2018 Sydney International

2018 Sydney International
2018 Sydney International
Date	7–13 January 2018
Edition	126th
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw	32S / 16D
Surface	Hard
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
	Daniil Medvedev
Women's singles
	Angelique Kerber
Men's doubles
	Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles
	Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan

The 2018 Sydney International was a joint 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 126th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney. It was held from 7 January through 13 January 2018 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Venus Williams played the event for the first time in 17 years, 20 years after her maiden appearance.^[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	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 32¹	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$83,650	$44,055	$23,865	$13,595	$8,010	$4,745	$2,135	$1,070	—
Men's doubles*	$25,410	$13,360	$7,240	$4,140	$2,430	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	$137,125	$73,201	$39,132	$20,970	$11,245	$6,140	$3,210	$1,705	$945
Women's doubles*	$42,850	$22,900	$12,510	$6,365	$3,460	—	—	—	—

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

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ESP	Albert Ramos Viñolas	23	1
LUX	Gilles Müller	25	2
ARG	Diego Schwartzman	26	3
ITA	Fabio Fognini	27	4
FRA	Adrian Mannarino	28	5
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	29	6
BIH	Damir Džumhur	30	7
GER	Mischa Zverev	33	8

¹Ranking as of 1 January 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Ričardas Berankis

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Filip Krajinović → replaced by Ričardas Berankis
Kei Nishikori → replaced by Viktor Troicki

Retirements

Damir Džumhur