2017 Apia International Sydney

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.

2017 Apia International Sydney
Date	8–14 January 2017
Edition	125th
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$495,630 (men) $776,000 (women)
Surface	Hard
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Gilles Müller
Women's singles
Johanna Konta
Men's doubles
Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop
Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

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

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0	0
Men's doubles					0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$72,000	$37,900	$20,545	$11,705	$6,900	$4,085	$1,840	$920	—
Men's doubles*	$21,850	$11,500	$6,230	$3,570	$2,090	—	—	—	—
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	$3,340	—	—	—	—

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

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUT	Dominic Thiem	8	1
URU	Pablo Cuevas	22	2
SRB	Viktor Troicki	29	3
ESP	Pablo Carreño Busta	30	4
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	32	5
LUX	Gilles Müller	34	6
SVK	Martin Kližan	35	7
ESP	Marcel Granollers	37	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Alex de Minaur
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Jordan Thompson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Matthew Barton
• Gastão Elias
• Thiago Monteiro
• Christopher O'Connell

The following players received entry by a lucky loser:

• Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Santiago Giraldo

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Federico Delbonis → replaced by Thomaz Bellucci
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (abdominal injury) → replaced by Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Fernando Verdasco (fatigue) → replaced by Santiago Giraldo

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	7	1
ESP	Marcel Granollers	ESP	Marc López	28	2
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	32	3
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROM	Horia Tecău	46	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Matt Reid / Jordan Thompson

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Angelique Kerber	1	1
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	2
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	5	3
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	9	4
GBR	Johanna Konta	10	5
RUS	Elena Vesnina	16	6
ITA	Roberta Vinci	18	7
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	19	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Eugenie Bouchard

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Duan Yingying
• Christina McHale
• Maria Sakkari

The following players received entry by a lucky loser:

• Irina Falconi
• Arina Rodionova
• Donna Vekić

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Caroline Garcia → replaced by Monica Puig
• Petra Kvitová (off-court injury) → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova
• Karolína Plíšková (left thigh injury) → replaced by Irina Falconi
• Sloane Stephens (left foot injury) → replaced by Arina Rodionova
• Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Laura Siegemund
• Elina Svitolina (viral illness) → replaced by Donna Vekić

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
IND	Sania Mirza	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	18	1
SUI	Martina Hingis	USA	CoCo Vandeweghe	22	2
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	24	3
USA	Vania King	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	37	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Madison Brengle / Arina Rodionova

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles

• Gilles Müller def. Daniel Evans, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2

Women's singles

Main article: 2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's singles

• Johanna Konta def. Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

Main article: 2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles

• Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop def. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares, 6–3, 7–5

Women's doubles

Main article: 2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's doubles

• Tímea Babos / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová, 6–4, 6–4

References

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

External links

• Official website