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Aryna Sabalenka, currently ranked No.1 in the world, leads the official main draw entry roster for the 2025 Australian Open, where she aims to secure the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for the third year in a row.

The two-time reigning champion, Sabalenka, is striving to become the first female player to clinch the Australian Open title three consecutive times since Martina Hingis did so from 1997 to 1999. She is among five previous Australian Open champions included in the entry list, alongside Victoria Azarenka (2012, 2013), Naomi Osaka (2019, 2021), Caroline Wozniacki (2018), and Sofia Kenin (2020).

In total, this list includes 13 Grand Slam champions: current World No.2 and defending Roland Garros titleholder Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, reigning Wimbledon winner Barbora Krejcikova, Jelena Ostapenko, Marketa Vondrousova, Emma Raducanu, and Sloane Stephens.

The complete Top 98 from the PIF WTA Rankings as of the week starting Dec. 2 is included in the preliminary entry list. Six players have entered utilizing special rankings: former Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic (No.15), Caty McNally (No.71), Julia Grabher (No.73), Jodie Burrage (No.85), Zheng Saisai (No.89), and Danka Kovinic (No.95).

The last direct acceptance in the initial list is Nadia Podoroska, ranked No.98. Click here for the complete list of direct entries (pdf).

The first 15 alternates for the main draw in case of withdrawals are listed as follows:

1. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
2. Yuliia Starodubtseva
3. Rebecca Marino
4. Harriet Dart
5. Alycia Parks
6. Sara Errani
7. Sara Sorribes Tormo
8. Daria Saville
9. Robin Montgomery
10. Ajla Tomljanovic
11. Viktorija Golubic
12. Ysaline Bonaventure (utilizing a special ranking of No.109)
13. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
14. Chloe Paquet
15. Anastasia Zakharova

Two of the eight wild card entries have already been confirmed. Zhang Shuai, ranked No.211 and a quarterfinalist in 2016, claimed the Asia-Pacific Wild Card Play-Off in Chengdu last week. Former World No.22 Zhang triumphed over her fellow Chinese player Guo Hanyu 7-6(2), 0-6, 7-5 in the final.

Seventeen-year-old junior No.3 Iva Jovic has been awarded the USTA’s reciprocal wild card after winning 14 out of 16 matches on the ITF World Tour in September and October, which includes titles at the Berkeley ITF W35 and Rancho Santa Fe ITF W75, along with a runner-up finish at the Tyler ITF W100. Jovic, the current Australian Open girls’ doubles champion with Tyra Caterina Grant, made a notable impression on her senior Grand Slam debut by defeating Magda Linette at the US Open. The American teenager is now positioned at a career-high rank of No.194.