2018 Sydney International

{{Infobox tennis event|2018|Sydney International| | | logo = | logo_size = 200px | date=7–13 January 2018 | edition=126th | category = [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] / [[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier]] | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money= | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location=[[Sydney]], Australia | venue=[[NSW Tennis Centre]] | champms={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Medvedev]] | champws={{flagicon|GER}} [[Angelique Kerber]] | champmd={{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] | champwd={{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gabriela Dabrowski]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xu Yifan]] | before_name = Apia International Sydney }}

The '''2018 Sydney International''' was a joint [[2018 ATP World Tour]] and [[2018 WTA Tour]] [[tennis]] tournament, played on outdoor [[hard court]]s 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sydneyinternational.com.au/2017/10/venus-williams-returns-to-sydney-international|title= Venus Williams returns to Sydney International|publisher=Sydney International|date=10 October 2017|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>

==Point distribution== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q3 |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Men's singles |rowspan=2|250 |rowspan=2|150 |rowspan=2|90 |rowspan=2|45 |20 |0 |12 |6 |0 |0 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Men's doubles | 0 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Women's singles |rowspan=2|470 |rowspan=2|305 |rowspan=2|185 |rowspan=2|100 |55 |1 |25 |18 |13 |1 |- ! style="background:#ededed;"| Women's doubles | 1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |}

==Prize money== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 321 |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Men's singles''' |$83,650 |$44,055 |$23,865 |$13,595 |$8,010 |$4,745 |$2,135 |$1,070 | {{n/a}} |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Men's doubles*''' |$25,410 |$13,360 |$7,240 |$4,140 |$2,430 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Women's singles''' |$137,125 |$73,201 |$39,132 |$20,970 |$11,245 |$6,140 |$3,210 |$1,705 |$945 |- | style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Women's doubles*''' |$42,850 |$22,900 |$12,510 |$6,365 |$3,460 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team

== ATP singles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" !width=70|Country !width=175|Player !Rank1 !Seed |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Albert Ramos Viñolas]] |23 |1 |- |{{flag|LUX}} |[[Gilles Müller]] |25 |2 |- |{{flag|ARG}} |[[Diego Schwartzman]] |26 |3 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Fabio Fognini]] |27 |4 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Adrian Mannarino]] |28 |5 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] |29 |6 |- |{{flag|BIH}} |[[Damir Džumhur]] |30 |7 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Mischa Zverev]] |33 |8 |} *1Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex Bolt]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Millman]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]]

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex de Minaur]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gilles Simon]]

The following players received entry from the [[qualifying draw (tennis)|qualifying draw]]: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Donskoy]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Medvedev]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alexei Popyrin]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aleksandar Vukic]]

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Ričardas Berankis]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Filip Krajinović]] → replaced by {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Ričardas Berankis]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kei Nishikori]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Viktor Troicki]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Damir Džumhur]]

== ATP doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|POL}} |[[Łukasz Kubot]] |{{flag|BRA}} |[[Marcelo Melo]] |3 |1 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Jean-Julien Rojer]] |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Horia Tecău]] |15 |2 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Feliciano López]] |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Marc López]] |44 |3 |- |{{flag|IND}} |[[Rohan Bopanna]] |{{flag|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: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex Bolt]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Christopher O'Connell]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matt Reid (tennis)|Matt Reid]]

===Withdrawals=== ;During the tournament * {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Damir Džumhur]]

== WTA singles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" !width=70|Country !width=175|Player !Rank1 !Seed |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Garbiñe Muguruza]] |2 |1 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Venus Williams]] |5 |2 |- |{{flag|LAT}} |[[Jeļena Ostapenko]] |7 |3 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Johanna Konta]] |9 |4 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Kristina Mladenovic]] |11 |5 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Sloane Stephens]] |13 |6 |- |<s>{{flag|GER}}</s> |<s>[[Julia Görges]]</s> |<s>14</s> |<s>7</s> |- |{{flag|LAT}} |[[Anastasija Sevastova]] |16 |8 |- |}

*1Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Garbiñe Muguruza]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ellen Perez]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Olivia Rogowska]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristie Ahn]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Catherine Bellis]] * {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Verónica Cepede Royg]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Camila Giorgi]]

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lara Arruabarrena]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Carina Witthöft]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Julia Görges]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} [[Carina Witthöft]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lara Arruabarrena]]

;During the tournament * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Garbiñe Muguruza]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirjana Lučić-Baroni]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]]

== WTA doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds === {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Latisha Chan]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková]] |6 |1 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Lucie Šafářová]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Strýcová]] |21 |2 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Gabriela Dabrowski]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Xu Yifan]] |34 |3 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Kiki Bertens]] |{{flag|SWE}} |[[Johanna Larsson]] |39 |4 |}

*1Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

===Other entrants=== The following team received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lara Arruabarrena]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lauren Davis]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]]

;During the tournament * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Strýcová]]

== Champions ==

=== Men's singles === {{Main|2018 Sydney International – Men's singles}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Daniil Medvedev]]''' def. {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex de Minaur]], 1–6, 6–4, 7–5

=== Women's singles === {{Main|2018 Sydney International – Women's singles}} * {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Angelique Kerber]]''' def. {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ashleigh Barty]], 6–4, 6–4

=== Men's doubles === {{Main|2018 Sydney International – Men's doubles}} * {{flagicon|POL}} '''[[Łukasz Kubot]]''' / {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marcelo Melo]]''' def. {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jan-Lennard Struff]] / {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Viktor Troicki]], 6–3, 6–4.

=== Women's doubles === {{Main|2018 Sydney International – Women's doubles}} * {{flagicon|CAN}} '''[[Gabriela Dabrowski]]''' / {{flagicon|CHN}} '''[[Xu Yifan]]''' def. {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Latisha Chan]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková]], 6–3, 6–1

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.apiainternational.com.au/ Official website]

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