2018 Sydney International

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2018 Sydney International
Date	7–13 January 2018
Edition	126th
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Hard
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Russia Daniil Medvedev
Women's singles
Germany Angelique Kerber
Men's doubles
Poland Łukasz Kubot / Brazil Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski / China Xu Yifan
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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.^[1]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0	0
Men's doubles					0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team}

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Albert Ramos Viñolas	23	1
LUX	Gilles Müller	25	2
ARG	Diego Schwartzman	26	3
ITA	Fabio Fognini	27	4
FRA	Adrian Mannarino	28	5
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	29	6
BIH	Damir Džumhur	30	7
GER	Mischa Zverev	33	8

• ¹Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Australia Alex Bolt
• Australia John Millman
• Australia Jordan Thompson

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:

• Australia Alex de Minaur
• France Gilles Simon

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Russia Evgeny Donskoy
• Russia Daniil Medvedev
• Australia Alexei Popyrin
• Australia Aleksandar Vukic

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lithuania Ričardas Berankis

Before the tournament

• Serbia Filip Krajinović → replaced by Lithuania Ričardas Berankis
• Japan Kei Nishikori → replaced by Serbia Viktor Troicki

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	3	1
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	15	2
ESP	Feliciano López	ESP	Marc López	44	3
IND	Rohan Bopanna	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	44	4

• ¹ Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Australia Alex Bolt / Australia Jordan Thompson
• Australia Christopher O'Connell / Australia Matt Reid

During the tournament

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	2	1
USA	Venus Williams	5	2
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	7	3
GBR	Johanna Konta	9	4
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	11	5
USA	Sloane Stephens	13	6
(削除)  GER (削除ここまで)	(削除) Julia Görges (削除ここまで)	(削除) 14 (削除ここまで)	(削除) 7 (削除ここまで)
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	16	8

• ¹Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
• Australia Ellen Perez
• Australia Olivia Rogowska
• Australia Samantha Stosur

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• United States Kristie Ahn
• United States Catherine Bellis
• Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
• Italy Camila Giorgi

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Spain Lara Arruabarrena
• Germany Carina Witthöft

Before the tournament

• Germany Julia Görges → replaced by Germany Carina Witthöft
• Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Russia Ekaterina Makarova
• China Peng Shuai → replaced by Spain Lara Arruabarrena

During the tournament

• Spain Garbiñe Muguruza

• Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
• France Kristina Mladenovic

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Latisha Chan	CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	6	1
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	21	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	34	3
NED	Kiki Bertens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	39	4

• ¹Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

The following team received entry as alternates:

• Spain Lara Arruabarrena / United States Lauren Davis

Before the tournament

• Russia Elena Vesnina

During the tournament

• Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová

• Russia Daniil Medvedev def. Australia Alex de Minaur, 1–6, 6–4, 7–5

• Germany Angelique Kerber def. Australia Ashleigh Barty, 6–4, 6–4

• Poland Łukasz Kubot / Brazil Marcelo Melo def. Germany Jan-Lennard Struff / Serbia Viktor Troicki, 6–3, 6–4.

• Canada Gabriela Dabrowski / China Xu Yifan def. Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan / Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková, 6–3, 6–1

• Official website

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