2010 Australian Open – Women's Singles


was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating the unranked Justine Henin in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, to win the Women's Singles title at the 2010 Australian Open. This was Henin's first Grand Slam tournament since the 2008 Australian Open, following her retirement in May 2008. Henin was unseeded for a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2001 Australian Open and was awarded a Wild Card. With her win, Serena broke the Open Era record held by Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Evonne Goolagong Cawley for the largest number of Australian Open titles.
Li Na entered the WTA top 10 for the first time in her career by reaching the semifinal, becoming the first Chinese player to achieve this feat.

Seeds

Note: Yanina Wickmayer, who would have been placed in the entry list on the initial entry cutoff date of 7 December 2009 and seeded 16th, entered late and played the qualifying tournament.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8