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. 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
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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.[2]
Point and prize money distribution
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
Senior points
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Junior points[edit]
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Prize money
[edit]The Australian Open total prize money for 2018 was increased by 10% to a tournament record A$55,000,000.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 1281 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | A$4,000,000 | A$2,000,000 | A$880,000 | A$440,000 | A$240,000 | A$142,500 | A$90,000 | A$60,000 | A$30,000 | A$15,000 | A$7,500 |
| Doubles * | A$750,000 | A$375,000 | A$185,000 | A$90,000 | A$45,000 | A$22,500 | A$14,000 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
| Mixed doubles * | A$160,000 | A$80,000 | A$40,000 | A$20,000 | A$10,000 | A$5,000 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
Singles players
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Day-by-day summaries
[edit]Champions
[edit]Seniors
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]- 👁 Switzerland
Roger Federer def. 👁 Croatia
Marin Čilić, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Women's singles
[edit]- 👁 Denmark
Caroline Wozniacki def. 👁 Romania
Simona Halep, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–4
Men's doubles
[edit]- 👁 Austria
Oliver Marach / 👁 Croatia
Mate Pavić def. 👁 Colombia
Juan Sebastián Cabal / 👁 Colombia
Robert Farah, 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles
[edit]- 👁 Hungary
Tímea Babos / 👁 France
Kristina Mladenovic def. 👁 Russia
Ekaterina Makarova / 👁 Russia
Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3
Mixed doubles
[edit]- 👁 Canada
Gabriela Dabrowski / 👁 Croatia
Mate Pavić def. 👁 Hungary
Tímea Babos / 👁 India
Rohan Bopanna, 2–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Juniors
[edit]Boys' singles
[edit]- 👁 United States
Sebastian Korda def. 👁 Chinese Taipei
Tseng Chun-hsin, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Girls' singles
[edit]- 👁 Chinese Taipei
Liang En-shuo def. 👁 France
Clara Burel, 6–3, 6–4
Boys' doubles
[edit]- 👁 France
Hugo Gaston / 👁 France
Clément Tabur def. 👁 Germany
Rudolf Molleker / 👁 Germany
Henri Squire, 6–2, 6–2
Girls' doubles
[edit]- 👁 Chinese Taipei
Liang En-shuo / 👁 China
Wang Xinyu def. 👁 Papua New Guinea
Violet Apisah / 👁 Switzerland
Lulu Sun, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Wheelchair events
[edit]Wheelchair men's singles
[edit]- 👁 Japan
Shingo Kunieda def. 👁 France
Stéphane Houdet, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Wheelchair women's singles
[edit]- 👁 Netherlands
Diede de Groot def. 👁 Japan
Yui Kamiji, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Wheelchair quad singles
[edit]- 👁 Australia
Dylan Alcott def. 👁 United States
David Wagner, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Wheelchair men's doubles
[edit]- 👁 France
Stéphane Houdet / 👁 France
Nicolas Peifer def. 👁 United Kingdom
Alfie Hewett / 👁 United Kingdom
Gordon Reid, 6–4, 6–2
Wheelchair women's doubles
[edit]- 👁 Netherlands
Marjolein Buis / 👁 Japan
Yui Kamiji def. 👁 Netherlands
Diede de Groot / 👁 Netherlands
Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–4
Wheelchair quad doubles
[edit]- 👁 Australia
Dylan Alcott / 👁 Australia
Heath Davidson def. 👁 United Kingdom
Andrew Lapthorne / 👁 United States
David Wagner, 6–0, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Singles seeds
[edit]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.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 👁 Spain Rafael Nadal |
10,600 | 1,200 | 360 | 9,760 | Quarterfinals retired against 👁 Croatia Marin Čilić [6] |
| 2 | 2 | 👁 Switzerland Roger Federer |
9,605 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 9,605 | Champion, defeated 👁 Croatia Marin Čilić [6] |
