Ten different women could be No. 1 in the world after the Australian Open

By ADAM ZAGORIA

How wide open is women’s tennis?

Consider that 10 different women could be No. 1 in the world after the Australian Open — and Serena Williams isn’t even one of them.

Ten different women could be No. 1 in the world after the @AustralianOpen. And Serena isn’t even one of them. That’s crazy. pic.twitter.com/XZ0tCDlb15

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) January 15, 2019

Since the 2017 Australian Open, eight different women have won the last eight women’s Grand Slams: Williams, Jelena Ostapenko, Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Caroline Wozniacki, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka.

Of those eight, five — No. 1 Halep, No. 2 Kerber, No. 3 Wozniack, No. 4 Osaka and No. 5 Stephens — could become (or remain) No. 1.

Halep on Tuesday survived a three-setter in the first round with Kaia Kanepi, the Estonian who knocked her out of the first round of the US Open. Halep could potentially face Venus Williams in the third round and Serena in the fourth.

Serena is the oddsmakers favorite to win her 24th Grand Slam during the fortnite.

Photo: Australian Open

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