The 2018 Sydney International was a joint 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 126th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney. It was held from 7 January through 13 January 2018 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Venus Williams played the event for the first time in 17 years, 20 years after her maiden appearance.
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$83,650$44,055$23,865$13,595$8,010$4,745$2,135$1,070 Men's doubles*$25,410$13,360$7,240$4,140$2,430 Women's singles$137,125$73,201$39,132$20,970$11,245$6,140$3,210$1,705$945Women's doubles*$42,850$22,900$12,510$6,365$3,460 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedAlbert Ramos Viñolas231Gilles Müller252Diego Schwartzman263Fabio Fognini274Adrian Mannarino285Philipp Kohlschreiber296Damir Džumhur307Mischa Zverev338 1Ranking as of 1 January 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Alex Bolt John Millman Jordan Thompson
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: Alex de Minaur Gilles Simon
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Evgeny Donskoy Daniil Medvedev Alexei Popyrin Aleksandar Vukic
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Ričardas Berankis
Withdrawals Before the tournament Filip Krajinović → replaced by Ričardas Berankis Kei Nishikori → replaced by Viktor Troicki
Retirements Damir Džumhur
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedŁukasz KubotMarcelo Melo31Jean-Julien RojerHoria Tecău152Feliciano LópezMarc López443Rohan BopannaÉdouard Roger-Vasselin444 1 Ranking as of 1 January 2018.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Alex Bolt / Jordan Thompson Christopher O'Connell / Matt Reid
Withdrawals During the tournament Damir Džumhur
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedGarbiñe Muguruza21Venus Williams52Jeļena Ostapenko73Johanna Konta94Kristina Mladenovic115Sloane Stephens136Julia Görges147Anastasija Sevastova168
1Ranking as of 1 January 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Garbiñe Muguruza Ellen Perez Olivia Rogowska Samantha Stosur
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kristie Ahn Catherine Bellis Verónica Cepede Royg Camila Giorgi
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Lara Arruabarrena Carina Witthöft
Withdrawals Before the tournament Julia Görges → replaced by Carina Witthöft Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova Peng Shuai → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
During the tournament Garbiñe Muguruza
Retirements Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Kristina Mladenovic
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLatisha ChanAndrea Sestini Hlaváčková61Lucie ŠafářováBarbora Strýcová212Gabriela DabrowskiXu Yifan343Kiki BertensJohanna Larsson394
1Ranking as of 1 January 2018.
Other entrants The following team received entry as alternates: Lara Arruabarrena / Lauren Davis
Withdrawals Before the tournament Elena Vesnina
During the tournament Barbora Strýcová
Champions
Men's singles
Daniil Medvedev def. Alex de Minaur, 1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Women's singles
Angelique Kerber def. Ashleigh Barty, 6–4, 6–4
Men's doubles
Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo def. Jan-Lennard Struff / Viktor Troicki, 6–3, 6–4.
Women's doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan def. Latisha Chan / Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková, 6–3, 6–1
References
External links Official website