2023 Australian Open draw: Swiatek, Jabeur top the field

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
The second quarter sees No.3 Jessica Pegula
Projected #AusOpen Round of 16 by Seed:
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) January 12, 2023
[1] Swiatek vs [13] Collins
[11] Badosa vs [7] Gauff
[3] Pegula vs [15] Kvitova
[10] Keys vs [6] Sakkari
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[8] Kasatkina vs [9] Kudermetova
[16] Kontaveit vs [4] Garcia
[5] Sabalenka vs [12] Bencic
[14] Haddad Maia vs [2] Jabeur
Landing in the bottom half of the draw are No.2 Ons Jabeur
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
[17] Jelena Ostapenko
[24] Victoria Azarenka
[25] Marie Bouzkova
[26] Elise Mertens
[28] Amanda Anisimova
Leylah Fernandez
Sloane Stephens vs. Anastasia Potapova
Marketa Vondrousova
Breakdown: The Top 10 Seeds
No.1 Iga Swiatek
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
No.2 Ons Jabeur
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
No.3 Jessica Pegula
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
Literally couldn’t love this team anymore. @UnitedCupTennis champs 🏆 https://t.co/TjuIAK7XTT
— Jessie Pegula (@JLPegula) January 8, 2023
No.4 Caroline Garcia
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
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
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
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
waited my whole life for this 💀😭@FTiafoe https://t.co/5QR8o2ieg4
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) January 11, 2023
No.8 Daria Kasatkina
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
No.9 Veronika Kudermetova
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
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