# 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic

The 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament on the 2022 ATP Tour and 2022 WTA Tour. It was a combined ATP Tour 250 and WTA 500 tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This was the 128th edition of the tournament. The tournament took place at the NSW Tennis Centre from 10 to 15 January 2022.

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Aslan Karatsev def. Andy Murray 6–3, 6–3
* It was Karatsev's first singles title of the year and the 3rd, of his career.

### Women's singles

* Paula Badosa def. Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$

### Men's doubles

* John Peers / Filip Polášek def. Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini, 7–5, 7–5

### Women's doubles

* Anna Danilina / Beatriz Haddad Maia def. Vivian Heisen / Panna Udvardy 4–6, 7–5, [10–8]

## 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 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $87,370 | $48,365 | $27,220 | $15,490 | $8,890 | $5,200 | $2,540 | $1,320 |
| Men's doubles * | $23,370 | $13,210 | $7,630 | $4,320 | $2,540 | $1,520 | — | — |
| Women's singles | $108,000 | $66,800 | $39,000 | $18,685 | $10,000 | $6,750 | $5,020 | $2,585 |
| Women's doubles * | $36,200 | $22,000 | $12,500 | $6,500 | $3,900 | — | — | — |
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## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| RUS | Aslan Karatsev | 20 | 1 |
| GEO | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 23 | 2 |
| GBR | Dan Evans | 24 | 3 |
| ITA | Lorenzo Sonego | 25 | 4 |
| USA | Reilly Opelka | 30 | 5 |
| ITA | Fabio Fognini | 32 | 6 |
| ARG | Federico Delbonis | 38 | 7 |
| SRB | Dušan Lajović | 39 | 8 |
$^1$ Rankings are as of 3 January 2022.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw:
* Nick Kyrgios
* Andy Murray
* Jordan Thompson
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
* Maxime Cressy
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Sebastián Báez
* Viktor Durasovic
* Christopher O'Connell
* Jiří Veselý
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Daniel Altmaier
* Denis Kudla
* Stefano Travaglia

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by Alexei Popyrin
* Alex de Minaur → replaced by Miomir Kecmanović
* Taylor Fritz → replaced by Marcos Giron
* Cristian Garín → replaced by Adrian Mannarino
* Ilya Ivashka → replaced by Hugo Gaston
* Filip Krajinović → replaced by Brandon Nakashima
* Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Daniel Altmaier
* Kei Nishikori → replaced by Stefano Travaglia
* Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by Denis Kudla
* Dominic Thiem → replaced by Pedro Martínez

#### Retirements

* David Goffin

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 3 | 1 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 20 | 2 |
| AUS | John Peers | SVK | Filip Polášek | 22 | 3 |
| GER | Tim Pütz | NZL | Michael Venus | 33 | 4 |
| GBR | Jamie Murray | BRA | Bruno Soares | 35 | 5 |
| GER | Kevin Krawietz | GER | Andreas Mies | 63 | 6 |
| ESA | Marcelo Arévalo | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 69 | 7 |
| KAZ | Andrey Golubev | CRO | Franko Škugor | 81 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 3 January 2022.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Moerani Bouzige / Matthew Romios
* Nick Kyrgios / Michail Pervolarakis
The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
* Daniel Altmaier / Andreas Seppi

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Simone Bolelli / Máximo González → replaced by Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
* Marco Cecchinato / Andreas Seppi → replaced by Daniel Altmaier / Andreas Seppi
* Marcus Daniell / Marcelo Demoliner → replaced by Marcus Daniell / Denis Kudla
* Oliver Marach / Jonny O'Mara → replaced by Fabrice Martin / Jonny O'Mara

#### During the tournament

* Marcus Daniell / Denis Kudla
* Nick Kyrgios / Michail Pervolarakis
* Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 3 | 2 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | 5 | 3 |
| EST | Anett Kontaveit | 7 | 4 |
| ESP | Paula Badosa | 8 | 5 |
| POL | Iga Świątek | 9 | 6 |
| TUN | Ons Jabeur | 10 | 7 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 12 | 8 |
| KAZ | Elena Rybakina | 14 | 9 |
$^1$ Rankings are as of 3 January 2022.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw:
* Priscilla Hon
* Astra Sharma
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Magdalena Fręch
* Beatriz Haddad Maia
* Giuliana Olmos
* Elena-Gabriela Ruse
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
* Ena Shibahara
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Océane Dodin
* Fiona Ferro

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Fiona Ferro
* Leylah Fernandez → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Simona Halep → replaced by Zhang Shuai
* Angelique Kerber → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova
* Maria Sakkari → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
* Iga Świątek → replaced by Océane Dodin

#### During the tournament

* Elena Rybakina (left thigh injury)

#### Retirements

* Ons Jabeur (lower back injury)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 10 | 1 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 10 | 2 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 25 | 3 |
| CHI | Alexa Guarachi | USA | Nicole Melichar-Martinez | 25 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 3 January 2022.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Isabella Bozicevic / Alexandra Osborne
* Michaela Haet / Lisa Mays

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Anna Bondár / Arantxa Rus → replaced by Arantxa Rus / Astra Sharma
* Natela Dzalamidze / Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Natela Dzalamidze
* Darija Jurak Schreiber / Andreja Klepač → replaced by Darija Jurak Schreiber / Desirae Krawczyk
* Desirae Krawczyk / Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Alison Bai / Alicia Smith
* Jessica Pegula / Storm Sanders → replaced by Vivian Heisen / Panna Udvardy
* Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková / Zhang Shuai

#### During the tournament

* Alison Bai / Alicia Smith