A new tennis season begins in January, and the first Grand Slam of the year follows soon after. Many former Grand Slam champions are looking to return from long breaks, adding extra interest to this month's play, and potential for heavyweight clashes early on in the season.
2024 Season begins
The United Cup has already started, with the likes of Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Alex Zverev, Jessica Pegula, and more, representing their country in the only mixed event in the calendar. Angelique Kerber will play her first event since giving birth earlier this year.
The ATP 250 events feature strong fields: Holger Rune is the top seed in Brisbane, and Rafael Nadal will make his comeback from injury here as a wildcard. Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov and Frances Tiafoe will play in Hong Kong, a new event in the calendar, and Marin Cilic will too make a comeback from injury.
Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina headline the Brisbane WTA 500, and Naomi Osaka receives a wildcard to play here. Like Kerber, she has not played since giving birth last year. Coco Gauff is the biggest name in the Auckland WTA 250, and Rybakina, Pegula and Marketa Vondrousova will play the Adelaide WTA 500.
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A lot of tennis fans will be wondering whether Novak Djokovic can possibly repeat last year's feat of three grand slams won. He comes into the event as top seed and defending champion, and with 10 titles in Melbourne to his name already.
Carlos Alcaraz will be challenging him here, having been forced to miss the event due to injury in 2023. Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner will come into the tournament having not played an ATP match in 2024, but despite this they are the likeliest men to stop Djokovic. Nadal's comeback will spark interest, and having won the title only two years ago, time will tell whether he can come close to replicating that feat. He, Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic and Cilic have used protected rankings to enter.
Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam here last year, and will go into the event as the second seed. Top seed Iga Swiatek has not won in Melbourne yet in her young career, but that might change this year. Gauff and Rybakina will look to challenge, as will Pegula, Ons Jabeur, and more. Former champions Osaka and Kerber will both look for success in their first Grand Slam appearances in over a year.
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