In tennis, the 2017 Australian Open Series , (sometimes known as the 'Australian Summer of Tennis' which includes a group of hard court tournaments that starts on January 1, 2017 and concludes with the men's singles final at the Australian Open on January 29, 2017.
Legend |
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Grand Slam Event |
Hopman Cup |
ATP World Tour 500 and WTA Premier |
ATP World Tour 250 and WTA International |
Week | Date | Men's Events | Women's Events |
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1 | January 1 – January 8 | 2017 Hopman Cup 2017 Champion: France (Richard Gasquet & Kristina Mladenovic) | |
2017 Brisbane International 2017 Champion: Grigor Dimitrov | 2017 Brisbane International 2017 Champion: Karolína Plíšková | ||
2 | January 9 – January 15 | 2017 Apia International Sydney 2017 Champion: Gilles Müller | 2017 Apia International Sydney 2017 Champion: Jo Konta |
2017 Hobart International 2017 Champion: Elise Mertens | |||
3–4 | January 16 – January 29 | Melbourne Australian Open 2017 Champion: Roger Federer | Melbourne Australian Open 2017 Champion: Serena Williams |
France vs. United States
France 2 | Perth Arena, Perth 7 January 2017, 16:00 Hard (i) | United States 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 Hopman Cup Champions |
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France Second title |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Milos Raonic | 67 | 2 | ||||||||||
7 | Grigor Dimitrov | 79 | 6 | ||||||||||
7 | Grigor Dimitrov | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
3 | Kei Nishikori | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
3 | Kei Nishikori | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||
2 | Stan Wawrinka | 63 | 3 |
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but did not participate due to pregnancy.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
6 | Elina Svitolina | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
3 | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Alizé Cornet | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Garbiñe Muguruza | 1r | |||||||||||
Alizé Cornet | 4 |
Viktor Troicki was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gilles Müller.
Müller went on to win his first ATP title, defeating Daniel Evans in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Daniel Evans | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
Andrey Kuznetsov | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
Daniel Evans | 65 | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Gilles Müller | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | Viktor Troicki | 3 | 66 | ||||||||||
6 | Gilles Müller | 6 | 78 |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
6 | Johanna Konta | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
WC | Eugenie Bouchard | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
6 | Johanna Konta | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
2 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
Barbora Strýcová | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6 | 6 |
Alizé Cornet was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began due to a back injury.
Elise Mertens won her first WTA singles title, defeating Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Mertens had come through the qualifying tournament and thus became only the third qualifier to win the Hobart International, following Mona Barthel in 2012 and Garbiñe Muguruza in 2014.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Q | Elise Mertens | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Q | Jana Fett | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
Q | Elise Mertens | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | Monica Niculescu | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | Monica Niculescu | w/o | |||||||||||
Lesia Tsurenko |
Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to the 117th ranked Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan. [1]
Roger Federer won his fifth Australian Open title, and 18th Major title overall, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final in five sets. With the win, Federer became the first male player to win at least five titles at three Grand Slam tournaments (five at the Australian Open, seven at Wimbledon and five at the US Open).
This was the first Grand Slam tournament in which Andy Murray started as World No. 1 and top seed. Murray retained the top ranking despite losing to Mischa Zverev in the fourth round.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mischa Zverev | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Roger Federer | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Roger Federer | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Stan Wawrinka | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Stan Wawrinka | 77 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 62 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Roger Federer ( details ) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Rafael Nadal | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 79 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Milos Raonic | 4 | 67 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 5 | 77 | 64 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Grigor Dimitrov | 3 | 7 | 65 | 77 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | David Goffin | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Grigor Dimitrov | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Coco Vandeweghe.
Serena Williams won the title, her 7th Australian title overall and first Australian Open where she did not lose a set during the tournament. She also regained the No. 1 ranking, defeating her sister Venus Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4. This marks the first time the Williams sisters met in a Grand Slam final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and the first time they met in the Australian Open final since 2003. [2]
Serena's victory was her 23rd Grand Slam title in singles, surpassing Steffi Graf as the all-time leader in Grand Slam titles in the Open era. [3]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
Coco Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Coco Vandeweghe | 77 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Venus Williams | 63 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Venus Williams | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
24 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 4 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Venus Williams | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Serena Williams | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Karolína Plíšková | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Serena Williams | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Johanna Konta | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Serena Williams | 6 | 6 |
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