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2018 Australian Open
Date15–28 January
Edition106th
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S / 64D /
Prize moneyA$55,000,000
SurfaceHard (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
2017 Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Finland Henri Kontinen / Australia John Peers
Women's doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Mixed doubles
United States Abigail Spears / Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Wheelchair men's singles
Argentina Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair women's singles
Japan Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair quad singles
Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Belgium Joachim Gérard / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United States David Wagner
Boys' singles
Hungary Zsombor Piros
Girls' singles
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
Boys' doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou / China Zhao Lingxi
Girls' doubles
Canada Bianca Andreescu / United States Carson Branstine
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The 2018 Australian Open is an upcoming tennis tournament to be played at Melbourne Park between 15–28 January 2018.[1] It will be the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. It marks the 106th edition of the Australian Open of all-time, 50th edition of the tournament in the Open Era and the 200th overall Grand Slam event of the Open Era. The tournament consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players compete in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's title sponsor is Kia.

Tournament

Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open will take place

The 2018 Australian Open will the 106th edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The tournament will be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There will be singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

The tournament will be played on hard courts over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.[2]

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.

Senior points

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 8 0
Men's Doubles 0 — — — — —
Women's Singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's Doubles 10 — — — — —

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2018 was increased by 10% to a tournament record A$55,000,000.

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 1281 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles A$4,000,000 A$2,000,000 A$1,200,000 A$600,000 A$250,000 A$150,000 A$80,000 A$50,000 A$30,000 A$15,000 A$7,500
Doubles * A$750,000 A$375,000 A$185,000 A$90,000 A$45,000 A$22,500 A$14,000 — — — —
Mixed Doubles * A$160,000 A$80,000 A$40,000 A$20,000 A$10,000 A$5,000 — — — — —

1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team

Singles players

2018 Australian Open – Men's Singles
2018 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Boys' Singles

Girls' Singles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Girls' Singles

Boys' Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles

Girls' Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles

Wheelchair Quad Singles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seeding are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 8 January 2018, while ranking and points before are as of 15 January 2018. Points after are as of 29 January 2018.

Men's singles

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Spain Rafael Nadal 10,600 1,200 10 9,410 First round vs. Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos
2 2 Switzerland Roger Federer 9,605 2,000 10 7,615 First round vs. Slovenia Aljaž Bedene
3 3 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 4,990 720 10 4,280 First round vs. TBD [Q]
4 4 Germany Alexander Zverev 4,610 90 10 4,530 First round vs. Italy Thomas Fabbiano
5 5 Austria Dominic Thiem 4,060 180 10 3,890 First round vs. Argentina Guido Pella
6 6 Croatia Marin Čilić 3,805 45 10 3,770 First round vs. Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
7 7 Belgium David Goffin 3,775 360 10 3,425 First round vs. TBD [Q]
8 9 United States Jack Sock 2,960 90 10 2,880 First round vs. Japan Yūichi Sugita
9 8 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 3,060 720 10 2,350 First round vs. Lithuania Ričardas Berankis [PR]
10 11 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 2,615 90 10 2,535 First round vs. Australia Jason Kubler [WC]
11 12 South Africa Kevin Anderson 2,610 0 10 2,620 First round vs. United Kingdom Kyle Edmund
12 10 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 0 10 First round vs. United States Francis Tiafoe
13 13 United States Sam Querrey 2,535 90 10 2,455 First round vs. Spain Feliciano López
14 14 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2,335 45 10 2,300 First round vs. United States Donald Young
15 15 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,320 360 10 1,970 First round vs. TBD [Q]
16 16 United States John Isner 2,265 45 10 2,230 First round vs. Australia Matthew Ebden
17 17 Australia Nick Kyrgios 2,260 45 10 2,225 First round vs. Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva
18 18 France Lucas Pouille 2,235 10 10 2,235 First round vs. TBD [Q]
19 20 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 2,050 90 10 1,970 First round vs. Australia Alex De Minaur [WC]
20 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 180 10 First round vs. Spain Fernando Verdasco
21 Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas 1,845 10 10 1,845 First round vs. United States Jared Donaldson
22 Canada Milos Raonic 1,750 360 10 1,400 First round vs. Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
23 Luxembourg Gilles Müller 1,490 45 10 1,455 First round vs. Argentina Federico Delbonis
24 26 Argentina Diego Schwartzman 1,675 45 10 1,640 First round vs. Serbia Dušan Lajović
25 Italy Fabio Fognini 45 10 First round vs. Argentina Horacio Zeballos
26 27 France Adrian Mannarino 1,625 10 10 1,625 First round vs. Serbia Filip Krajinović
27 Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,415 90 10 1,335 First round vs. Japan Yoshihito Nishioka [PR]
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur 1,391 10 10 1,391 First round vs. Italy Paolo Lorenzi
29 France Richard Gasquet 1,375 90 10 1,295 First round vs. Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
30 Russia Andrey Rublev 1,373 70+60 10+6 1,259 First round vs. Spain David Ferrer
31 Uruguay Pablo Cuevas 1,345 10 10 1,345 First round vs. Russia Mikhail Youzhny
32 Germany Mischa Zverev 1,302 360 10 952 First round vs. South Korea Chung Hyeon

