2017 Apia International Sydney

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2017 Apia International Sydney
Date8–14 January 2017
Edition125th
Category ATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$495,630 (men)
$776,000 (women)
Surface Hard
Location Sydney, Australia
Venue NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gilles Müller
Women's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johanna Konta
Men's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wesley Koolhof / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop
Women's doubles
Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos / Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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The 2017 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2017 ATP World Tour and 2017 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 124th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 8 January through 14 January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

Contents

The women's main-draw ranking cut-off was 29, making it the highest cut-off of any WTA tournament in the world in the past year. [1]

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles250150904520012600
Men's doubles0N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Women's singles4703051851005512518131
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
Men's singles$72,000$37,900$20,545$11,705$6,900$4,085$1,840$920N/A
Men's doubles*$21,850$11,500$6,230$3,570$2,090N/AN/AN/AN/A
Women's singles$132,740$70,870$37,825$20,315$10,900$5,970$3,110$1,650$915
Women's doubles*$41,520$22,180$12,120$6,165$3,340N/AN/AN/AN/A

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

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Dominic Thiem 81
Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Pablo Cuevas 222
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Viktor Troicki 293
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 304
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 325
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Gilles Müller 346
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Martin Kližan 357
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers 378

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 by a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Jamie Murray Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 71
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marc López 282
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Łukasz Kubot Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Melo 323
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Romania.svg  ROM Horia Tecău 464

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 11
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 32
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 53
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 94
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 105
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 166
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 187
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 198

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 by a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 181
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Martina Hingis Flag of the United States.svg USA CoCo Vandeweghe 222
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 243
Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 374

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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References

  1. "Stosur, Gavrilova lead local charge in Sydney". Tennis Australia. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.