A new tennis season is already upon us, with the world's best female players currently assembled in Australia for this month’s Grand Slam.

It looks to be an exciting 12 months ahead, with established stars eying up Grand Slam titles and emerging talents looking to rise up the WTA rankings.

As a result, GiveMeSport Women picks out five things that could happen in tennis this year.

Emma Raducanu breaks in world top 10

Raducanu enjoyed a sensational end to 2021. The British star started the year ranked 343rd but ended it inside the world’s top 20.

Her meteoric rise was the result of an improbable victory at the US Open in September. Raducanu became the first qualifier, male or female, to ever win a Grand Slam.

It was also the first time a female British tennis player had won a major since Virginia Wade in 1977.

At world number 19, Raducanu is poised to break into the world top 10 this year. Another Grand Slam victory is unlikely, but winning a WTA Tour title elsewhere will only aid Raducanu’s blossoming career.