| 3 | 3 | 👁 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov |
4,990 | 720 | 360 | 4,630 | Quarterfinals lost to 👁 United Kingdom Kyle Edmund |
| 4 | 4 | 👁 Germany Alexander Zverev |
4,610 | 90 | 90 | 4,610 | Third round lost to 👁 South Korea Chung Hyeon |
| 5 | 5 | 👁 Austria Dominic Thiem |
4,060 | 180 | 180 | 4,060 | Fourth round lost to 👁 United States Tennys Sandgren |
| 6 | 6 | 👁 Croatia Marin Čilić |
3,805 | 45 | 1,200 | 4,960 | Runner-up, lost to 👁 Switzerland Roger Federer [2] |
| 7 | 7 | 👁 Belgium David Goffin |
3,775 | 360 | 45 | 3,460 | Second round lost to 👁 France Julien Benneteau |
| 8 | 9 | 👁 United States Jack Sock |
2,960 | 90 | 10 | 2,880 | First round lost to 👁 Japan Yūichi Sugita |
| 9 | 8 | 👁 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka |
3,060 | 720 | 45 | 2,385 | Second round lost to 👁 United States Tennys Sandgren |
| 10 | 11 | 👁 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta |
2,615 | 90 | 180 | 2,705 | Fourth round lost to 👁 Croatia Marin Čilić [6] |
| 11 | 12 | 👁 South Africa Kevin Anderson |
2,610 | 0 | 10 | 2,620 | First round lost to 👁 United Kingdom Kyle Edmund |
| 12 | 10 | 👁 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro |
2,725 | 0 | 90 | 2,815 | Third round lost to 👁 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [19] |
| 13 | 13 | 👁 United States Sam Querrey |
2,535 | 90 | 45 | 2,490 | Second round lost to 👁 Hungary Márton Fucsovics |
| 14 | 14 | 👁 Serbia Novak Djokovic |
2,335 | 45 | 180 | 2,470 | Fourth round lost to 👁 South Korea Chung Hyeon |
| 15 | 15 | 👁 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
2,320 | 360 | 90 | 2,050 | Third round lost to 👁 Australia Nick Kyrgios [17] |
| 16 | 16 | 👁 United States John Isner |
2,265 | 45 | 10 | 2,230 | First round lost to 👁 Australia Matthew Ebden |
| 17 | 17 | 👁 Australia Nick Kyrgios |
2,260 | 45 | 180 | 2,395 | Fourth round lost to 👁 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov [3] |
| 18 | 18 | 👁 France Lucas Pouille |
2,235 | 10 | 10 | 2,235 | First round lost to 👁 Belgium Ruben Bemelmans [Q] |
| 19 | 20 | 👁 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych |
2,050 | 90 | 360 | 2,320 | Quarterfinals lost to 👁 Switzerland Roger Federer [2] |
| 20 | 21 | 👁 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut |
2,015 | 180 | 10 | 1,845 | First round lost to 👁 Spain Fernando Verdasco |
| 21 | 22 | 👁 Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas |
1,845 | 10 | 90 | 1,925 | Third round lost to 👁 Serbia Novak Djokovic [14] |
| 22 | 23 | 👁 Canada Milos Raonic |
1,750 | 360 | 10 | 1,400 | First round lost to 👁 Slovakia Lukáš Lacko |
| 23 | 28 | 👁 Luxembourg Gilles Müller |
1,490 | 45 | 90 | 1,535 | Third round lost to 👁 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta [10] |
| 24 | 26 | 👁 Argentina Diego Schwartzman |
1,675 | 45 | 180 | 1,810 | Fourth round lost to 👁 Spain Rafael Nadal [1] |
| 25 | 25 | 👁 Italy Fabio Fognini |
1,715 | 45 | 180 | 1,850 | Fourth round lost to 👁 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [19] |
| 26 | 27 | 👁 France Adrian Mannarino |
1,625 | 10 | 90 | 1,705 | Third round lost to 👁 Austria Dominic Thiem [5] |
| 27 | 29 | 👁 Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber |
1,415 | 90 | 10 | 1,335 | First round lost to 👁 Japan Yoshihito Nishioka [PR] |
| 28 | 30 | 👁 Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur |
1,391 | 10 | 90 | 1,471 | Third round lost to 👁 Spain Rafael Nadal [1] |
| 29 | 31 | 👁 France Richard Gasquet |
1,375 | 90 | 90 | 1,375 | Third round lost to 👁 Switzerland Roger Federer [2] |
| 30 | 32 | 👁 Russia Andrey Rublev |
1,373 | 70+60 | 90+6 | 1,339 | Third round lost to 👁 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov [3] |
| 31 | 34 | 👁 Uruguay Pablo Cuevas |
1,345 | 10 | 45 | 1,380 | Second round lost to 👁 United States Ryan Harrison |
| 32 | 35 | 👁 Germany Mischa Zverev |
1,302 | 360 | 10 | 952 | First round retired against 👁 South Korea Chung Hyeon |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 👁 United Kingdom Andy Murray |