Withdrawn players

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
19 United Kingdom Andy Murray 2,140 180 1,960 Hip injury
Japan Kei Nishikori 1,735 180 1,555 Wrist injury

Women's singles

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Romania Simona Halep 6,425 10 10 6,425 First round vs. Australia Destanee Aiava [WC]
2 2 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6,095 130 10 5,975 First round vs. Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
3 3 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 6,050 430 10 5,630 First round vs. France Jessika Ponchet [WC]
4 4 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 5,785 130 10 5,665 First round vs. TBD [Q/LL]
5 5 United States Venus Williams 5,568 1,300 10 4,278 First round vs. Switzerland Belinda Bencic
6 6 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 5,445 430 10 5,025 First round vs. Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
7 7 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 4,901 130 10 4,781 First round vs. Italy Francesca Schiavone
8 8 France Caroline Garcia 4,385 130 10 4,265 First round vs. Germany Carina Witthöft
9 10 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 3,185 430 10 2,765 First round vs. United States Madison Brengle
10 9 United States CoCo Vandeweghe 3,204 780 10 2,434 First round vs. Hungary Tímea Babos
11 11 France Kristina Mladenovic 2,935 10 10 2,935 First round vs. Romania Ana Bogdan
12 12 Germany Julia Görges 2,825 70 10 2,765 First round vs. United States Sofia Kenin
13 13 United States Sloane Stephens 2,803 0 10 2,813 First round vs. China Zhang Shuai
14 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 2,600 130 10 2,480 First round vs. United States Varvara Lepchenko
15 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,485 430 10 2,065 First round vs. Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova
16 Russia Elena Vesnina 2,220 130 10 2,100 First round vs. Tunisia Ons Jabeur
17 United States Madison Keys 2,214 0 10 2,224 First round vs. China Wang Qiang
18 Australia Ashleigh Barty 130 10 First round vs. Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
19 Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková 2,141 (18)[a] 10 2,133 First round vs. United States Taylor Townsend
20 24 Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová 1,940 240 10 1,710 First round vs. United States Kristie Ahn [WC]
21 Germany Angelique Kerber 240 10 First round vs. Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam [PR]
22 25 Russia Daria Kasatkina 1,905 10 10 1,905 First round vs. TBD [Q/LL]
23 Australia Daria Gavrilova 240 10 First round vs. TBD [Q/LL]
24 26 Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 1,860 130 10 1,740 First round vs. Estonia Kaia Kanepi
25 27 China Peng Shuai 1,765 70 10 1,705 First round vs. TBD [Q/LL]
26 35 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 1,510 70 10 1,450 First round vs. Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
27 28 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 1,708 0 10 1,718 First round vs. Germany Andrea Petkovic
28 30 Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 1,618 780 10 848 First round vs. United States Shelby Rogers
29 29 Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 1,650 70 10 1,590 First round vs. Australia Ajla Tomljanović [WC]
30 32 Netherlands Kiki Bertens 1,605 10 10 1,605 First round vs. United States Catherine Bellis
31 31 Russia Ekaterina Makarova 1,605 240 10 1,375 First round vs. Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
32 33 Estonia Anett Kontaveit 1,560 10+80 10+30 1,510 First round vs. Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
  1. ^ Rybáriková did not qualify to participate in the 2017 Australian Open. Accordingly, her 16th best result from the past 12 months will be subtracted from her ranking points instead.

Withdrawn players

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
14 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 2,702 240 2,462 Left wrist injury
United States Serena Williams 2,000 2,000 0 Maternity

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

Team Rank1 Seed
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.

Main draw wildcard entries

Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Main draw qualifier entries

The qualifying competition takes place in Melbourne Park on 10 – 13 January 2018.

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries and other reasons.

Before the tournament

References

  1. ^ "Tickets – Australian Open". ausopen.com.
  2. ^ "First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Alex Bolts into Australian Open". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Alexei Popyrin and Jason Kubler secure Australian Open wildcards". Herald Sun. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Lizette Cabrera one of four to earn wildcards into Australian Open". Herald Sun. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Australian Olivia Rogowska earns wildcard into 2018 Australian Open". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Doubles title paves way for Hives' Australian Open debut". thecourier.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Andy Murray heading home after pulling out of Australian Open". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Open d'Australie : Svetlana Kuznetsova forfait". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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