2018 Sydney International

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]

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
Daniil Medvedev
Women's singles
Angelique Kerber
Men's doubles
Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan

Point distribution

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	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men'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	$945
Women'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

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.

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	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.

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

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
GER	Julia Görges	14	7
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	16	8

• 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	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.

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

Main article: 2018 Sydney International – Men's singles

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

Women's singles

Main article: 2018 Sydney International – Women's singles

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

Men's doubles

Main article: 2018 Sydney International – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Main article: 2018 Sydney International – Women's doubles

• Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan def. Latisha Chan / Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková, 6–3, 6–1