2,140 | 180 | 1,960 | Hip injury |
| 24 | 👁 Japan Kei Nishikori |
1,735 | 180 | 1,555 | Wrist injury |
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 👁 Romania Simona Halep |
6,425 | 10 | 1,300 | 7,715 | Runner-up, lost to 👁 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [2] |
| 2 | 2 | 👁 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki |
6,095 | 130 | 2,000 | 7,965 | Champion, defeated 👁 Romania Simona Halep [1] |
| 3 | 3 | 👁 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza |
6,050 | 430 | 70 | 5,690 | Second round lost to 👁 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei |
| 4 | 4 | 👁 Ukraine Elina Svitolina |
5,785 | 130 | 430 | 6,085 | Quarterfinals lost to 👁 Belgium Elise Mertens |
| 5 | 5 | 👁 United States Venus Williams |
5,568 | 1,300 | 10 | 4,278 | First round lost to 👁 Switzerland Belinda Bencic |
| 6 | 6 | 👁 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková |
5,445 | 430 | 430 | 5,445 | Quarterfinals lost to 👁 Romania Simona Halep [1] |
| 7 | 7 | 👁 Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko |
4,901 | 130 | 130 | 4,901 | Third round lost to 👁 Estonia Anett Kontaveit [32] |
| 8 | 8 | 👁 France Caroline Garcia |
4,385 | 130 | 240 | 4,495 | Fourth round lost to 👁 United States Madison Keys [17] |
| 9 | 10 | 👁 United Kingdom Johanna Konta |
3,185 | 430 | 70 | 2,825 | Second round lost to 👁 United States Bernarda Pera [LL] |
| 10 | 9 | 👁 United States CoCo Vandeweghe |
3,204 | 780 | 10 | 2,434 | First round lost to 👁 Hungary Tímea Babos |
| 11 | 11 | 👁 France Kristina Mladenovic |
2,935 | 10 | 10 | 2,935 | First round lost to 👁 Romania Ana Bogdan |
| 12 | 12 | 👁 Germany Julia Görges |
2,825 | 70 | 70 | 2,825 | Second round lost to 👁 France Alizé Cornet |
| 13 | 13 | 👁 United States Sloane Stephens |
2,803 | 0 | 10 | 2,813 | First round lost to 👁 China Zhang Shuai |
| 14 | 15 | 👁 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova |
2,600 | 130 | 70 | 2,540 | Second round lost to 👁 Russia Maria Sharapova |
| 15 | 18 | 👁 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
2,485 | 430 | 70 | 2,125 | Second round lost to 👁 Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko |
| 16 | 19 | 👁 Russia Elena Vesnina |
2,220 | 130 | 70 | 2,160 | Second round lost to 👁 Japan Naomi Osaka |
| 17 | 20 | 👁 United States Madison Keys |
2,214 | 0 | 430 | 2,644 | Quarterfinals lost to 👁 Germany Angelique Kerber [21] |
| 18 | 17 | 👁 Australia Ashleigh Barty |
2,486 | 130 | 130 | 2,486 | Third round lost to 👁 Japan Naomi Osaka |
| 19 | 21 | 👁 Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková |
2,141 | (18)[a] | 240 | 2,363 | Fourth round lost to 👁 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [2] |
| 20 | 24 | 👁 Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová |
1,940 | 240 | 240 | 1,940 | Fourth round lost to 👁 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková [6] |
| 21 | 16 | 👁 Germany Angelique Kerber |
2,491 | 240 | 780 | 3,031 | Semifinals lost to 👁 Romania Simona Halep [1] |
| 22 | 25 | 👁 Russia Daria Kasatkina |
1,905 | 10 | 70 | 1,965 | Second round lost to 👁 Poland Magda Linette |
| 23 | 23 | 👁 Australia Daria Gavrilova |
1,990 | 240 | 70 | 1,820 | Second round lost to 👁 Belgium Elise Mertens |
| 24 | 26 | 👁 Slovakia Dominika Cibulková |
1,860 | 130 | 10 | 1,740 | First round lost to 👁 Estonia Kaia Kanepi |
| 25 | 27 | 👁 China Peng Shuai |
1,765 | 70 | 10 | 1,705 | First round lost to 👁 Ukraine Marta Kostyuk [Q] |
| 26 | 35 | 👁 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska |
1,510 | 70 | 130 | 1,570 | Third round lost to 👁 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei |
| 27 | 28 | 👁 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová |
1,708 | 0 | 10 | 1,718 | First round lost to 👁 Germany Andrea Petkovic |
| 28 | 30 | 👁 Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni |
1,618 | 780 | 70 | 908 | Second round lost to 👁 Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
