2017 Apia International Sydney
# 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.

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.

## 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 | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | 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 | — | — | — | — |

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## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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

* Gilles Müller def. Daniel Evans, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–2

### Women's singles

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

### Men's doubles

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

### Women's doubles

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