2018 Australian Open


The 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15–28 January 2018, and was the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players compete in singles and doubles tournaments. Roger Federer was the defending champion in the men's singles event and successfully retained his title, defeating Marin Čilić in the final, while Caroline Wozniacki won the women's title, defeating Simona Halep in the final to win her first Grand Slam.
The tournament was the 106th edition of the event. Additionally, it was the 200th Major tournament of the Open Era. It also marked the 30th anniversary of the Australian Open moving from the Kooyong Tennis Club to Melbourne Park.

Tournament

The 2018 Australian Open was the 106th edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation and was part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls, which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament was played on hard courts over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.

Senior points

Junior points

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2018 was increased by 10% to a tournament record A$55,000,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q3Q2Q1
SinglesA$4,000,000A$2,000,000A$880,000A$440,000A$240,000A$142,500A$90,000A$60,000A$30,000A$15,000A$7,500
Doubles *A$750,000A$375,000A$185,000A$90,000A$45,000A$22,500A$14,000
Mixed Doubles *A$160,000A$80,000A$40,000A$20,000A$10,000A$5,000

1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team

Singles players

;2018 Australian Open – Men's Singles
;2018 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Boys' Singles

Wheelchair Men's Singles

The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 8 January 2018, while ranking and points before are as of 15 January 2018. Points after are as of 29 January 2018.

Men's singles">2018 Australian Open – Men's Singles">Men's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
19 Andy Murray2,1401801,960Hip injury
24 Kei Nishikori1,7351801,555Wrist injury

Women's singles">2018 Australian Open – Women's Singles">Women's singles

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
14 Svetlana Kuznetsova2,7022402,462Left wrist injury
22 Serena Williams2,0002,0000Maternity

Doubles seeds

Men's doubles">2018 Australian Open – Men's Doubles">Men's doubles

Men's Singles

The qualifying competition started in Melbourne Park on 10 January 2018 and was scheduled to end on 13 January 2018. However, matches were extended to 14 January 2018 due to bad weather on the third day of qualifying.

Men's Singles

Qualifiers

  1. Salvatore Caruso
  2. Dennis Novak
  3. Jaume Munar
  4. Quentin Halys
  5. Vasek Pospisil
  6. Kevin King
  7. Denis Kudla
  8. Mackenzie McDonald
  9. Elias Ymer
  10. Dustin Brown
  11. Casper Ruud
  12. Lorenzo Sonego
  13. Ruben Bemelmans
  14. Václav Šafránek
  15. Yuki Bhambri
  16. Matthias Bachinger

    Lucky Losers

  17. Peter Polansky
  18. Matteo Berrettini

    Women's Singles

Qualifiers

  1. Anna Kalinskaya
  2. Anna Blinkova
  3. Zhu Lin
  4. Viktorija Golubic
  5. Irina Falconi
  6. Denisa Allertová
  7. Ivana Jorović
  8. Viktória Kužmová
  9. Marta Kostyuk
  10. Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
  11. Luksika Kumkhum
  12. Magdalena Fręch

    Lucky Losers

  13. Viktoriya Tomova
  14. Bernarda Pera

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
; Men's Singles
; Women's Singles
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
;Before the tournament
; Men's Singles
; Women's Singles
; Men's Singles