2026 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

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Women's singles qualifying
2026 Australian Open

The 2026 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying is a series of tennis matches that took place from 12 to 15 January 2026 to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the women's singles tournament.

This was the first time 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens contested the qualifying competition of a major since the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Only 16 out of the 128 qualifiers who compete in this knock-out tournament, secure a main draw place.[2][3][4][5] The match between Elvina Kalieva and Guiomar Maristany, was the longest final qualifying contest, lasting 2 hours and 57 minutes.[6]

Seeds

All seeds are per WTA rankings as of 5 January 2026. The entry list was based on the WTA rankings for the week of 22 December 2025.

  1. Anastasia Zakharova (moved to main draw)
  2. Lucia Bronzetti (qualifying competition)
  3. Mayar Sherif (first round)
  4. Sinja Kraus (first round)
  5. Zeynep Sönmez (qualified)
  6. Yuliia Starodubtseva (qualified)
  7. Katie Boulter (moved to main draw)
  8. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (qualified)
  9. Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (second round)
  10. Rebeka Masarova (second round)
  11. Taylor Townsend (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  12. Greet Minnen (qualifying competition)
  13. Diane Parry (first round)
  14. Tamara Korpatsch (qualifying competition)
  15. Hanne Vandewinkel (first round)
  16. Nikola Bartůňková (qualified)
  17. Marina Stakusic (qualified)
  18. Viktoriya Tomova (qualifying competition)
  19. Joanna Garland (first round)
  20. Linda Fruhvirtová (qualified)
  21. Lanlana Tararudee (qualified)
  22. Arantxa Rus (first round)
  23. Linda Klimovičová (qualified)
  24. Katarzyna Kawa (first round)
  25. Yuan Yue (qualified)
  26. Lucrezia Stefanini (second round)
  27. Lola Radivojević (second round)
  28. Maria Timofeeva (first round)
  29. Leyre Romero Gormaz (first round)
  30. Kaitlin Quevedo (first round)
  31. Dominika Šalková (second round)
  32. Varvara Lepchenko (first round)

Qualifiers

  1. Bai Zhuoxuan
  2. Sloane Stephens
  3. Guiomar Maristany
  4. Yuan Yue
  5. Zeynep Sönmez
  6. Yuliia Starodubtseva
  7. Himeno Sakatsume
  8. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
  9. Marina Stakusic
  10. Anhelina Kalinina
  11. Storm Hunter
  12. Linda Klimovičová
  13. Lanlana Tararudee
  14. Maddison Inglis
  15. Linda Fruhvirtová
  16. Nikola Bartůňková

Lucky loser

  1. Taylor Townsend

Draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
Alt Chloé Paquet 6 63 6
PR Kristina Mladenovic 2 77 3
Alt Chloé Paquet 1 2
PR Bai Zhuoxuan 6 6
PR Bai Zhuoxuan 6 6
Alina Korneeva 4 3
PR Bai Zhuoxuan 4 6 6
Darja Vidmanova 6 4 1
Darja Vidmanova 6 2 6
Mimi Xu 3 6 2
Darja Vidmanova 77 6
31 Dominika Šalková 62 0
Guo Hanyu 5 1
31 Dominika Šalková 7 6

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
2 Lucia Bronzetti 6 63 6
Aliona Bolsova 0 77 1
2 Lucia Bronzetti 79 1 6
Mary Stoiana 67 6 4
Nuria Brancaccio 5 6 5
Mary Stoiana 7 4 7
2 Lucia Bronzetti 1 5
PR Sloane Stephens 6 7
PR Sloane Stephens 6 7
Barbora Palicová 1 5
PR Sloane Stephens 3 6 6
Olivia Gadecki 6 3 3
Olivia Gadecki 6 6
22 Arantxa Rus 2 4

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
3 Mayar Sherif 4 3
Guiomar Maristany 6 6
  Guiomar Maristany 6 2 710
Tatiana Prozorova 2 6 67
Andrea Lázaro García 2 4
Tatiana Prozorova 6 6
  Guiomar Maristany 7 4 6
Elvina Kalieva 5 6 4
Wei Sijia 6 2 2r
Elvina Kalieva 4 6 3
Elvina Kalieva 6 6
Ma Yexin 4 2
Ma Yexin 6 6
32 Varvara Lepchenko 1 3

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Sinja Kraus 5 0
Lina Gjorcheska 7 6
  Lina Gjorcheska 6 2 5
Tamara Zidanšek 4 6 7
Tamara Zidanšek 77 6
Jessika Ponchet 63 3
  Tamara Zidanšek 3 1
25 Yuan Yue 6 6
Polina Iatcenko 3 3
María Lourdes Carlé 6 6
María Lourdes Carlé 65 6 4
25 Yuan Yue 77 3 6
Louisa Chirico 6 1 2
25 Yuan Yue 3 6 6

Fifth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
5 Zeynep Sönmez 6 6
Laura Samson 2 2
5 Zeynep Sönmez 6 6
Julia Riera 3 1
Julia Riera 6 1 6
Ena Shibahara 4 6 3
5 Zeynep Sönmez 6 6
Anastasia Gasanova 3 2
Camilla Rosatello 3 2
Justina Mikulskytė 6 6
Justina Mikulskytė 77 2 0
Anastasia Gasanova 64 6 6
Anastasia Gasanova 77 6
30 Kaitlin Quevedo 63 3

Sixth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
6 Yuliia Starodubtseva 6 3 6
PR Alice Tubello 2 6 0
6 Yuliia Starodubtseva 6 6
Despina Papamichail 1 2
Despina Papamichail 6 7
PR Sachia Vickery 3 5
6 Yuliia Starodubtseva 77 6
18 Viktoriya Tomova 63 2
Viktória Hrunčáková 6 6
Sada Nahimana 3 1
Viktória Hrunčáková 4 4
18 Viktoriya Tomova 6 6
Bernarda Pera 6 4 0
18 Viktoriya Tomova 1 6 6

