Aryna Sabalenka, defending champion and No.1 seed, will play her Australian Open 2025 first round against the American Sloane Stephens. On the opposite side Katerina Siniakova will be the opponent of the No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus plays a forehand return to Zheng Qinwen of China during the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. Credit: AP/Andy Wong

World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been involved in an interesting banter with Anna Kalinskaya. In a video that was shared on the social media platform Instagram on a page called BazaarAustralia, the reigning world number one asked Kalinskaya who her fashion inspiration was.

The full draw for the 2025 Australian Open womens singles tournament in Melbourne; watch all the action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+ which is integrated into Sky TV,

Aryna Sabalenka bids to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis from 1997-99. Sabalenka, seeded first at a Slam for the first time, opens the first Grand Slam of 2025 with a first-round match against 2017 U.

Qualifying is close to reaching its climax for the Australian Open as the final round plays out at Melbourne Park on Thursday. Sixteen men and 16 women will qualify for the Aus Open main draw singles,

Australian Open confirmed the seedings for the men's and women's singles tournaments ahead of the draw on Thursday.