For the first time at the Aus Open in the 1st round, there will be 2 matches between the female major champions

In the first round of the 2025 Australian Open, there will be two matches between tennis players who have won trophies at Grand Slam tournaments in their careers. This will happen for the first time in history at the Australian Open.

Two-time Aus Open winner (2023, 2024) and US Open 2024 champion in the round of 64 Arina Sobolenko will play against Sloan Stevenswho won the US Open title in 2017.

In another such match, the American women will meet Coco Goff and Sophia Kenin. Goff won the US Open in 2023, and Kenin won the trophy on the Melbourne courts in 2020.

Australian Open 2025 will be held in Melbourne from January 12 to 26. The main draw of the tournament starts already on Sunday. Earlier, the results of the women’s Aus Open draw, where 6 representatives of Ukraine will perform, became known.

1 – This will be the first Women’s Singles opening round at the AO in the Open Era with two matches between former GS winners – Aryna Sabalenka v Sloane Stephens and Coco Gauff v Sofia Kenin. Draw.#AO2025 | @AustralianOpen @WTA @WTA_insider

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