2018 Australian Open | |
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Date | 15–28 January 2018 |
Edition | 106th Open Era (50th) |
Category | Grand Slam |
Draw | 128S / 64D / |
Prize money | A$55,000,000 |
Surface | Hard (Plexicushion) |
Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Venue | Melbourne Park |
Attendance | 743,667 [1] |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
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Women's singles | |
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Men's doubles | |
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Women's doubles | |
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Mixed doubles | |
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Wheelchair men's singles | |
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Wheelchair women's singles | |
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Wheelchair quad singles | |
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Wheelchair men's doubles | |
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Wheelchair women's doubles | |
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Wheelchair quad doubles | |
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Boys' singles | |
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Girls' singles | |
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Boys' doubles | |
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Girls' doubles | |
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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. 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), his record twentieth Grand Slam major overall, 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.
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.
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]
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
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 |
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Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Junior points
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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 | — | — | — | — |
Mixed doubles * | A$160,000 | A$80,000 | A$40,000 | A$20,000 | A$10,000 | A$5,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
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.
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() | 10,600 | 1,200 | 360 | 9,760 | Quarterfinals retired against ![]() |
2 | 2 | ![]() | 9,605 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 9,605 | Champion, defeated ![]() |
3 | 3 | ![]() | 4,990 | 720 | 360 | 4,630 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
4 | 4 | ![]() | 4,610 | 90 | 90 | 4,610 | Third round lost to ![]() |
5 | 5 | ![]() | 4,060 | 180 | 180 | 4,060 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
6 | 6 | ![]() | 3,805 | 45 | 1,200 | 4,960 | Runner-up, lost to ![]() |
7 | 7 | ![]() | 3,775 | 360 | 45 | 3,460 | Second round lost to ![]() |
8 | 9 | ![]() | 2,960 | 90 | 10 | 2,880 | First round lost to ![]() |
9 | 8 | ![]() | 3,060 | 720 | 45 | 2,385 | Second round lost to ![]() |
10 | 11 | ![]() | 2,615 | 90 | 180 | 2,705 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
11 | 12 | ![]() | 2,610 | 0 | 10 | 2,620 | First round lost to ![]() |
12 | 10 | ![]() | 2,725 | 0 | 90 | 2,815 | Third round lost to ![]() |
13 | 13 | ![]() | 2,535 | 90 | 45 | 2,490 | Second round lost to ![]() |
14 | 14 | ![]() | 2,335 | 45 | 180 | 2,470 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
15 | 15 | ![]() | 2,320 | 360 | 90 | 2,050 | Third round lost to ![]() |
16 | 16 | ![]() | 2,265 | 45 | 10 | 2,230 | First round lost to ![]() |
17 | 17 | ![]() | 2,260 | 45 | 180 | 2,395 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
18 | 18 | ![]() | 2,235 | 10 | 10 | 2,235 | First round lost to ![]() |
19 | 20 | ![]() | 2,050 | 90 | 360 | 2,320 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
20 | 21 | ![]() | 2,015 | 180 | 10 | 1,845 | First round lost to ![]() |
21 | 22 | ![]() | 1,845 | 10 | 90 | 1,925 | Third round lost to ![]() |
22 | 23 | ![]() | 1,750 | 360 | 10 | 1,400 | First round lost to ![]() |
