Where Are The Top 20 Players Playing?
The Australian Open lead-up season is a short two weeks, so every moment is critical, and the WTA stars have a tough choice on their hands as to where they get their last-minute preparations in.
This year the Top 20 players in the world will be gracing courts around the world in the lead-up to the Happy Slam, some playing Brisbane, Shenzhen or Auckland in Week 1, some playing Sydney or Hobart in Week 2. Three of them are also playing the Hopman Cup team exhibition event in Week 1.
Find out where your favorite player is preparing for the Aussie Open right here:
1. Serena Williams – Hopman Cup
2. Simona Halep – Brisbane, Sydney
3. Garbiñe Muguruza – Brisbane
4. Maria Sharapova – Brisbane
5. Agnieszka Radwanska – Shenzhen, Sydney
6. Petra Kvitova – Shenzhen, Sydney
7. Venus Williams – Auckland
8. Flavia Pennetta – (retired)
9. Lucie Safarova – Sydney
10. Angelique Kerber – Brisbane, Sydney
11. Karolina Pliskova – Hopman Cup, Sydney
12. Timea Bacsinszky – Brisbane, Sydney
13. Carla Suárez Navarro – Brisbane, Sydney
14. Belinda Bencic – Brisbane, Sydney
15. Roberta Vinci – Brisbane, Sydney
16. Ana Ivanovic – Auckland
17. Caroline Wozniacki – Auckland
18. Madison Keys – Sydney
19. Elina Svitolina – Hopman Cup, Sydney
20. Sara Errani – Brisbane, Sydney
* Hopman Cup is a non-WTA event