AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS 2021 • Full List Of ATP / WTA Players Entered And More

World’s finest
gamers to contest Australian Open 2021

Australia’s world No.1 Ash Barty and
eight-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic (SRB) will lead the
fields at what guarantees to be a historic Australian Open at Melbourne
Park from 8-21 February 2021.

“We’re trying ahead to welcoming the
world’s finest gamers to Melbourne and what guarantees to be a spectacular
Australian Open following a yr of disruption on a scale none of us has ever
skilled earlier than,” Australian Open Match Director Craig Tiley
mentioned.

“Though the AO will look a bit completely different to
earlier years, the security of everyone seems to be our prime precedence. We’ve got the
alternative to stage a really protected, and completely satisfied Slam, and provides the gamers the
expertise of competing in entrance of crowds once more, one thing they’ve missed for
most of this yr.

“There are such a lot of nice storylines for AO
2021. Serena is gunning for her eighth AO title whereas Novak, who usually appears
invincible at Melbourne Park, goes for a document ninth title. Our personal world
No.1 Ash Barty will return to Grand Slam competitors, as will Roger Federer as
he comes again from damage. And there’s a brand new crop of rising stars coming as much as
problem all of them.

“It’s going to be an incredible few weeks of tennis
right here in Melbourne.”

Becoming a member of world No.1 and defending champ Djokovic
is world No.2 Rafael Nadal (ESP), [3] Dominic Thiem (AUT), [4] Daniil
Medvedev (RUS), [5] Roger Federer (SUI), [6] Stefanos Tsitsipas
(GRE), [7] Alexander Zverev (GER), [8] Andrey Rublev (RUS), [9] Diego
Schwartzman (ARG) and [10] Matteo Berrettini (ITA), making up an
entertaining top-10 mixture of Grand Slam champions and the subsequent era of
younger weapons knocking on the door.

Serena Williams’ motivation is
unquestioned as she units herself as much as equal Margaret Courtroom’s document of 24 Grand
Slam singles titles by profitable an eighth Australian Open crown.

Additionally in competition on the ladies’s aspect are
world No.2 Simona Halep (ROU), 2020 US Open champion [3] Naomi Osaka
(JPN), defending champion [4] Sofia Kenin (USA), [5] Elina Svitolina
(UKR), [6] Karolina Pliskova (CZE), [7] Bianca Andreescu (CAN),
[8] Petra Kvitova (CZE), [9] Kiki Bertens (NED) and [10] Aryna
Sabalenka (BLR).

Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
returns, having missed the event in 2020, alongside 19-year-old Iga
Swiatek (POL), the latest Grand Slam ladies’s champion who gained Roland Garros
in October.

A complete of 104 gamers obtain direct entry
into the lads’s and girls’s singles predominant draw and an extra eight are awarded
wildcards, whereas 16 locations can be decided on the qualifying rounds from
10-13 January 2021 in Dubai and Doha respectively. 

*Rankings as of 21 December 2020