| 29 | 29 | 👁 Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová |
1,650 | 70 | 130 | 1,710 | Third round lost to 👁 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková [6] |
| 30 | 32 | 👁 Netherlands Kiki Bertens |
1,605 | 10 | 130 | 1,725 | Third round lost to 👁 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [2] |
| 31 | 31 | 👁 Russia Ekaterina Makarova |
1,605 | 240 | 10 | 1,375 | First round lost to 👁 Romania Irina-Camelia Begu |
| 32 | 33 | 👁 Estonia Anett Kontaveit |
1,560 | 10+80 | 240+30 | 1,740 | Fourth round lost to 👁 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro |
- ^ Rybáriková did not participate in the 2017 Australian Open. Accordingly, her 16th best result from the past 12 months will be subtracted from her ranking points instead.
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 👁 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova |
2,702 | 240 | 2,462 | Left wrist injury |
| 22 | 👁 United States Serena Williams |
2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | Maternity |
Doubles seeds
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| Team | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan |
👁 United Kingdom Jamie Murray |
10 | 1 |
| 👁 Australia Casey Dellacqua |
👁 Australia John Peers |
13 | 2 |
| 👁 Russia Ekaterina Makarova |
👁 Brazil Bruno Soares |
13 | 3 |
| 👁 Czech Republic Květa Peschke |
👁 Finland Henri Kontinen |
23 | 4 |
| 👁 Hungary Tímea Babos |
👁 India Rohan Bopanna |
26 | 5 |
| 👁 Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková |
👁 France Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
31 | 6 |
| 👁 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching |
👁 New Zealand Michael Venus |
32 | 7 |
| 👁 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski |
👁 Croatia Mate Pavić |
34 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
Main draw wildcard entries
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Men's doubles[edit]
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Women's doubles[edit]
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Mixed doubles[edit]
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Main draw qualifier entries
[edit]The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 10 to 14 January 2018 (was originally to end on 13 January, but got rescheduled due to heavy rain). However, matches were extended to 5 days due to bad weather on the third day of qualifying.
Men's singles[edit]Qualifiers[edit]
Lucky losers[edit] |
Women's singles[edit]Qualifiers[edit]
Lucky losers[edit] |
Protected ranking
[edit]The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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Withdrawals
[edit]The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
- Before the tournament
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† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
§ – withdrew from main draw
Retirements
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References
[edit]- ^ Suzi Petkovski. "The big numbers from AO2019". Tennis Australia.
- ^ "First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Alex Bolts into Australian Open". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Alexei Popyrin and Jason Kubler secure Australian Open wildcards". Herald Sun. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Lizette Cabrera one of four to earn wildcards into Australian Open". Herald Sun. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Australian Olivia Rogowska earns wildcard into 2018 Australian Open". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Doubles title paves way for Hives' Australian Open debut". thecourier.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Andy Murray heading home after pulling out of Australian Open". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Open d'Australie : Svetlana Kuznetsova forfait". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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