The 2024 Australian Open will be played in Melbourne from January 14 to 28 local time. On December 7, the tournament officially announced the preliminary shortlist of the 2024 Australian Open men's and women's singles main draws. In the women's singles, six Chinese players directly entered the main draw, and the "first brother" Zhang Zhizhen has become the "only seedling" in China in the men's singles field.
2023 Australian Open Women's Singles Champion Sabalenka
The Women's Singles main draw is led by world No. 1 Swiatek, with defending champion Sabalenka in second place, and the last direct finalist is No. from the United States99 Liu Jingwen. Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xinyu, Zhu Lin, Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue, and Bai Zhuoxuan will set foot in the 2024 Australian Open women's singles main event. As many as seven players are ranked in the protection rankings: Brady, Kerber, Tomjanovic, Naomi Osaka, Rodgers, Anisimova and McNally.
It is worth mentioning that the 2021 US Open women's singles champion Raducanu uses NoWith a protected ranking of 103, she has registered for the 2024 Australian Open, but for now, she still needs to qualify.
2023 Australian Open men's singles champion Novak Djokovic
Defending champion and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic leads the men's singles main draw list, and the last direct finalist is the American teenager and No97 Mickelson. Zhang Zhizhen played in the men's singles main draw of the Australian Open for the second time in a row and entered the main draw of the Grand Slam men's singles for the sixth time in a row. Nadal, Cilic, Shapovalov, Raonic, Opelka, Kwon and Vesely used their own protection rankings to make the shortlist.
In addition, former Women's Singles champion Wozniacki has received a wild card for the Women's Singles main draw and will return to Melbourne Park for the first time in four years.
2024 Australian Open Main Draw Finalists:
Left: Women's Singles, Right: Men's Singles).
Text, edited by Yu Mi, picture Visual China).