2019 Sydney International

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.

2019 Sydney International
Date	6–12 January 2019
Edition	127th
Category	ATP Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw	28S / 16D (ATP) 30S / 16D (WTA)
Surface	Hard
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Alex de Minaur
Women's singles
Petra Kvitová
Men's doubles
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares
Women's doubles
Aleksandra Krunić / Kateřina Siniaková

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.^[1][2]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$90,990	$49,205	$27,175	$15,435	$8,880	$5,320	$2,575	$1,285
Men'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	$1,828
Women'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

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GRE	Stefanos Tsitsipas	15	1
RUS	Daniil Medvedev	16	2
ARG	Diego Schwartzman	17	3
FRA	Gilles Simon	30	4
AUS	Alex de Minaur	31	5
FRA	Lucas Pouille	32	6
HUN	Márton Fucsovics	36	7
ITA	Andreas Seppi	37	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• James Duckworth
• Alexei Popyrin^[3]
• Jordan Thompson^[3]

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	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	10	1
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	14	2
CRO	Nikola Mektić	AUT	Alexander Peya	30	3
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	51	4

• 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

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	1	1
GER	Angelique Kerber	2	2
JPN	Naomi Osaka	5	3
USA	Sloane Stephens	6	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	7	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	8	6
NED	Kiki Bertens	9	7
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	10	8
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	11	9
BEL	Elise Mertens	12	10

• ¹ Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Daria Gavrilova^[3]
• 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) ^[4]

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	22	1
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	28	2
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	34	3
UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	42	4

• 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

Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Men's singles

• Alex de Minaur def. Andreas Seppi, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)

Women's singles

Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Women's singles

• Petra Kvitová def. Ashleigh Barty 1–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–6)

Men's doubles

Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Men's doubles

• Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares def. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah, 6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Women's doubles

• Aleksandra Krunić / Kateřina Siniaková def. Eri Hozumi / Alicja Rosolska, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)