stosur (9), Australia
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Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, vs. Melinda Czink, Hungary
Qualifier vs. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia
Qualifier vs. Qualifier
Johanna Larsson, Sweden, vs. Jelena Jankovic (22), Serbia
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Mona Barthel (32), Germany, vs. Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan
Heather Watson, Britain, vs. Alexandra Cadantu, Romania
Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, vs. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands
(W) Bojana Bobusic, Australia, vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland
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Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, vs. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine
Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, vs. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands
Casey Dellacqua, Australia, vs. (W) Madison Keys, United States
Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, vs. Tamira Paszek (30), Austria
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Ekaterina Makarova (19), Russia, vs. Qualifier
Camila Giorgi, Italy, vs. Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France
Qualifier vs. (W) Olivia Rogowska, Australia
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, vs. Marion Bartoli (11), France
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Dominika Cibulkova (15), Slovakia, vs. (W) Ashleigh Barty, Australia
Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, vs. Qualifier
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, vs. Nina Bratchikova, Russia
Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, vs. Klara Zakopalova (23), Czech Republic
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Venus Williams (25), United States, vs. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan
Alize Cornet, France, vs. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand
Petra Martic, Croatia, vs. Misaki Doi, Japan
Olga Puchkova, Russia, vs. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia
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