2018 Brisbane International

27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre)

2018 Brisbane International
Date31 December 2017 – 7 January 2018
Edition10th
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationTennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
VenueQueensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Australia Nick Kyrgios
Women's singles
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
Finland Henri Kontinen / Australia John Peers
Women's doubles
Netherlands Kiki Bertens / Netherlands Demi Schuurs
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The 2018 Brisbane International was a tournament on the 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 31 December 2017 to 7 January 2018[1] as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were about to start their 2018 seasons at the tournament, but both withdrew due to continuous injuries.[2][3] On 5 October 2017, defending champions Grigor Dimitrov and Karolína Plíšková announced they would also compete.[4]

Points and prize money

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 —
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 $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 $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 — — — —

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

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 3 1
 GBR Andy Murray 16 2
 AUS Nick Kyrgios 21 3
 CAN Milos Raonic 24 4
 LUX Gilles Müller 25 5
 ARG Diego Schwartzman 26 6
 BIH Damir Džumhur 30 7
 GER Mischa Zverev 33 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 FIN Henri Kontinen  AUS John Peers 7 1
 BRA Marcelo Demoliner  NZL Michael Venus 49 2
 MEX Santiago González  CHI Julio Peralta 57 3
 NZL Marcus Daniell  GBR Dominic Inglot 88 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 2 1
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 4 2
 UKR Elina Svitolina 6 3
 FRA Caroline Garcia 8 4
 GBR Johanna Konta 9 5
 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 11 6
 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 16 7
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 17 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Latisha Chan  CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková 6 1
 AUS Ashleigh Barty  AUS Casey Dellacqua 21 2
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  CHN Xu Yifan 34 3
 SLO Andreja Klepač  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 48 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as an alternate:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2018 Brisbane International – Men's singles

Women's singles

Main article: 2018 Brisbane International – Women's singles

Men's doubles

Main article: 2018 Brisbane International – Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Main article: 2018 Brisbane International – Women's doubles

References

  1. ^ Provisional Schedule, Brisbane International
  2. ^ "MURRAY TO START NEW YEAR IN BRISBANE". Tennis Australia. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Two-time champion Andy Murray will join World No.1 Rafael Nadal at 2018 Brisbane International". The Courier-Mail. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Defending champions Grigor Dimitrov and Karolína Plíšková return to Brisbane". Brisbane International Tennis. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Aiava and Tomljanovic awarded Brisbane wildcards – Brisbane International Tennis". Brisbane International Tennis. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.