16 players among the 256 men's and women's singles players at the 2022 Australian Open are making their Grand Slam main draw debut. Let's find out who they are, shall we?



WTA Tour

Robin Anderson USA, 28

Winner of the USTA’s Aussie Open wild card challenge.

Emma Bektas USA, 28

University of Michigan alumna defeated Katie Boulter and Christina McHale in qualies.

Anna Bondar HUN, 24

World No.92 earned first Top 50 win at Melbourne last week, over Siniakova.

Lucia Bronzetti ITA, 24

142nd-ranked Italian reached three WTA quarterfinals last season and picked up nearly 200 spots in the rankings.

Jaqueline Cristian ROU, 23

Cristian cracked the Top-100 last season and reached her first WTA final at Linz.

Arianne Hartono NED, 25

2018 NCAA Division 1 champion at Mississippi. Won three three-setters to get through in qualies.

Jang Su Jeong, 26, Korea

Navigated qualifying at a major for the first time in 12 attempts.

Panna Udvardy HUN, 23

Five ITF titles in 2021 as she rose over 250 spots in the rankings.

Zheng Qinwen CHN, 20

Former junior No.6 reached her maiden WTA semifinal two weeks ago at Melbourne Summerset 1 and earned praise from Simona Halep.

ATP Tour

Sebastian Baez, ARG, 21

World No.88 competed at the ATP’s Next Gen Finals in 2021. He has a 4-5 lifetime record on tour.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo, ARG, 20

The 20-year-old Buenos Aires native became 1st player to win a title in his debut since 2004 and 5th-lowest-ranked player to win a title since ATP Tour was established in 1990 at Cordoba last year.

Tomas Martin Etcheverry, ARG, 22

World No.131 won his maiden challenger title at Perugia, Italy last year. He is coached by former ATP player Carlos Berlocq.

Stefan Kozlov, USA, 23

Kozlov won the USTA’s Australian Open Playoff Wild Card. He owns a 5-18 lifetime record on tour.

Jiri Lehecka, CZE, 20

The Czech qualified and will face Grigor Dimitrov in round one. Ranked 142, Lehecka broke into the Top-300 and Top-200 last year. He won two challenger titles last year.

Timofei Skatov, KAZ, 20

The 5’9” world No.253 did not drop a set in qualies.

Tseng Chun Hsin, TAI, 20

In 2018, the former junior No.1 was the first boy to win back to back junior slam titles since Gael Monfils in 2004. He is ranked 190 and was granted a wild card into the main draw.