2018 Australian Open
2018 Australian Open | |
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Date | 15–28 January |
Edition | 106th |
Category | Grand Slam |
Draw | 128S / 64D / |
Prize money | A$55,000,000 |
Surface | Hard (Plexicushion) |
Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Venue | Melbourne Park |
2017 Champions | |
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Wheelchair men's singles | |
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Wheelchair quad singles | |
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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
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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 |
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Men's Doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Women's Singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
Women's Doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
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Junior points
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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.
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Singles players
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Day-by-day summaries
Champions
Seniors
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Juniors
Boys' Singles
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
Girls' Doubles
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
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.
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
10,600 | 1,200 | 10 | 9,410 | First round vs. ![]() |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
9,605 | 2,000 | 10 | 7,615 | First round vs. ![]() |
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4,990 | 720 | 10 | 4,280 | First round vs. ![]() |
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4,610 | 90 | 10 | 4,530 | First round vs. ![]() |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
4,060 | 180 | 10 | 3,890 | First round vs. ![]() |
6 | 6 | ![]() |
3,805 | 45 | 10 | 3,770 | First round vs. ![]() |
7 | 7 | ![]() |
3,775 | 360 | 10 | 3,425 | First round vs. ![]() |
8 | 9 | ![]() |
2,960 | 90 | 10 | 2,880 | First round vs. ![]() |
9 | 8 | ![]() |
3,060 | 720 | 10 | 2,350 | First round vs. ![]() |
10 | 11 | ![]() |
2,615 | 90 | 10 | 2,535 | First round vs. ![]() |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
2,610 | 0 | 10 | 2,620 | First round vs. ![]() |
12 | 10 | ![]() |
0 | 10 | First round vs. ![]() | ||
13 | 13 | ![]() |
2,535 | 90 | 10 | 2,455 | First round vs. ![]() |
14 | 14 | ![]() |
2,335 | 45 | 10 | 2,300 | First round vs. ![]() |
15 | 15 | ![]() |
2,320 | 360 | 10 | 1,970 | First round vs. ![]() |
16 | 16 | ![]() |
2,265 | 45 | 10 | 2,230 | First round vs. ![]() |
17 | 17 | ![]() |
2,260 | 45 | 10 | 2,225 | First round vs. ![]() |
18 | 18 | ![]() |
2,235 | 10 | 10 | 2,235 | First round vs. ![]() |
19 | 20 | ![]() |
2,050 | 90 | 10 | 1,970 | First round vs. ![]() |
20 | ![]() |
180 | 10 | First round vs. ![]() | |||
21 | ![]() |
1,845 | 10 | 10 | 1,845 | First round vs. ![]() | |
22 | ![]() |
1,750 | 360 | 10 | 1,400 | First round vs. ![]() | |
23 | ![]() |
1,490 | 45 | 10 | 1,455 | First round vs. ![]() | |
24 | 26 | ![]() |
1,675 | 45 | 10 | 1,640 | First round vs. ![]() |
25 | ![]() |
45 | 10 | First round vs. ![]() | |||
26 | 27 | ![]() |
1,625 | 10 | 10 | 1,625 | First round vs. ![]() |
27 | ![]() |
1,415 | 90 | 10 | 1,335 | First round vs. ![]() | |
28 | ![]() |
1,391 | 10 | 10 | 1,391 | First round vs. ![]() | |
29 | ![]() |
1,375 | 90 | 10 | 1,295 | First round vs. ![]() | |
30 | ![]() |
1,373 | 70+60 | 10+6 | 1,259 | First round vs. ![]() | |
31 | ![]() |
1,345 | 10 | 10 | 1,345 | First round vs. ![]() | |
32 | ![]() |
1,302 | 360 | 10 | 952 | First round vs. ![]() |
Withdrawn players
Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
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19 | ![]() |
2,140 | 180 | 1,960 | Hip injury |
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1,735 | 180 | 1,555 | Wrist injury |
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