Seventh qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
Alt Marina Bassols Ribera 6 77
Luisina Giovannini 2 64
Alt Marina Bassols Ribera 7 6
Iryna Shymanovich 5 1
Iryna Shymanovich 77 5 6
Arina Rodionova 64 7 4
Alt Marina Bassols Ribera 6 63 4
Himeno Sakatsume 4 77 6
Manon Léonard 2 1
Himeno Sakatsume 6 6
Himeno Sakatsume 6 6
Mai Hontama 4 2
Mai Hontama 1 6 7
28 Maria Timofeeva 6 4 5

Eighth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
8 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 6
WC Ksenia Efremova 3 1
8 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 77
Kathinka von Deichmann 3 64
Kathinka von Deichmann 3 7 6
WC Renee Alame 6 5 1
8 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 0 6
Daria Snigur 2 6 2
Astra Sharma 63 6 3
Carson Branstine 77 2 6
Carson Branstine 4 2r
Daria Snigur 6 4
Daria Snigur 6 2 6
24 Katarzyna Kawa 1 6 2

Ninth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
9 Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva 4 6 7
Kayla Cross 6 4 5
9 Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva 1 2
Zhu Lin 6 6
Laura Pigossi 4 4
Zhu Lin 6 6
  Zhu Lin 5 4
17 Marina Stakusic 7 6
PR Tereza Mrdeža 0 3
Teodora Kostović 6 6
Teodora Kostović 0 2
17 Marina Stakusic 6 6
Nuria Párrizas Díaz 3 2
17 Marina Stakusic 6 6

Tenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
10 Rebeka Masarova 6 62 710
Alina Charaeva 3 77 65
10 Rebeka Masarova 68 7 1
Maja Chwalińska 710 5 6
Maja Chwalińska 77 6
PR Madison Brengle 63 3
  Maja Chwalińska 7 2 1
Anhelina Kalinina 5 6 6
WC Tahlia Kokkinis 3 3
Anouk Koevermans 6 6
Anouk Koevermans 66 0
Anhelina Kalinina 78 6
Anhelina Kalinina 7 6
19 Joanna Garland 5 2

Eleventh qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
11 Taylor Townsend 63 6 7
Nao Hibino 77 0 5
11 Taylor Townsend 6 6
Jazmín Ortenzi 4 4
Alice Ramé 7 3 4
Jazmín Ortenzi 5 6 6
11 Taylor Townsend 66 2
WC Storm Hunter 78 6
WC Storm Hunter 7 6
Ekaterine Gorgodze 5 3
WC Storm Hunter 6 77
27 Lola Radivojević 4 61
WC Alana Subasic 6 1 4
27 Lola Radivojević 3 6 6

Twelfth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
12 Greet Minnen 6 6
Francisca Jorge 2 3
12 Greet Minnen 77 6
Harmony Tan 63 3
Jessica Pieri 64 6 4
Harmony Tan 77 2 6
12 Greet Minnen 4 4
23 Linda Klimovičová 6 6
Gabriela Knutson 5 0
WC Lizette Cabrera 7 6
WC Lizette Cabrera 4 5
23 Linda Klimovičová 6 7
WC Stefani Webb 2 1
23 Linda Klimovičová 6 6

Thirteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
13 Diane Parry 3 2
Elena Pridankina 6 6
  Elena Pridankina 77 65 1
Lilli Tagger 65 77 6
Lilli Tagger 3 7 6
Gao Xinyu 6 5 3
  Lilli Tagger 3 0
21 Lanlana Tararudee 6 6
Destanee Aiava 3 6 3
Harriet Dart 6 2 6
Harriet Dart 0 6 3
21 Lanlana Tararudee 6 3 6
Sofia Costoulas 4 3
21 Lanlana Tararudee 6 6

Fourteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
14 Tamara Korpatsch 6 67 6
Miriam Bulgaru 4 79 2
14 Tamara Korpatsch 6 2
Silvia Ambrosio 3 0r
Silvia Ambrosio 6 6
Ana Sofía Sánchez 1 2
14 Tamara Korpatsch 4 4
Maddison Inglis 6 6
Tara Würth 3 4
Claire Liu 6 6
Claire Liu 66 6 4
Maddison Inglis 78 2 6
Maddison Inglis 4 77 6
29 Leyre Romero Gormaz 6 64 2

Fifteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
15 Hanne Vandewinkel 6 3 4
Carol Young Suh Lee 3 6 6
  Carol Young Suh Lee 6 6
WC Elena Micic 2 2
Carole Monnet 4 6 1
WC Elena Micic 6 4 6
  Carol Young Suh Lee 7 2 4
20 Linda Fruhvirtová 5 6 6
PR Fiona Ferro 6 6
Ku Yeon-woo 3 2
PR Fiona Ferro 4 6 4
20 Linda Fruhvirtová 6 3 6
Anna-Lena Friedsam 6 2 3
20 Linda Fruhvirtová 2 6 6

Sixteenth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
16 Nikola Bartůňková 6 6
Séléna Janicijevic 3 3
16 Nikola Bartůňková 1 5
WC Tina Smith 6 2r
WC Tina Smith 77 78
Cadence Brace 65 66
16 Nikola Bartůňková 6 6
Whitney Osuigwe 1 0
Anastasija Sevastova 2 0
Whitney Osuigwe 6 6
Whitney Osuigwe 7 6
26 Lucrezia Stefanini 5 2
Eva Vedder 4 2
26 Lucrezia Stefanini 6 6

References

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