On January 15th Beijing time, the 2026 Australian Open men’s and women’s singles main draw was announced, featuring Alcaraz and Sabalenka at the forefront. This year, eight Chinese players are competing in the singles main draw, including Wu Yibing, Yuan Yue, and Bai Zhuoxuan who qualified through the preliminary rounds. Mainland China’s men’s tennis makes history with four representatives (Zhang Zhizhen, Shang Juncheng, Bu Yunchaokete, Wu Yibing), marking the largest participation ever.

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First Round Matchups for Chinese Players
Zhang Zhizhen vs F. Cerundolo [18]
Shang Juncheng vs Agut
Bu Yunchaokete vs Shapovalov [21]
Wu Yibing vs Nardi
Wang Xinyu vs Kalinina
Zhang Shuai vs Preston [W]
Bai Zhuoxuan vs Pavlyuchenkova
Yuan Yue vs Swiatek [2]
Top 8 Seeds in Men’s Singles Matchups
[1] Alcaraz vs Deminor [6]
[3] Zverev vs Aliassime [7]
[4] Djokovic vs Musetti [5]
[2] Sinner vs Shelton [8]
Top 8 Seeds in Women’s Singles Matchups
[1] Sabalenka vs Paolini [7]
[3] Gauff vs Andreyeva [8]
[4] Anisimova vs Pegula [6]
[2] Swiatek vs Rybakina [5]
Key First Round Matches in Men’s Singles
Berrettini vs Deminor
Dimitrov vs Makhach
Shelton vs Ambel
Hurkacz vs Berrett
Key First Round Matches in Women’s Singles
Serena Williams vs Danilovic
Vekic vs Andreyeva
Bencic vs Bol
Samsunova vs Sigmund
Schneider vs Krejcikova
Complete 2026 Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Singles Draw in Chinese

