2026 Australian Open – Women's singles

{{columns-list| Aryna Sabalenka (final) Iga Świątek (quarterfinals) Coco Gauff (quarterfinals) Amanda Anisimova (quarterfinals) Elena Rybakina (champion) Jessica Pegula (semifinals) Jasmine Paolini (third round) Mirra Andreeva (fourth round) Madison Keys (fourth round) Belinda Bencic (second round) Ekaterina Alexandrova (first round) Elina Svitolina (semifinals) Linda Nosková (third round) Clara Tauson (third round) Emma Navarro (first round) Naomi Osaka (third round, withdrew) Victoria Mboko (fourth round) Liudmila Samsonova (first round) Karolína Muchová (fourth round) Marta Kostyuk (first round) Elise Mertens (fourth round) Leylah Fernandez (first round) Diana Shnaider (third round) Jeļena Ostapenko (second round) Paula Badosa (second round) Dayana Yastremska (first round) Sofia Kenin (first round) Emma Raducanu (second round) Iva Jovic (quarterfinals) Maya Joint (first round) Anna Kalinskaya (third round) Markéta Vondroušová (withdrew) == Draw ==

Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 ==Championship match statistics==

} Sabalenka ==Seeded players==

The following are the seeded players, based on WTA rankings as of 12 January 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 19 January 2026. Because the tournament took place one week later this year, points defending also included tournaments that took place during the week of 27 January 2025 (Linz and Singapore), which were replaced by the player's next best result. } Aryna Sabalenka† || 10,990 || 1,300 || 1,300 || 10,990 || align=left | Final lost to Elena Rybakina [5] Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. } Veronika Kudermetova || 1,517 || 240 || 1,277 || align=left | Personal reasons ==Other entry information==

Wildcards The following players received wildcards into the women's singles main draw: Protected ranking Qualifiers Lucky loser Withdrawals The entry list was released based on the WTA rankings for the week of 8 December 2025, which was the usual cutoff deadline date. † – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw Source: ==Notes==