6,425 | 10 | 10 | 6,425 | First round vs. ![]() |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
6,095 | 130 | 10 | 5,975 | First round vs. ![]() |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
6,050 | 430 | 10 | 5,630 | First round vs. ![]() |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
5,785 | 130 | 10 | 5,665 | First round vs. ![]() |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
5,568 | 1,300 | 10 | 4,278 | First round vs. ![]() |
6 | 6 | ![]() |
5,445 | 430 | 10 | 5,025 | First round vs. ![]() |
7 | 7 | ![]() |
4,901 | 130 | 10 | 4,781 | First round vs. ![]() |
8 | 8 | ![]() |
4,385 | 130 | 10 | 4,265 | First round vs. ![]() |
9 | 10 | ![]() |
3,185 | 430 | 10 | 2,765 | First round vs. ![]() |
10 | 9 | ![]() |
3,204 | 780 | 10 | 2,434 | First round vs. ![]() |
11 | 11 | ![]() |
2,935 | 10 | 10 | 2,935 | First round vs. ![]() |
12 | 12 | ![]() |
2,825 | 70 | 10 | 2,765 | First round vs. ![]() |
13 | 13 | ![]() |
2,803 | 0 | 10 | 2,813 | First round vs. ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
2,600 | 130 | 10 | 2,480 | First round vs. ![]() | |
15 | ![]() |
2,485 | 430 | 10 | 2,065 | First round vs. ![]() | |
16 | ![]() |
2,220 | 130 | 10 | 2,100 | First round vs. ![]() | |
17 | ![]() |
2,214 | 0 | 10 | 2,224 | First round vs. ![]() | |
18 | ![]() |
130 | 10 | First round vs. ![]() | |||
19 | ![]() |
2,141 | (18)[a] | 10 | 2,133 | First round vs. ![]() | |
20 | 24 | ![]() |
1,940 | 240 | 10 | 1,710 | First round vs. ![]() |
21 | ![]() |
240 | 10 | First round vs. ![]() | |||
22 | 25 | ![]() |
1,905 | 10 | 10 | 1,905 | First round vs. ![]() |
23 | ![]() |
240 | 10 | First round vs. ![]() | |||
24 | 26 | ![]() |
1,860 | 130 | 10 | 1,740 | First round vs. ![]() |
25 | 27 | ![]() |
1,765 | 70 | 10 | 1,705 | First round vs. ![]() |
26 | 35 | ![]() |
1,510 | 70 | 10 | 1,450 | First round vs. ![]() |
27 | 28 | ![]() |
1,708 | 0 | 10 | 1,718 | First round vs. ![]() |
28 | 30 | ![]() |
1,618 | 780 | 10 | 848 | First round vs. ![]() |
29 | 29 | ![]() |
1,650 | 70 | 10 | 1,590 | First round vs. ![]() |
30 | 32 | ![]() |
1,605 | 10 | 10 | 1,605 | First round vs. ![]() |
31 | 31 | ![]() |
1,605 | 240 | 10 | 1,375 | First round vs. ![]() |
32 | 33 | ![]() |
1,560 | 10+80 | 10+30 | 1,510 | First round vs. ![]() |
- ^ 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 |
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14 | ![]() |
2,702 | 240 | 2,462 | Left wrist injury |
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2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | Maternity |
Doubles seeds
Team | Rank1 | Seed | |
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- 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
Main draw wildcard entries
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Main draw qualifier entries
The qualifying competition takes place in Melbourne Park on 10 – 13 January 2018.
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Women's SinglesLucky Loser=
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Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries and other reasons.
- Before the tournament
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References
- ^ "Tickets – Australian Open". ausopen.com.
- ^ "First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Alex Bolts into Australian Open". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Alexei Popyrin and Jason Kubler secure Australian Open wildcards". Herald Sun. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Lizette Cabrera one of four to earn wildcards into Australian Open". Herald Sun. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Australian Olivia Rogowska earns wildcard into 2018 Australian Open". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Doubles title paves way for Hives' Australian Open debut". thecourier.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Andy Murray heading home after pulling out of Australian Open". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Open d'Australie : Svetlana Kuznetsova forfait". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
External links
- Australian Open official website
Media related to 2018 Australian Open at Wikimedia Commons