[Jorn]

From spiceboy:

“All top 16 WTA are listed except Pliskova and Kvitova (they still have 1 day to join the list)”

 

[Jorn]

Yastremska Entered also so far i can read.. also in the 250 should she lose early at AO...

 

[catgut049]

I know that the entry is unique for both tournaments, the split will be made more or less automatically by WTA.
The point is "when" they will make the split? As soon as the entry is closed, or only at the draw? Reasonably should be the latter, but with WTA we never can tell!

 

[Chris93]

Will this have crowds?

 

[Jorn]

I know that the entry is unique for both tournaments, the split will be made more or less automatically by WTA.
The point is "when" they will make the split? As soon as the entry is closed, or only at the draw? Reasonably should be the latter, but with WTA we never can tell!

Ithink i read somewhere, they do the split when the AO Quali in Dubai has ended...

 

[AwonderfulKiwi]

Will this have crowds?

I presume it will be the same 50% of capacity that is being touted for the Australian Open, assuming that there are no changes due to Covid-19 in the meantime.

 

[zsl1010]

2021 WTA 500 Melbourne

Preliminary Entry lists as of Dec 21 Entry Deadline
Entries will be split into two 56M/16Q/28D Events (92 accepted into MD and 28 into Qualifying QLF)
Entries for alternates and players accepted into Australian Open Qualifying are pending until the Qualifying is complete.

92 MD Direct Acceptance

#1 to #83, #85 and #86 are in MD, (#84 Suárez Navarro not in)

Also in
Bellis 43 SR
Shvedova 47 SR
Zhu 74 SR
Yafan Wang 78 SR
Zvonareva 78 SR
Potapova 84 SR
Boutler 85 SR

 

[zsl1010]

2021 WTA 500 Melbourne

28 QD Direct Acceptance

1 Zidansek, Tamara SLO 87
2 Fernandez, Leylah CAN 88
3 Sasnovich, Aliaksandra BLR 90
4 Bogdan, Ana ROU 92
5 Kanepi, Kaia EST 93
6 Gracheva, Varvara RUS 94
7 Paolini, Jasmine ITA 96
8 Kuzmova, Viktoria SVK 97
9 Li, Ann USA 98
10 Kostyuk, Marta UKR 99
11 Stojanovic, Nina SRB 100
12 Barthel, Mona GER 101 SR
13 Petkovic, Andrea GER 102

"Entries for alternates and players accepted into AO Qualifying are pending until the Qualifying is complete. "
14 Bolsova, Aliona ESP 103
15 Juvan, Kaja SLO 104
16 Kozlova, Kateryna UKR 106
17 Dodin, Oceane FRA 107
18 Minnen, Greet BEL 110
19 Friedsam, Anna-Lena GER 111
20 Stosur, Samantha AUS 112
21 Kawa, Katarzyna POL 113
22 Kalinskaya, Anna RUS 114
23 Babos, Timea HUN 115
24 Voegele, Stefanie SUI 116
25 Zavatska, Katarina UKR 118
26 Bara, Irina ROU 119
27 Martincova, Tereza CZE 120
28 Lapko, Vera BLR 120 SR

 

[opionic]

will this take place on AU open courts?

 

[Panther24]

Packed as expected.
Do we know yet the criteria of separation for both fields to turn into Melbourne 1 and Melbourne 2?

 

[AwonderfulKiwi]

Packed as expected.
Do we know yet the criteria of separation for both fields to turn into Melbourne 1 and Melbourne 2?

It should simply be alternate rankings (e.g. 1, 4, 5, 8 go to Melbourne 1; 2, 3, 6, 7 go to Melbourne 2), but perhaps with tweaks to ensure that doubles partners stay in the same event.

 

[Justin SW]

^it will all be held at the same place lol

 

[AwonderfulKiwi]

^it will all be held at the same place lol

We know that. What's your point?

 

[GeeTee]

It will be interesting to see how they differentiate these tournaments for media/spectator purposes. I wonder if they would be 'Medibank Melbourne' and 'Apia Melbourne' (just for examples' sake).

 

[catgut049]

With regard to the current "best of" rule these two tournaments will be considered as new or as a replacement of previous ones, like Sydney?

 

[dbjl90]

With regard to the current "best of" rule these two tournaments will be considered as new or as a replacement of previous ones, like Sydney?

Yeah, they're all being classified as new even though they're using the licenses of other tournaments.

 

[Ellentonboy]

The bottom line is that it gives more players the opportunity to play a warm up tournament, without going thru qualifying, then in previous years. They will have a tournament under their belt before getting to the AO.

 

[Drake1980]

Think Serena will play?

 

[Daebak.]

It will be interesting to see how they differentiate these tournaments for media/spectator purposes. I wonder if they would be 'Medibank Melbourne' and 'Apia Melbourne' (just for examples' sake).

They will be called Gippsland Trophy and Yarra Valley Classic

Nick Kyrgios and Ash Barty lead stellar fields for Melbourne Summer Series

A stellar field is set for the Melbourne Summer Series, with world No.1 Ash Barty and Nick Kyrgios confirmed to make their first…

www.tennis.com.au

 

[nemala]

So has WTA split the entry list in two yet? ATP has already done it for the men's tournaments.