# 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.
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.

## 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 | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32$^1$ | 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 | — | — | — |
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## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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
* Jordan Thompson
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 | Rank$^1$ | 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 | Rank$^1$ | 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
* 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)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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

* Alex de Minaur def. Andreas Seppi, 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$

### Women's singles

* Petra Kvitová def. Ashleigh Barty 1–6, 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–6)}$

### Men's doubles

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

### Women's doubles

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