The Dutch tennis player Arianne hartono, number 191 of the WTA, surprised by winning the qualifying round of the Australian Open in one hour and thirty-five minutes by 6-2, 4-6 and 6-4 to Ysaline bonaventure, Belgian tennis player, number 177 in the WTA. After this result, the winner manages to add new points to her ranking to participate in 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 into the official tournament against the rest of the applicants. To do this, they must collect as many points as possible. In it specifically 128 players face. In addition, it takes place between January 9 and 30 on an open-air hard court.