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), 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.

Further information on draws: Men's singles draw and Women's singles draw

2018 Australian Open
Date15–28 January 2018
Edition106th
Open Era (50th)
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S / 64D /
Prize moneyA$55,000,000
SurfaceHard (Plexicushion)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Attendance743,667 [1]
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Men's doubles
Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić
Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
Mixed doubles
Mate Pavić / Gabriela Dabrowski
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair women's doubles
Marjolein Buis / Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair quad doubles
Dylan Alcott / Heath Davidson
Boys' singles
Sebastian Korda
Girls' singles
Liang En-shuo
Boys' doubles
Hugo Gaston / Clément Tabur
Girls' doubles
Liang En-shuo / Wang Xinyu

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 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

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 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
2018 Australian Open – Men's singles
2018 Australian Open – Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Men's singles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Men's singles

Women's singles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Women's singles

Men's doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Mixed doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Boys' singles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Boys' singles

Girls' singles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Girls' singles

Boys' doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Girls' doubles

Wheelchair men's singles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles

Wheelchair women's singles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles

Wheelchair quad singles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair men's doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

Wheelchair women's doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – 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.

Men's singles
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.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
19 Andy Murray 2,140 180 1,960 Hip injury
24 Kei Nishikori 1,735 180 1,555 Wrist injury

Women's singles
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)[lower-alpha 1] 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
  1. 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 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2,702 240 2,462 Left wrist injury
22 Serena Williams 2,000 2,000 0 Maternity

Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles
Team Rank1 Seed
Latisha Chan Jamie Murray 10 1
Casey Dellacqua John Peers 13 2
Ekaterina Makarova Bruno Soares 13 3
Květa Peschke Henri Kontinen 23 4
Tímea Babos Rohan Bopanna 26 5
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Édouard Roger-Vasselin 31 6
Chan Hao-ching Michael Venus 32 7
Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić 34 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.

Main draw wildcard entries
Main article: 2018 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries

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:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.

Before the tournament

Retirements

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