Ashleigh Barty, Garbine Muguruza, Emma Raducanu and Leylah Annie Fernandez are among the top players to compete in Sydney the upcoming week.
While Ashleigh Barty will be the home favorite, a lot of eyes will be on Emma Raducanu who will play her first tournament of the year and after being infected by the Coronavirus.
Entry list
The entry list is quite glorious for being an event that precedes a major. Here are all the players.
1 Ashleigh Barty AUS
3 Garbine Muguruza ESP
5 Barbora Krejcikova CZE
7 Anett Kontaveit EST
8 Paula Badosa ESP
9 Iga Swiatek POL
10 Ons Jabeur TUN
11 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
12 Sofia Kenin USA
14 Elena Rybakina KAZ
17 Petra Kvitova CZE
18 Jessica Pegula USA
19 Emma Raducanu GBR
20 Simona Halep ROU
21 Elise Mertens BEL
23 Belinda Bencic SUI
24 Leylah Fernandez CAN
26 Daria Kasatkina RUS
28 Jelena Ostapenko LAT
WC 45 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS
WC 98 Astra Sharma AUS
Barty in Adelaide, ranking, and results in 2022
Now the world no.1, the Australian has managed to achieve a 2-0 match record in 2022. The Australian is now playing in Adelaide where she bested Cori Gauff 4-6 7-5 6-1 and Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-4.
Barty won 13 titles in her career: 7 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Garbine Muguruza in 2022
Currently ranked no.3, Garbine played her last match on the 17th of November 2021 when she overcame world no.7 Anett Kontaveit 6-3 7-5 in the final in Guadalajara to win her 10th career title.
At present, during this year Muguruza has achieved a 0-0 record.
Ashleigh Barty and Garbine Muguruza faced off 4 times. Their actual head to head record is 3-1 for Barty. The last time they squared off, Ashleigh Barty won 7-6(3) 6-4 in the final in Melbourne (Yarra Valley Classic) in February 2021.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
Currently the world no.19 (career-high), the Brit played her last match on the 9th of November 2021 when she lost to world no.101 Xinyu Wang 6-1 6-7(0) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Linz (draw).
During this season Raducanu has a 0-0 win-loss record.
Leylah Annie Fernandez in 2022
At the moment ranked no.24 (career-high), Leylah Annie played her last match on the 6th of January when she lost to world no.9 Iga Swiatek 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Adelaide (draw).
Until now, during this year Fernandez has a 1-1 win-loss record.
Emma Raducanu and Leylah Annie Fernandez played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Raducanu. When they played, Emma Raducanu won 6-4 6-3 in the final in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2021.
Here the highlights.
Emma Raducanu and Leylah Annie Fernandez |
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