The 2023 Australian Open will be held without the defending champion on the WTA side, but that won't make the event any less entertaining.
From the January 16th through 29th, some of the best WTA players will fight for the first Grand Slam title of the season. Ashleigh Barty triumphed in Melbourne last year but retired only a few months after that and so she's not featured on the entry list and there will be someone else lifting a trophy in 2023.
There's certainly not shortage of players that could do it. Iga Swiatek had an incredible 2022 season and she will want to prove also in 2023 that it wasn't a coincidence. On the other hand, Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open, had a terrible season and she will want to start strong and prove herself once again.
Similarly, Naomi Osaka didn't show her undeniable qualities for quite some time, and while the two-time Australian Open champion was set to start in Australia, she withdrew from the event, putting a big question mark on the start of her 2023 season.
2020 Australian Open champion, Sofia Kenin will also join the action as she's one of 11 players using protected ranking to enter the event.
Almost everyone from Top 10 of the WTA Rankings will be also considered as one of the top favourites, except for Simona Halep, who isn't listed on the entry list because of her doping case.
Ons Jabeur, Coco Gauff, Caroline Garcia, Aryna Sabalenka, Maria Sakkari and Jessica Pegula will all want to win their first major and there won't be better opportunity than coming well prepared in January.
You can see the full entry list below.
2023 Australian Open WTA Entry List:
| 1. | Iga Swiatek |
| 2. | Ons Jabeur |
| 3. | Jessica Pegula |
| 4. | Caroline Garcia |
| 5. | Aryna Sabalenka |
| 6. | Maria Sakkari |
| 7. | Coco Gauff |
| 8. | Daria Kasatkina |
| 9. | Veronika Kudermetova |
| 10. | Madison Keys |
| 11. | Belinda Bencic |
| 12. | Paula Badosa |
| 13. | Danielle Collins |
| 14. | Beatriz Haddad Maia |
| 15. | Petra Kvitova |
| 16. | Anett Kontaveit |
| 17. | Jelena Ostapenko |
| 18. | Ekaterina Alexandrova |
| 19. | Liudmila Samsonova |
| 20. | Barbora Krejcikova |
| 21. | Elena Rybakina |
| 22. | Amanda Anisimova |
| 23. | Shuai Zhang |
| 24. | Marie Bouzkova |
| 25. | Victoria Azarenka |
| 26. | Qinwen Zheng |
| 27. | Martina Trevisan |
| 28. | Elise Mertens |
| 29. | Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
| 30. | Karolina Pliskova |
| 31. | Kaia Kanepi |
| 32. | Ajla Tomljanovic |
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| Jil Teichmann | |
| Alizé Cornet | |
| Sloane Stephens | |
| Sorana Cirstea | |
| Petra Martic | |
| Leylah Fernandez | |
| Alison Riske-Amritraj | |
| Anastasia Potapova | |
| Bernarda Pera | |
| Bianca Andreescu | |
| Shelby Rogers | |
| Katerina Siniakova | |
| Ana Bogdan | |
| Magda Linette | |
| Xiyu Wang | |
| Yulia Putintseva | |
| Mayar Sherif | |
| Anhelina Kalinina | |
| Alison Van Uytvanck | |
| Garbine Muguruza | |
| Danka Kovinic | |
| Lucia Bronzetti | |
| Madison Brengle | |
| Anna Kalinskaya | |
| Claire Liu | |
| Jasmine Paolini | |
| Lin Zhu | |
| Rebecca Marino | |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto | |
| Jule Niemeier | |
| Camila Giorgi | |
| Donna Vekic | |
| Tatjana Maria | |
| Marta Kostyuk | |
| Nuria Parrizas Diaz | |
| Tereza Martincova | |
| Tamara Korpatsch | |
| Emma Raducanu | |
| Viktorija Golubic | |
| Linda Fruhvirtova | |
| Yue Yuan | |
| Anna Bondar | |
| Anna Blinkova | |
| Camila Osorio | |
| Maryna Zanevska | |
| Julia Grabher | |
| Dalma Galfi | |
| Tamara Zidansek | |
| Xinyu Wang | |
| Lauren Davis | |
| Panna Udvardy | |
| Kaja Juvan | |
| Viktoriya Tomova | |
| Kamilla Rakhimova | |
| Catherine Mcnally | |
| Varvara Gracheva | |
| Ysaline Bonaventure | |
| Marketa Vondrousova | |
| Jaqueline Cristian | |
| Karolina Muchova | |
| Laura Siegemund | |
| Nadia Podoroska | |
| Sofia Kenin | |
| Kristina Kucova | |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | |
| Evgeniya Rodina | |
| Patricia Maria Tig | |
| Saisai Zheng | |
| Harriet Dart | |
| Kateryna Baindl | |
| Dayana Yastremska | |
| Diane Parry (WC) | |
| Taylor Townsend (WC) | |
| Olivia Gadecki (WC) | |
| Storm Hunter (WC) | |
| Talia Gibson (WC) | |
| Kimberly Birrell (WC) | |
| Moyuka Uchijima (WC) | |
| Jaimee Fourlis (WC) | |
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