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
Date8 – 14 January 2017
Edition125th
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$495,630 (men)
$776,000 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationSydney, Australia
VenueNSW 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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A 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 $72,000 $37,900 $20,545 $11,705 $6,900 $4,085 $1,840 $920 N/A
Men's Doubles* $21,850 $11,500 $6,230 $3,570 $2,090 N/A N/A N/A N/A
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 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry by a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

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:

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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry by a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

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:

Champions

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

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

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

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Doubles
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References
  1. "Stosur, Gavrilova lead local charge in Sydney". Tennis Australia. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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