# 2018 Sydney International > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Sydney_International > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Sydney_International.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Sydney_International > Source revision: 1340167552 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 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 ← 2017 · Sydney International · 2019 → The **2018 Sydney International** was a joint [2018 ATP World Tour](/source/2018_ATP_World_Tour) and [2018 WTA Tour](/source/2018_WTA_Tour) [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament, played on outdoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) (NSW). It was the 126th edition of the tournament and took place at the [NSW Tennis Centre](/source/NSW_Tennis_Centre) in Sydney. It was held from 7 January through 13 January 2018 as part of the [Australian Open Series](/source/Australian_Open_Series) in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. [Venus Williams](/source/Venus_Williams) played the event for the first time in 17 years, 20 years after her maiden appearance.[1] ## 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 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1 Women's doubles 1 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a ## 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 —N/a Men's doubles* $25,410 $13,360 $7,240 $4,140 $2,430 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a 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 —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 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](/source/Alex_Bolt) - [John Millman](/source/John_Millman) - [Jordan Thompson](/source/Jordan_Thompson_(tennis)) The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: - [Alex de Minaur](/source/Alex_de_Minaur) - [Gilles Simon](/source/Gilles_Simon) The following players received entry from the [qualifying draw](/source/Qualifying_draw_(tennis)): - [Evgeny Donskoy](/source/Evgeny_Donskoy) - [Daniil Medvedev](/source/Daniil_Medvedev) - [Alexei Popyrin](/source/Alexei_Popyrin) - [Aleksandar Vukic](/source/Aleksandar_Vukic) The following player received entry as a lucky loser: - [Ričardas Berankis](/source/Ri%C4%8Dardas_Berankis) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Filip Krajinović](/source/Filip_Krajinovi%C4%87) → replaced by [Ričardas Berankis](/source/Ri%C4%8Dardas_Berankis) - [Kei Nishikori](/source/Kei_Nishikori) → replaced by [Viktor Troicki](/source/Viktor_Troicki) ### Retirements - [Damir Džumhur](/source/Damir_D%C5%BEumhur) ## 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](/source/Alex_Bolt) / [Jordan Thompson](/source/Jordan_Thompson_(tennis)) - [Christopher O'Connell](/source/Christopher_O'Connell) / [Matt Reid](/source/Matt_Reid_(tennis)) ### Withdrawals **During the tournament** - [Damir Džumhur](/source/Damir_D%C5%BEumhur) ## 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](/source/Garbi%C3%B1e_Muguruza) - [Ellen Perez](/source/Ellen_Perez) - [Olivia Rogowska](/source/Olivia_Rogowska) - [Samantha Stosur](/source/Samantha_Stosur) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Kristie Ahn](/source/Kristie_Ahn) - [Catherine Bellis](/source/Catherine_Bellis) - [Verónica Cepede Royg](/source/Ver%C3%B3nica_Cepede_Royg) - [Camila Giorgi](/source/Camila_Giorgi) The following players received entry as lucky losers: - [Lara Arruabarrena](/source/Lara_Arruabarrena) - [Carina Witthöft](/source/Carina_Witth%C3%B6ft) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Julia Görges](/source/Julia_G%C3%B6rges) → replaced by [Carina Witthöft](/source/Carina_Witth%C3%B6ft) - [Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova](/source/Anastasia_Pavlyuchenkova) → replaced by [Ekaterina Makarova](/source/Ekaterina_Makarova) - [Peng Shuai](/source/Peng_Shuai) → replaced by [Lara Arruabarrena](/source/Lara_Arruabarrena) **During the tournament** - [Garbiñe Muguruza](/source/Garbi%C3%B1e_Muguruza) ### Retirements - [Mirjana Lučić-Baroni](/source/Mirjana_Lu%C4%8Di%C4%87-Baroni) - [Kristina Mladenovic](/source/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](/source/Lara_Arruabarrena) / [Lauren Davis](/source/Lauren_Davis) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Elena Vesnina](/source/Elena_Vesnina) **During the tournament** - [Barbora Strýcová](/source/Barbora_Str%C3%BDcov%C3%A1) ## Champions ### Men's singles Main article: [2018 Sydney International – Men's singles](/source/2018_Sydney_International_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles) - **[Daniil Medvedev](/source/Daniil_Medvedev)** def. [Alex de Minaur](/source/Alex_de_Minaur), 1–6, 6–4, 7–5 ### Women's singles Main article: [2018 Sydney International – Women's singles](/source/2018_Sydney_International_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles) - **[Angelique Kerber](/source/Angelique_Kerber)** def. [Ashleigh Barty](/source/Ashleigh_Barty), 6–4, 6–4 ### Men's doubles Main article: [2018 Sydney International – Men's doubles](/source/2018_Sydney_International_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles) - **[Łukasz Kubot](/source/%C5%81ukasz_Kubot)** / **[Marcelo Melo](/source/Marcelo_Melo)** def. [Jan-Lennard Struff](/source/Jan-Lennard_Struff) / [Viktor Troicki](/source/Viktor_Troicki), 6–3, 6–4. ### Women's doubles Main article: [2018 Sydney International – Women's doubles](/source/2018_Sydney_International_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles) - **[Gabriela Dabrowski](/source/Gabriela_Dabrowski)** / **[Xu Yifan](/source/Xu_Yifan)** def. [Latisha Chan](/source/Latisha_Chan) / [Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková](/source/Andrea_Sestini_Hlav%C3%A1%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1), 6–3, 6–1 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Venus Williams returns to Sydney International"](https://www.sydneyinternational.com.au/2017/10/venus-williams-returns-to-sydney-international). Sydney International. 10 October 2017. 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