2018 Australian Open

2018 Australian Open
The 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15 and 28 January 2018, and was the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players compete in singles and doubles tournaments. Roger Federer was the defending champion in the men's singles event and successfully retained his title (his sixth), his record twentieth Grand Slam major overall, defeating Marin Čilić in the final, while Caroline Wozniacki won the women's title, defeating Simona Halep in the final to win her first Grand Slam.
The tournament was the 106th edition of the event (the 50th edition of the Open Era). Additionally, it was the 200th Major tournament of the Open Era. It also marked the 30th anniversary of the Australian Open moving from the Kooyong Tennis Club to Melbourne Park. The tournament had a record attendance of 743,667 spectators.
Tournament
The 2018 Australian Open was the 106th edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament was played on hard courts over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
Senior points
Junior points
Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2018 was increased by 10% to a tournament record A$55,000,000.
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
Singles players
2018 Australian Open – Men's singles
2018 Australian Open – Women's singles
Day-by-day summaries
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Roger Federer def. Marin Čilić, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Women's singles
Caroline Wozniacki def. Simona Halep, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–4
Men's doubles
Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić def. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah, 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3
Mixed doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavić def. Tímea Babos / Rohan Bopanna, 2–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Juniors
Boys' singles
Sebastian Korda def. Tseng Chun-hsin, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Girls' singles
Liang En-shuo def. Clara Burel, 6–3, 6–4
Boys' doubles
Hugo Gaston / Clément Tabur def. Rudolf Molleker / Henri Squire, 6–2, 6–2
Girls' doubles
Liang En-shuo / Wang Xinyu def. Violet Apisah / Lulu Sun, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda def. Stéphane Houdet, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Wheelchair women's singles
Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott def. David Wagner, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer def. Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid, 6–4, 6–2
Wheelchair women's doubles
Marjolein Buis / Yui Kamiji def. Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–4
Wheelchair quad doubles
Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson def. Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner, 6–0, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 8 January 2018, while ranking and points before are as of 15 January 2018. Points after are as of 29 January 2018.
Men's singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
Women's singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.
Doubles seeds
Men's doubles
1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
Women's doubles
1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
Mixed doubles
1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
Main draw wildcard entries
Men's singles
Alex Bolt
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Jason Kubler
Kwon Soon-woo
Alex de Minaur
Corentin Moutet
Alexei Popyrin
Tim Smyczek
Women's singles
Kristie Ahn
Destanee Aiava
Lizette Cabrera
Jaimee Fourlis
Jessika Ponchet
Olivia Rogowska
Ajla Tomljanović
Wang Xinyu
Men's doubles
Alex Bolt / Bradley Mousley
James Duckworth / Alex de Minaur
Matthew Ebden / John Millman
Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt
Thanasi Kokkinakis / Jordan Thompson
Max Purcell / Luke Saville
Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
Women's doubles
Alison Bai / Zoe Hives
Naiktha Bains / Isabelle Wallace
Kimberly Birrell / Jaimee Fourlis
Priscilla Hon / Ajla Tomljanović
Jiang Xinyu / Tang Qianhui
Jessica Moore / Ellen Perez
Astra Sharma / Belinda Woolcock
Mixed doubles
Monique Adamczak / Matthew Ebden
Lizette Cabrera / Alex Bolt
Zoe Hives / Bradley Mousley
Priscilla Hon / Matt Reid
Ellen Perez / Andrew Whittington
Arina Rodionova / John-Patrick Smith
Storm Sanders / Marc Polmans
Samantha Stosur / Sam Groth
Main draw qualifier entries
The qualifying competition started in Melbourne Park on 10 January 2018 and was scheduled to end on 13 January 2018. However, matches were extended to 14 January 2018 due to bad weather on the third day of qualifying.
Men's singles
Qualifiers
Salvatore Caruso
Dennis Novak
Jaume Munar
Quentin Halys
Vasek Pospisil
Kevin King
Denis Kudla
Mackenzie McDonald
Elias Ymer
Dustin Brown
Casper Ruud
Lorenzo Sonego
Ruben Bemelmans
Václav Šafránek
Yuki Bhambri
Matthias Bachinger
Lucky losers
Peter Polansky
Matteo Berrettini
Women's singles
Qualifiers
Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Blinkova
Zhu Lin
Viktorija Golubic
Irina Falconi
Denisa Allertová
Ivana Jorović
Viktória Kužmová
Marta Kostyuk
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Luksika Kumkhum
Magdalena Fręch
Lucky losers
Viktoriya Tomova
Bernarda Pera
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
Ričardas Berankis (PR 92)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (PR 63)
John Millman (PR 81)
Yoshihito Nishioka (PR 66)
Women's singles
Misa Eguchi (PR 109)
Anna-Lena Friedsam (PR 50)
Margarita Gasparyan (PR 62)
Kristína Kučová (PR 95)
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
Before the tournament
Men's singles
Steve Darcis → replaced by Gerald Melzer
Filip Krajinović → replaced by Peter Polansky
Lu Yen-hsun → replaced by Matteo Berrettini
Andy Murray → replaced by Marcos Baghdatis
Kei Nishikori → replaced by Rogério Dutra Silva
Women's singles
Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Jana Čepelová
Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Bernarda Pera
Ana Konjuh → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp
Laura Siegemund → replaced by Sofia Kenin
Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Nicole Gibbs
Serena Williams → replaced by Misa Eguchi
Zheng Saisai → replaced by Mariana Duque Mariño
Retirements
Men's singles
Chung Hyeon
Rafael Nadal
Gilles Simon
Mischa Zverev
References
External links
Australian Open official website
2018 ATP World Tour
2018 in Australian tennis
2018 WTA Tour
January 2018 sports events in Australia