23 | 28 | ![]() | 1,490 | 45 | 90 | 1,535 | Third round lost to ![]() |
24 | 26 | ![]() | 1,675 | 45 | 180 | 1,810 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
25 | 25 | ![]() | 1,715 | 45 | 180 | 1,850 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
26 | 27 | ![]() | 1,625 | 10 | 90 | 1,705 | Third round lost to ![]() |
27 | 29 | ![]() | 1,415 | 90 | 10 | 1,335 | First round lost to ![]() |
28 | 30 | ![]() | 1,391 | 10 | 90 | 1,471 | Third round lost to ![]() |
29 | 31 | ![]() | 1,375 | 90 | 90 | 1,375 | Third round lost to ![]() |
30 | 32 | ![]() | 1,373 | 70+60 | 90+6 | 1,339 | Third round lost to ![]() |
31 | 34 | ![]() | 1,345 | 10 | 45 | 1,380 | Second round lost to ![]() |
32 | 35 | ![]() | 1,302 | 360 | 10 | 952 | First round retired against ![]() |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
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19 | ![]() | 2,140 | 180 | 1,960 | Hip injury |
24 | ![]() | 1,735 | 180 | 1,555 | Wrist injury |
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() | 6,425 | 10 | 1,300 | 7,715 | Runner-up, lost to ![]() |
2 | 2 | ![]() | 6,095 | 130 | 2,000 | 7,965 | Champion, defeated ![]() |
3 | 3 | ![]() | 6,050 | 430 | 70 | 5,690 | Second round lost to ![]() |
4 | 4 | ![]() | 5,785 | 130 | 430 | 6,085 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
5 | 5 | ![]() | 5,568 | 1,300 | 10 | 4,278 | First round lost to ![]() |
6 | 6 | ![]() | 5,445 | 430 | 430 | 5,445 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
7 | 7 | ![]() | 4,901 | 130 | 130 | 4,901 | Third round lost to ![]() |
8 | 8 | ![]() | 4,385 | 130 | 240 | 4,495 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
9 | 10 | ![]() | 3,185 | 430 | 70 | 2,825 | Second round lost to ![]() |
10 | 9 | ![]() | 3,204 | 780 | 10 | 2,434 | First round lost to ![]() |
11 | 11 | ![]() | 2,935 | 10 | 10 | 2,935 | First round lost to ![]() |
12 | 12 | ![]() | 2,825 | 70 | 70 | 2,825 | Second round lost to ![]() |
13 | 13 | ![]() | 2,803 | 0 | 10 | 2,813 | First round lost to ![]() |
14 | 15 | ![]() | 2,600 | 130 | 70 | 2,540 | Second round lost to ![]() |
15 | 18 | ![]() | 2,485 | 430 | 70 | 2,125 | Second round lost to ![]() |
16 | 19 | ![]() | 2,220 | 130 | 70 | 2,160 | Second round lost to ![]() |
17 | 20 | ![]() | 2,214 | 0 | 430 | 2,644 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
18 | 17 | ![]() | 2,486 | 130 | 130 | 2,486 | Third round lost to ![]() |
19 | 21 | ![]() | 2,141 | (18) [lower-alpha 1] | 240 | 2,363 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
20 | 24 | ![]() | 1,940 | 240 | 240 | 1,940 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
21 | 16 | ![]() | 2,491 | 240 | 780 | 3,031 | Semifinals lost to ![]() |
22 | 25 | ![]() | 1,905 | 10 | 70 | 1,965 | Second round lost to ![]() |
23 | 23 | ![]() | 1,990 | 240 | 70 | 1,820 | Second round lost to ![]() |
24 | 26 | ![]() | 1,860 | 130 | 10 | 1,740 | First round lost to ![]() |
25 | 27 | ![]() | 1,765 | 70 | 10 | 1,705 | First round lost to ![]() |
26 | 35 | ![]() | 1,510 | 70 | 130 | 1,570 | Third round lost to ![]() |
27 | 28 | ![]() | 1,708 | 0 | 10 | 1,718 | First round lost to ![]() |
28 | 30 | ![]() | 1,618 | 780 | 70 | 908 | Second round lost to ![]() |
29 | 29 | ![]() | 1,650 | 70 | 130 | 1,710 | Third round lost to ![]() |
30 | 32 | ![]() | 1,605 | 10 | 130 | 1,725 | Third round lost to ![]() |
31 | 31 | ![]() | 1,605 | 240 | 10 | 1,375 | First round lost to ![]() |
32 | 33 | ![]() | 1,560 | 10+80 | 240+30 | 1,740 | Fourth round lost to ![]() |
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 |
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14 | ![]() | 2,702 | 240 | 2,462 | Left wrist injury |
22 | ![]() | 2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | Maternity |
Team | Rank1 | Seed | |
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Men's singles | Women's singles
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Men's doubles | Women's doubles
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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.
Men's singlesQualifiersLucky losers | Women's singlesQualifiersLucky losers |
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
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