Stosur started season at the Hopman Cup partnering Bernard Tomic. She lost to Agnieszka Radwańska, Eugenie Bouchard and Flavia Pennetta in all three of her singles matches, and subsequently the Australian pair did not qualify for the final. Stosur then played at the Hobart International, opting not to play at the Apia International for the first time in five years. Stosur was the top-seed at the tournament. Stosur defeated Madison Brengle, Kristina Mladenovic and eighth seed Bojana Jovanovski en route to the semifinals, saving match point against Mladenovic. She lost to Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals in straight sets. Stosur next played at the Australian Open. In the first round, she played Klára Zakopalová, having played Zakopalová just three days prior; Stosur reversed the result winning in straight sets. In the second round, she defeated Apia International champion Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets. Stosur lost to 14th seed Ana Ivanovic in the third round despite being a set up. Ivanovic would then go on to make the quarterfinals, defeating world No. 1, Serena Williams, in the following round. Stosur then headed to Hobart to compete in 2014 Fed Cup World Group. She led Australia to a 4–0 victory against Russia. Stosur won the second and third singles rubbers in straight sets over Veronika Kudermetova and Victoria Kan.