2023 Australian Open draw: Swiatek, Jabeur top the field

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Iga Swiatek Australian Open 2023
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MELBOURNE, Australia -- The draw for the season's first Grand Slam has been revealed at the 2023 Australian Open. The ceremony was conducted on Thursday afternoon at Melbourne Park.

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World No.1 Iga Swiatek

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, and the two could face in the quarterfinals. Gauff kicked off her season by winning all ten sets she played in Auckland to win the ASB Classic. 

The second quarter sees No.3 Jessica Pegula

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. Pegula comes into her most successful Slam full of confidence after leading Team USA to the inaugural United Cup title. A quarterfinalist in Melbourne in her past two appearances, Pegula went 4-1 at United Cup to open her year, including a stunning straight-sets win over No.1 Swiatek.

Landing in the bottom half of the draw are No.2 Ons Jabeur

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, No.5
Aryna Sabalenka
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and No.8 Daria Kasatkina
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. Jabeur was unable to play the Australian Open last year due to injury. Despite nursing a back injury in Adelaide 1, the Tunisian has made the final at her previous two Slam appearances and remains an all-surface threat.

Jabeur could face a confident Sabalenka in the quarterfinals. Sabalenka opened her season by ending a 19-month title drought, dominating the field to win her 11th career title at Adelaide 1. 

Notable first-round matches:

[11] Paula Badosa

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[17] Jelena Ostapenko
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vs. Dayana Yastremska
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[24] Victoria Azarenka
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vs.
Sofia Kenin
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[25] Marie Bouzkova
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vs. Bianca Andreescu
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[26] Elise Mertens
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vs. Garbiñe Muguruza

[28] Amanda Anisimova
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vs. Marta Kostyuk
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Leylah Fernandez
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vs. Alizé Cornet

Sloane Stephens vs. Anastasia Potapova
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Marketa Vondrousova
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vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj

Breakdown: The Top 10 Seeds

No.1 Iga Swiatek

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Age: 21
Titles: 11
Hard-court titles: 6 (2021 Adelaide, 2022 Doha, 2022 Indian Wells, 2022 Miami, 2022 US Open, 2022 San Diego)
Best Australian Open Result: Semifinal (2022)
2022 Australian Open Result: Semifinal
First-round opponent: No.68 Jule Niemeier
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      Swiatek hits absurd around-the-post winner

      No.2 Ons Jabeur

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      Age: 28
      Titles: 3
      Hard-court titles: 0
      Best Australian Open Result: Quarterfinal (2020)
      2022 Australian Open Result: DNP
      First-round opponent: No.88 Tamara Zidansek
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      No.3 Jessica Pegula

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      Age: 28
      Titles: 2
      Hard-court titles: 2 (2019 Washington D.C., 2022 Guadalajara)
      Best Australian Open Result: Quarterfinal (2021, 2022)
      2022 Australian Open Result: Quarterfinal
      First-round opponent: No.143 Jaqueline Cristian

      No.4 Caroline Garcia

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      Age: 29
      2023 Season: 3-0
      Titles: 11
      Hard-court titles: 5 (2017 Wuhan, 2018 Beijing, 2018 Tianjin, 2022 Cincinnati, 2022 WTA Finals)
      Best Australian Open Result: Round of 16 (2018)
      2022 Australian Open Result: First Round
      First-round opponent: Qualifier or Lucky Loser

      No.5 Aryna Sabalenka

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      Age: 24
      Titles: 11
      Hard-court titles: 10 (2018 New Haven, 2018 Wuhan, 2010 Shenzhen, 2019 Wuhan, 2019 Zhuhai, 2020 Doha, 2020 Ostrava, 2020 Linz, 2021 Abu Dhabi, 2022 Adelaide 1)
      Best Australian Open Result: Round of 16 (2021, 2022)
      2022 Australian Open Result: Round of 16
      First-round opponent: No.73 Tereza Martincova

      Champions Corner: How Sabalenka is taming the tiger to win

      No.6 Maria Sakkari

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      Age: 27
      Titles: 1
      Hard-court titles: 0
      Best Australian Open Result: Round of 16 (2020, 2022)
      2022 Australian Open Result: Round of 16
      First-round opponent: No.119 Yuan Yue

      No.7 Coco Gauff

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      Age: 18
      Titles: 3
      Hard-court titles: 2 (2019 Linz, 2022 Auckland)
      Best Australian Open Result: Round of 16 (2020)
      2022 Australian Open Result: First Round
      First-round opponent: No.48 Katerina Siniakova
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      No.8 Daria Kasatkina

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      Age: 25
      Titles: 6
      Hard-court titles: 5 (2018 Moscow, 2021 Phillip Island Trophy, 2021 St. Petersburg, 2022 San Jose, 2022 Granby) 
      Best Australian Open Result: Third Round (2016, 2022)
      2022 Australian Open Result: Third Round
      First-round opponent: No.98 Varvara Gracheva
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      No.9 Veronika Kudermetova

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      Age: 25
      Titles: 1
      Hard-court titles: 0
      Best Australian Open Result: Third Round (2021, 2022)
      2022 Australian Open Result: Third Round 
      First-round opponent: No.87 Maryna Zanevska

      No.10 Madison Keys

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      Age: 27
      2023 Season: 5-0 
      Titles: 6
      Hard-court titles: 3 (2017 Stanford, 2019 Cincinnati, 2022 Adelaide) 
      Best Australian Open Result: Semifinal (2015, 2022)
      2022 Australian Open Result: Semifinal
      First-round opponent: No.72 Anna Blinkova

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