2018 Australian Open
Tennis tournament
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
Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open took place
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
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
Senior points
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
—
—
—
—
—
Women's singles
1300
780
430
240
130
70
10
40
30
20
2
Women's doubles
10
—
—
—
—
—
Junior points
Event
W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Q
Q3
Boys' singles
1000
600
370
200
100
45
30
20
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles
750
450
275
150
75
—
—
—
Girls' doubles
—
—
—
Prize money
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
—
—
—
—
Mixed doubles *
A$160,000
A$80,000
A$40,000
A$20,000
A$10,000
A$5,000
—
—
—
—
—
1 Qualifiers 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
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Juniors
Boys' singles
Girls' singles
Boys' doubles
Girls' doubles
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Wheelchair women's singles
Wheelchair quad singles
Wheelchair men's doubles
Wheelchair women's doubles
Wheelchair quad doubles
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.
Seed
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points won
Points after
Status
1
1
Rafael Nadal
10,600
1,200
360
9,760
Quarterfinals retired against Marin Čilić [6]
2
2
Roger Federer
9,605
2,000
2,000
9,605
Champion , defeated Marin Čilić [6]
3
3
Grigor Dimitrov
4,990
720
360
4,630
Quarterfinals lost to Kyle Edmund
4
4
Alexander Zverev
4,610
90
90
4,610
Third round lost to Chung Hyeon
5
5
Dominic Thiem
4,060
180
180
4,060
Fourth round lost to Tennys Sandgren
6
6
Marin Čilić
3,805
45
1,200
4,960
Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer [2]
7
7
David Goffin
3,775
360
45
3,460
Second round lost to Julien Benneteau
8
9
Jack Sock
2,960
90
10
2,880
First round lost to Yūichi Sugita
9
8
Stan Wawrinka
3,060
720
45
2,385
Second round lost to Tennys Sandgren
10
11
Pablo Carreño Busta
2,615
90
180
2,705
Fourth round lost to Marin Čilić [6]
11
12
Kevin Anderson
2,610
0
10
2,620
First round lost to Kyle Edmund
12
10
Juan Martín del Potro
2,725
0
90
2,815
Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [19]
13
13
Sam Querrey
2,535
90
45
2,490
Second round lost to Márton Fucsovics
14
14
Novak Djokovic
2,335
45
180
2,470
Fourth round lost to Chung Hyeon
15
15
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2,320
360
90
2,050
Third round lost to Nick Kyrgios [17]
16
16
John Isner
2,265
45
10
2,230
First round lost to Matthew Ebden
17
17
Nick Kyrgios
2,260
45
180
2,395
Fourth round lost to Grigor Dimitrov [3]
18
18
Lucas Pouille
2,235
10
10
2,235
First round lost to Ruben Bemelmans [Q]
19
20
Tomáš Berdych
2,050
90
360
2,320
Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
20
21
Roberto Bautista Agut
2,015
180
10
1,845
First round lost to Fernando Verdasco
21
22
Albert Ramos Viñolas
1,845
10
90
1,925
Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [14]
22
23
Milos Raonic
1,750
360
10
1,400
First round lost to Lukáš Lacko
23
28
Gilles Müller
1,490
45
90
1,535
Third round lost to Pablo Carreño Busta [10]
24
26
Diego Schwartzman
1,675
45
180
1,810
Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
25
25
Fabio Fognini
1,715
45
180
1,850
Fourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych [19]
26
27
Adrian Mannarino
1,625
10
90
1,705
Third round lost to Dominic Thiem [5]
27
29
Philipp Kohlschreiber
1,415
90
10
1,335
First round lost to Yoshihito Nishioka [PR]
28
30
Damir Džumhur
1,391
10
90
1,471
Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
29
31
Richard Gasquet
1,375
90
90
1,375
Third round lost to Roger Federer [2]
30
32
Andrey Rublev
1,373
70+60
90+6
1,339
Third round lost to Grigor Dimitrov [3]
31
34
Pablo Cuevas
1,345
10
45
1,380
Second round lost to Ryan Harrison
32
35
Mischa Zverev
1,302
360
10
952
First round retired against Chung Hyeon
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
Seed
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points won
Points after
Status
1
1
Simona Halep
6,425
10
1,300
7,715
Runner-up, lost to Caroline Wozniacki [2]
2
2
Caroline Wozniacki
6,095
130
2,000
7,965
Champion , defeated Simona Halep [1]
3
3
Garbiñe Muguruza
6,050
430
70
5,690
Second round lost to Hsieh Su-wei
4
4
Elina Svitolina
5,785
130
430
6,085
Quarterfinals lost to Elise Mertens
5
5
Venus Williams
5,568
1,300
10
4,278
First round lost to Belinda Bencic
6
6
Karolína Plíšková
5,445
430
430
5,445
Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep [1]
7
7
Jeļena Ostapenko
4,901
130
130
4,901
Third round lost to Anett Kontaveit [32]
8
8
Caroline Garcia
4,385
130
240
4,495
Fourth round lost to Madison Keys [17]
9
10
Johanna Konta
3,185
430
70
2,825
Second round lost to Bernarda Pera [LL]
10
9
CoCo Vandeweghe
3,204
780
10
2,434
First round lost to Tímea Babos
11
11
Kristina Mladenovic
2,935
10
10
2,935
First round lost to Ana Bogdan
12
12
Julia Görges
2,825
70
70
2,825
Second round lost to Alizé Cornet
13
13
Sloane Stephens
2,803
0
10
2,813
First round lost to Zhang Shuai
14
15
Anastasija Sevastova
2,600
130
70
2,540
Second round lost to Maria Sharapova
15
18
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2,485
430
70
2,125
Second round lost to Kateryna Bondarenko
16
19
Elena Vesnina
2,220
130
70
2,160
Second round lost to Naomi Osaka
17
20
Madison Keys
2,214
0
430
2,644
Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [21]
18
17
Ashleigh Barty
2,486
130
130
2,486
Third round lost to Naomi Osaka
19
21
Magdaléna Rybáriková
2,141
(18)[ a]
240
2,363
Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [2]
20
24
Barbora Strýcová
1,940
240
240
1,940
Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková [6]
21
16
Angelique Kerber
2,491
240
780
3,031
Semifinals lost to Simona Halep [1]
22
25
Daria Kasatkina
1,905
10
70
1,965
Second round lost to Magda Linette
23
23
Daria Gavrilova
1,990
240
70
1,820
Second round lost to Elise Mertens
24
26
Dominika Cibulková
1,860
130
10
1,740
First round lost to Kaia Kanepi
25
27
Peng Shuai
1,765
70
10
1,705
First round lost to Marta Kostyuk [Q]
26
35
Agnieszka Radwańska
1,510
70
130
1,570
Third round lost to Hsieh Su-wei
27
28
Petra Kvitová
1,708
0
10
1,718
First round lost to Andrea Petkovic
28
30
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
1,618
780
70
908
Second round lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich
29
29
Lucie Šafářová
1,650
70
130
1,710
Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková [6]
30
32
Kiki Bertens
1,605
10
130
1,725
Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [2]
31
31
Ekaterina Makarova
1,605
240
10
1,375
First round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu
32
33
Anett Kontaveit
1,560
10+80
240+30
1,740
Fourth round lost to 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.
Doubles seeds
1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
Main draw wildcard entries
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
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.
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
Women's singles
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
Before the tournament
Men's singles
Women's singles
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