Sydney International Tennis 2019

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2019 Sydney International Tennis Facts

Date	6 – 12 January 2019
Edition	126th
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw	28S / 16D (ATP) 30S / 16D (WTA)
Surface	Hard
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	NSW Tennis Centre

Sydney International Facts

Tournament information
Founded	1885; 134 years ago
Location	Sydney Australia
Venue	SCG (1885–1907) Double Bay (1908–1921) White City Stadium (1922–1999) NSW Tennis Centre (since 2000)
Surface	Grass – outdoors (1885–1988) Hard – outdoors (since 1989)

Schedule

Sydney International tournament starts from 6 – 12 January 2019 at
NSW Tennis Centre

Prize Money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Men’s Singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0
Men’s Doubles					0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women’s Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	13	1
Women’s Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men’s Singles	$83,650	$44,055	$23,865	$13,595	$8,010	$4,745	$2,135	$1,070	N/A
Men’s Doubles *	$25,410	$13,360	$7,240	$4,140	$2,430	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women’s Singles	$190,732	$101,475	$54,200	$23,265	$12,477	$6,813	$3,560	$1,890	$1,050
Women’s Doubles *	$47,545	$25,410	$13,880	$7,062	$3,839	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Players List

ATP singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GRE	Stefanos Tsitsipas	15	1
RUS	Daniil Medvedev	16	2
ARG	Diego Schwartzman	17	3
FRA	Gilles Simon	30	4
AUS	Alex de Minaur	31	5
FRA	Lucas Pouille	32	6
HUN	Márton Fucsovics	36	7
ITA	Andreas Seppi	37	8

Wildcards

• James Duckworth
• Alexei Popyrin
• Jordan Thompson

Qualifying draw:

• Guillermo García López
• Yoshihito Nishioka
• Reilly Opelka
• Andrey Rublev

Lucky losers:

• Guido Andreozzi
• Taro Daniel

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kyle Edmund → replaced by Sam Querrey
• Nicolás Jarry → replaced by Guido Andreozzi
• Daniil Medvedev → replaced by Taro Daniel
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Denis Kudla

Retirements

• Malek Jaziri

ATP Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	10	1
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	14	2
CRO	Nikola Mektić	AUT	Alexander Peya	30	3
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	51	4

Wildcards

• Alex Bolt / Matt Reid
• Lleyton Hewitt / Jordan Thompson

Alternates:

Luke Bambridge / Jonny O’Mara

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Nicolás Jarry
• Malek Jaziri

WTA singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	1	1
GER	Angelique Kerber	2	2
JPN	Naomi Osaka	5	3
USA	Sloane Stephens	6	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	7	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	8	6
NED	Kiki Bertens	9	7
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	10	8
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	11	9
BEL	Elise Mertens	12	10

Wildcards

• Daria Gavrilova
• Petra Kvitová
• Samantha Stosur
• Ajla Tomljanović

Protected ranking

Timea Bacsinszky

Qualifying draw:

• Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Danielle Collins
• Priscilla Hon
• Yulia Putintseva
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Kateřina Siniaková

Lucky losers:

• Johanna Konta
• Tatjana Maria
• Bernarda Pera
• Monica Puig

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Naomi Osaka → replaced by Monica Puig
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Tatjana Maria
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Bernarda Pera

During the tournament

Garbiñe Muguruza (GI Illness)

WTA Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	22	1
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	28	2
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	34	3
UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	42	4

Wildcard

Priscilla Hon / Ajla Tomljanović

Draws

• 2019 Sydney International Results

Past Champions

Men’s singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2019	Alex de Minaur	Andreas Seppi	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2018	Daniil Medvedev	Alex de Minaur	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
2017	Gilles Müller	Daniel Evans	7–6(7–5), 6–2
2016	Viktor Troicki	Grigor Dimitrov	2–6, 6–1, 7-6(9–7)
2015	Viktor Troicki	Mikhail Kukushkin	6–2, 6–3
2014	Juan Martín del Potro	Bernard Tomic	6–3, 6–1
2013	Bernard Tomic	Kevin Anderson	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
2012	Jarkko Nieminen	Julien Benneteau	6–2, 7–5
2011	Gilles Simon	Viktor Troicki	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2010	Marcos Baghdatis	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Men’s doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2019	Jamie Murray (2) Bruno Soares (2)	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–4, 6–3
2018	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki	6–3, 6–4
2017	Wesley Koolhof Matwe Middelkoop	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–3, 7–5

Women’s Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2019	Petra Kvitová (2)	Ashleigh Barty	1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2018	Angelique Kerber	Ashleigh Barty	6–4, 6–4
2017	Johanna Konta	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–4, 6–2
2016	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Monica Puig	6–0, 6–2
2015	Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková	7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
2014	Tsvetana Pironkova	Angelique Kerber	6–4, 6–4
2013	Agnieszka Radwańska	Dominika Cibulková	6–0, 6–0
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Li Na	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
2011	Li Na	Kim Clijsters	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2010	Elena Dementieva (2)	Serena Williams	6–3, 6–2

Women’s Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2019	Aleksandra Krunić Kateřina Siniaková	Eri Hozumi Alicja Rosolska	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2018	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	6–3, 6–1
2017	Tímea Babos (2) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
2016	Martina Hingis (2) Sania Mirza (2)	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	1–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2015	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza (1)	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–3, 6–3
2014	Tímea Babos Lucie Šafářová	Sara Errani (2) Roberta Vinci (2)	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
2013	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik (2)	Sara Errani (1) Roberta Vinci (1)	6–3, 6–4
2012	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik (1)	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond (2)	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
2011	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2010	Cara Black (2) Liezel Huber	Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]