Hobart International 2026 Player Line Up Confirmed

Описание: Former world No.1 and seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, Venus Williams, joins the strongest women’s field in 31 years for Tasmania’s premier tennis tournament, the Hobart International.

US Open 2021 champion Emma Raducanu and Wimbledon 2024 and Roland Garros 2021 champion Barbora Krejcikova will make their debut at the Hobart event when the main draw gets underway from 12 January at the Domain Tennis Centre.

Twenty-three-year-old Raducanu, who became the first qualifier to lift a Grand Slam trophy when she triumphed in New York, finished the 2025 season within the top 30 for the first time in four years.

Krejcikova, also a 10-time Grand Slam doubles champion, reached this year’s US Open singles quarterfinals.

Two-time Hobart champion Elise Mertens will be the highest-ranked player in the field.

Defending champion McCartney Kessler will return to Hobart. The 26-year-old started the season just inside the top 70 and will now start her 2026 season just outside the top 30. The American will aim to become the first player to win back-to-back Hobart titles since Mertens in 2018.

The strong field will also see rising stars Peyton Stearns, Iva Jovic and Magdalena Fręch in Hobart following their standout 2025 seasons. 

Stearns’ 2025 season saw her have a breakthrough year, which included making her first WTA 1000 semifinal in Rome. She also earned the first top-10 wins of her career, defeating Zheng Qinwen in Dubai and Madison Keys in Rome.

Eighteen-year-old Jovic also experienced a stand out season. Jovic won her first WTA title at age 17 in Mexico and peaked at a career high ranking of No.33 in October.

Familiar with Hobart, Magda Linette, Tatjana Maria and Xinyu Wang are also confirmed to return.

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