Harriet Dart, British, number 125 of the WTA, fulfilled the predictions by winning in one hour and forty-one minutes by 3-6, 6-2 and 6-2 to the american Allycia parks, number 218 of the WTA, in the qualifying round of the Australian Open. With this result, the winner manages to add new points to her ranking to gain access to the Australian Open.
The tournament Melbourne (Australian Open Indiv. Fem.) has a preliminary access phase that tennis players with the lowest ranking have to pass to enter the official tournament. Specifically, in this phase of the competition a total of 128 players face. Likewise, it takes place from January 9 to 30 on an outdoor hard court.