The 2017 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2017 ATP World Tour and 2017 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 124th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 8 January through 14 January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.
The women's main-draw ranking cut-off was 29, making it the highest cut-off of any WTA tournament in the world in the past year.
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Men's singles250150904520012600 Men's doubles 0 Women's singles4703051851005512518131 Women's doubles 1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1Men's singles$72,000$37,900$20,545$11,705$6,900$4,085$1,840$920 Men's doubles*$21,850$11,500$6,230$3,570$2,090 Women's singles$132,740$70,870$37,825$20,315$10,900$5,970$3,110$1,650$915Women's doubles*$41,520$22,180$12,120$6,165$3,340 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedDominic Thiem81Pablo Cuevas222Viktor Troicki293Pablo Carreño Busta304Philipp Kohlschreiber325Gilles Müller346Martin Kližan357Marcel Granollers378 1 Rankings as of January 2, 2017
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Alex de Minaur Thanasi Kokkinakis Jordan Thompson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Matthew Barton Gastão Elias Thiago Monteiro Christopher O'Connell
The following players received entry by a lucky loser: Nikoloz Basilashvili Santiago Giraldo
Withdrawals Before the tournament Federico Delbonis → replaced by Thomaz Bellucci Thanasi Kokkinakis (abdominal injury) → replaced by Nikoloz Basilashvili Fernando Verdasco (fatigue) → replaced by Santiago Giraldo
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedJamie MurrayBruno Soares71Marcel GranollersMarc López282Łukasz KubotMarcelo Melo323Jean-Julien RojerHoria Tecău464 1 Rankings as of January 2, 2017
Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: Matt Reid / Jordan Thompson
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedAngelique Kerber11Agnieszka Radwańska32Dominika Cibulková53Svetlana Kuznetsova94Johanna Konta105Elena Vesnina166Roberta Vinci187Caroline Wozniacki198 1 Rankings as of January 2, 2017
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Belinda Bencic Eugenie Bouchard
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kateryna Bondarenko Duan Yingying Christina McHale Maria Sakkari
The following players received entry by a lucky loser: Irina Falconi Arina Rodionova Donna Vekić
Withdrawals Before the tournament Caroline Garcia → replaced by Monica Puig Petra Kvitová (off-court injury) → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova Karolína Plíšková (left thigh injury) → replaced by Irina Falconi Sloane Stephens (left foot injury) → replaced by Arina Rodionova Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Laura Siegemund Elina Svitolina (viral illness) → replaced by Donna Vekić
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedSania MirzaBarbora Strýcová181Martina HingisCoCo Vandeweghe222Chan Hao-chingChan Yung-jan243Vania KingYaroslava Shvedova374 1 Rankings as of January 2, 2017
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Madison Brengle / Arina Rodionova
Champions
Men's singles
Gilles Müller def. Daniel Evans, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Women's singles
Johanna Konta def. Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–4, 6–2
Men's doubles
Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop def. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares, 6–3, 7–5
Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová, 6–4, 6–4
References
External links Official website