The 2019 Sydney International was a tournament on the 2019 ATP Tour and 2019 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
It was the 127th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre. It was held from 6 to 12 January 2019 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Men's singles25015090452001260 Men's doubles 0 Women's singles47030518510055125131 Women's doubles 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Men's singles$90,990$49,205$27,175$15,435$8,880$5,320$2,575$1,285Men's doubles *$29,860$15,300$8,290$4,740$2,780 Women's singles$141,875$75,570$40,322$21,660$11,620$6,345$3,500$1,828Women's doubles *$44,200$23,615$12,905$6,565$3,570 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedStefanos Tsitsipas151Daniil Medvedev162Diego Schwartzman17 3Gilles Simon304Alex de Minaur315Lucas Pouille326Márton Fucsovics367Andreas Seppi378 1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: James Duckworth Alexei Popyrin Jordan Thompson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Guillermo García López Yoshihito Nishioka Reilly Opelka Andrey Rublev
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Guido Andreozzi Taro Daniel
Withdrawals Before the tournament Kyle Edmund → replaced by Sam Querrey Nicolás Jarry → replaced by Guido Andreozzi Daniil Medvedev → replaced by Taro Daniel Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Denis Kudla
Retirements Malek Jaziri
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedJuan Sebastián CabalRobert Farah101Jamie MurrayBruno Soares142Nikola MektićAlexander Peya303Rajeev RamJoe Salisbury514 1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Alex Bolt / Matt Reid Lleyton Hewitt / Jordan Thompson
The following pair received entry as alternates: Luke Bambridge / Jonny O'Mara
Withdrawals Before the tournament Nicolás Jarry Malek Jaziri
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedSimona Halep11Angelique Kerber22Naomi Osaka53Sloane Stephens64Petra Kvitová75Karolína Plíšková86Kiki Bertens97Daria Kasatkina108Anastasija Sevastova119Elise Mertens1210
1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Daria Gavrilova Petra Kvitová Samantha Stosur Ajla Tomljanović
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Timea Bacsinszky
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ekaterina Alexandrova Danielle Collins Priscilla Hon Yulia Putintseva Aliaksandra Sasnovich Kateřina Siniaková
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Johanna Konta Tatjana Maria Bernarda Pera Monica Puig
Withdrawals Before the tournament Naomi Osaka → replaced by Monica Puig Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Tatjana Maria Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Bernarda Pera
During the tournament
Garbiñe Muguruza (GI Illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedGabriela DabrowskiXu Yifan221Nicole MelicharKvěta Peschke282Andreja KlepačMaría José Martínez Sánchez343Nadiia KichenokBarbora Strýcová424 1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Priscilla Hon / Ajla Tomljanović
Champions
Men's singles
Alex de Minaur def. Andreas Seppi, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Women's singles
Petra Kvitová def. Ashleigh Barty 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–6)
Men's doubles
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares def. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah, 6–4, 6–3
Women's doubles
Aleksandra Krunić / Kateřina Siniaková def. Eri Hozumi / Alicja Rosolska, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
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