The off-season feels like it has barely been underway, and yet we are now less than two weeks away from the official start of the 2025 season.

This week also marked one month until the start of the Australian Open, where world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka will look to complete a historic ‘threepeat’ in the women’s singles draw.

Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff will be among those who fancy their chances of toppling the Belarusian in Melbourne, but how does the draw look as things stand?

Though there is a crunch opening week of action to come Down Under, we look at the current projected women’s seedings for the first major of 2025.

Projected Australian Open women’s singles seeds (as of December 14, 2024)

1) Aryna Sabalenka
2) Iga Swiatek
3) Coco Gauff
4) Jasmine Paolini
5) Zheng Qinwen
6) Elena Rybakina
7) Jessica Pegula
8) Emma Navarro
9) Daria Kasatkina
10) Barbora Krejcikova
11) Danielle Collins
12) Paula Badosa
13) Diana Shnaider
14) Anna Kalinskaya
15) Jelena Ostapenko
16) Mirra Andreeva
17) Beatriz Haddad Maia
18) Marta Kostyuk
19) Donna Vekic
20) Victoria Azarenka
21) Madison Keys
22) Karolina Muchova
23) Elina Svitolina
24) Katie Boulter
25) Magdalena Frech
26) Linda Noskova
27) Liudmila Samsonova
28) Ekaterina Alexandrova
29) Yulia Putintseva
30) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
31) Leylah Fernandez
32) Maria Sakkari

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Top-8 battles

There are significant gaps between Sabalenka, Swiatek, and Gauff, and then between them and the rest of the field – so barring any withdrawals, these will be the top three seeds.

However, there could be significant movement elsewhere.

The battle between Paolini and Qinwen to be world No 4 and the fourth seed is well and truly on, with just four points between the two in the WTA Rankings.

Both will be in United Cup action for their respective nations, meaning there will be more than just the title at stake for them.

Meanwhile, world No 6 Rybakina will look to hold off Jessica Pegula and hold her place as the projected sixth seed as things stand.

The Kazakh has chosen to play the United Cup instead of defending her Brisbane title, while Pegula will be in Brisbane action.

What to watch elsewhere

Outside of the top 10, there will be plenty of interesting scenarios to follow.

After dropping down the rankings in 2024, world No 32 Maria Sakkari is just holding on to the 32nd and last seeding position as things stand.

However, hot on her heels are world No 33 and former Melbourne semi-finalist Elise Mertens, and 2024 semi-finalist and world No 34 Dayana Yastremska.

2024 WTA Comeback Player of the Year Paula Badosa is in line to be seeded 12th, though is just 13 points ahead of world No 13 Diana Shnaider.

With players seeded 9-12 avoiding the possibility of drawing a top-4 seed in the fourth round, Badosa will look to maintain her current ranking at the very least ahead of the Australian Open.

World No 15 Jelena Ostapenko, No 16 Mirra Andreeva, and No 17 Beatriz Haddad Maia are all within 34 points of each other to seal a crucial top-16 seeding.

Meanwhile, world No 23 Elina Svitolina and world No 24 Katie Boulter will look to avoid dropping down to 25th and below – as they would would then be drawn against a top-8 seed in the third round.

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