Elina avanesyan, Russian, number 214 in the WTA, won in the qualifying round of the Australian Open by 6-2 and 7-5 in an hour and twenty-nine minutes to the Ukrainian Kateryna baindl, number 144 of the WTA. After this result, the winner will be in the next phase of the Australian Open.
In the tournament Melbourne (Australian Open Indiv. Fem.) there is previously a qualification phase where the tennis players with the lowest rankings face each other to get the highest possible points to enter the official tournament with the rest of the contestants. During this part of the competition, specifically, 128 players participate. It also takes place between January 9 and 30 on an outdoor hard court.