2019 Sydney International

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2019 Sydney International
Date6–12 January 2019
Edition127th
Category ATP Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw28S / 16D (ATP)
30S / 16D (WTA)
Surface Hard
Location Sydney, Australia
Venue NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur
Women's singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Men's doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray / Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares
Women's doubles
Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandra Krunić / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
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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.

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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

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Men's singles25015090452001260
Men's doubles0N/AN/AN/AN/A
Women's singles47030518510055125131
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
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$2,780N/AN/AN/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$3,570N/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 Greece.svg  GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas 151
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daniil Medvedev 162
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Diego Schwartzman 173
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 304
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex de Minaur 315
Flag of France.svg  FRA Lucas Pouille 326
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Márton Fucsovics 367
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andreas Seppi 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 as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah 101
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Jamie Murray Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 142
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Nikola Mektić Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya 303
Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury 514

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

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 11
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 22
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naomi Osaka 53
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sloane Stephens 64
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 75
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 86
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 97
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Kasatkina 108
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Anastasija Sevastova 119
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 1210

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 221
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 282
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 343
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nadiia Kichenok Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 424

Other entrants

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

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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References

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