2014 Hobart International

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2014 Hobart International
Date5–11 January 2014
Edition21st
Category WTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money€250,000
Surface Hard
Location Hobart, Australia
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza
Doubles
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Zakopalová
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The 2014 Hobart International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 5 through 11 January 2014.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$1,925$1,005$730$530
Doubles$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960
Doubles prize money per team

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 181
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kirsten Flipkens 202
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 253
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 264
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Flavia Pennetta 315
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mona Barthel 346
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Klára Zakopalová 357
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Bojana Jovanovski 368

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 loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Marina Erakovic Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 451
Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 862
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Irina Buryachok Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 1253
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Janette Husárová 1394

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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