2019 Sydney International

The 2019 Sydney International was a tournament on the 2019 ATP Tour and 2019 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

2019 Sydney International
Date6–12 January 2019
Edition127th
CategoryATP Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw28S / 16D (ATP)
30S / 16D (WTA)
SurfaceHard
LocationSydney, Australia
VenueNSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Alex de Minaur
Women's singles
Petra Kvitová
Men's doubles
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares
Women's doubles
Aleksandra Krunić / Kateřina Siniaková

It was the 127th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre. It was held from 6 to 12 January 2019 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.[1][2]

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Men's singles 250 150 90 45 20 0 12 6 0
Men's doubles 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 13 1
Women's doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Men's singles $90,990 $49,205 $27,175 $15,435 $8,880 $5,320 $2,575 $1,285
Men's doubles * $29,860 $15,300 $8,290 $4,740 $2,780 N/A N/A N/A
Women's singles $141,875 $75,570 $40,322 $21,660 $11,620 $6,345 $3,500 $1,828
Women's doubles * $44,200 $23,615 $12,905 $6,565 $3,570 N/A N/A N/A

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas 15 1
 RUS Daniil Medvedev 16 2
 ARG Diego Schwartzman 17 3
 FRA Gilles Simon 30 4
 AUS Alex de Minaur 31 5
 FRA Lucas Pouille 32 6
 HUN Márton Fucsovics 36 7
 ITA Andreas Seppi 37 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal  COL Robert Farah 10 1
 GBR Jamie Murray  BRA Bruno Soares 14 2
 CRO Nikola Mektić  AUT Alexander Peya 30 3
 USA Rajeev Ram  GBR Joe Salisbury 51 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 1 1
 GER Angelique Kerber 2 2
 JPN Naomi Osaka 5 3
 USA Sloane Stephens 6 4
 CZE Petra Kvitová 7 5
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 8 6
 NED Kiki Bertens 9 7
 RUS Daria Kasatkina 10 8
 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 11 9
 BEL Elise Mertens 12 10
  • 1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  CHN Xu Yifan 22 1
 USA Nicole Melichar  CZE Květa Peschke 28 2
 SLO Andreja Klepač  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 34 3
 UKR Nadiia Kichenok  CZE Barbora Strýcová 42 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Men's singles
Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Men's singles

Women's singles
Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Women's singles

Men's doubles
Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Men's doubles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2019 Sydney International – Women's doubles

References
  1. "US Open champion Naomi Osaka to headline Sydney International". Sydney International. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. "World No.8 Sloane Stephens confirms Sydney International return". Sydney International. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. "Australians Daria Gavrilova, Jordan Thompson get Sydney wildcards". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. Macpherson, Alex (2019-01-08). "Muguruza withdraws from Sydney, Bertens moves into quarterfinals". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
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