Australian Open draw: Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Johanna Konta opponents revealed. The women's Australian Open singles draw has thrown up one almighty side of the draw. Top seed Simona Halep faces off against Kaia Kanepi in the opening round, but her quarter of the draw includes Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Garbine Muguruza and Johanna Konta. Konta will begin her Australian Open with a tie against Ajla Tomljanovic while Serena Williams faces Germany's Tatjana Maria. The first round of matches are expected to get underway on Monday, but the full schedule is yet to be released. TOP HALF SECTION 1 1-S.Halep v K.Kanepi S.Kenin v Qualifier A.Cornet v L.Arruabarrena V.Williams v 25-M.Buzarnescu SECTION 2 23-C.Suarez-Navarro v C.Burel S.Stosur v D.Yastremska E.Bouchard v S.Peng T.Maria v 16-S.Williams SECTION 3 10-D.Kasatkina v T.Bacsinszky Qualifier v Qualifier J.Konta v A.Tomljanovic S.Zheng v 18-G.Muguruza SECTION 4 27-C.Giorgi v D.Jakupovic Qualifier v A.Bogdan M.Brengle v Qualifier Qualifier v 7-Ka.Pliskova SECTION 5 4-N.Osaka v M.Linette T.Zidansek v D.Gavrilova L.Siegemund v V.Azarenka S.Voegele v 28-S.Hsieh SECTION 6 21-Q.Wang v F.Ferro Z.Diyas v A.Krunic Qualifier v W.Osuigwe M.Barthel v 13-A.Sevastova SECTION 7 12-E.Mertens v A.Schmiedlova Qualifier v M.Gasparyan P.Parmentier v A.Potapova D.Aiava v 17-M.Keys SECTION 8 26-D.Cibulkova v S.Zhang Kr.Pliskova v A.Blinkova V.Kuzmova v K.Kozlova Qualifier v 6-E.Svitolina BOTTOM HALF SECTION 9 8-P.Kvitova v M.Rybarikova I.Begu v A.Petkovic B.Bencic v K.Siniakova Y.Putintseva v 32-B.Strycova SECTION 10 24-L.Tsurenko v E.Alexandrova M.Niculescu v A.Anisimova K.Boulter v E.Makarova Qualifier v 11-A.Sabalenka SECTION 11 15-A.Barty v L.Kumkhum E.Perez v Y.Wang Qualifier v P.Hon M.Sakkari v 22-J.Ostapenko SECTION 12 30-M.Sharapova v Qualifier S.Cirstea v R.Peterson V.Lapko v J.Larsson A.Van Uytvanck v 3-C.Wozniacki SECTION 13 5-S.Stephens v T.Townsend O.Jabeur v T.Babos M.Vondrousova v E.Rodina H.Watson v 31-P.Martic SECTION 14 20-A.Kontaveit v S.Sorribes Tormo K.Flipkens v A.Sasnovich M.Puig v A.Pavlyuchenkova A.Riske v 9-K.Bertens SECTION 15 14-J.Georges v D.Collins Qualifier v S.Vickery B.Mattek-Sands v Z.Hives Qualifier v 19-C.Garcia SECTION 16 29-D.Vekic v K.Mladenovic Qualifier v K.Birrell Qualifier v B.Pera P.Hercog v 2-A.Kerber