Melbourne, Australia, 9 January 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Emerson Jones will face a baptism of fireside in her Grand Slam debut. The 16-year-old has been pitted in opposition to Australian Open 2023 finalist Elena Rybakina.
Jones, 16, has been in stellar type of late, reaching the second spherical of the Adelaide Worldwide this week, the place she prevailed over world No.37 Wang Xinyu 6-4 6-0. The junior world No.1 will search to convey that kind into her match in opposition to the sixth-seeded Rybakina, who pushed Aryna Sabalenka to 3 superb-quality units at Australian Open 2023.
Amid a career-best run at a WTA 250 occasion in Hobart, 18-year-old Maya Joint additionally faces the tough activity of dealing with a prime 10 seed. The teen has been drawn in opposition to world No.7 Jessica Pegula – her second-consecutive match in opposition to an American at a significant.
On the US Open final 12 months, One hundred and thirty fifth-ranked Joint fell to world No.14 Madison Keys.
> READ MORE: Maya Joint on a excessive in Hobart
In different draw highlights, a rematch of final 12 months’s first-round marathon between Daria Saville and Magdalena Frech might be on the playing cards, ought to they each win their first-round encounters.
Saville, who made consecutive fourth-round runs on the Australian Open in 2016 and 2017, performs world No.75 Anna Blinkova in her opening 2025 project.
| Australian Open 2025 Ladies’s singles, first spherical |
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| Participant | Rank | Participant | Rank | |
| Olivia Gadecki (AUS) | 106 | v | Veronika Kudermetova | 77 |
| [WC] Daria Saville (AUS) | 112 | v | Anna Blinkova | 75 |
| [WC] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) | 116 | v | Ashlyn Krueger (USA) | 54 |
| [WC] Maya Joint (AUS) | 118 | v | [7] Jessica Pegula (USA) | 7 |
| [WC] Talia Gibson (AUS) | 150 | v | Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) | 93 |
| [WC] Emerson Jones (AUS) | 370 | v | [6] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) | 6 |
| [Q] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) | 99 | v | TBC | |
| [Q] Destanee Aiava (AUS) | 165 | v | TBC | |
> VIEW: Australian Open 2025 girls’s singles draw
Destanee Aiava and Kimberly Birrell each await their destiny after reserving their place within the Australian Open primary draw.
The principle draw begins at Melbourne Park on Sunday 12 January.
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