2014 Apia International Sydney

The 2014 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2014 ATP World Tour and 2014 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the 122nd edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 5 to 11 January 2014. It was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

2014 Apia International Sydney
Date5–11 January 2014
Edition122nd
LocationSydney
VenueNSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Women's singles
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
Men's doubles
Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
Hungary Tímea Babos / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
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Women's singles defending champion, Agnieszka Radwańska[1] and ATP players, Juan Martín del Potro, Jerzy Janowicz and Bernard Tomic[2] announced their participation in the event.

Point distribution

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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
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles $82,040 $43,210 $23,405 $13,335 $7,860 $4,655 $750 $360
Men's doubles * $24,920 $13,100 $7,100 $4,060 $2,380
Women's singles $120,000 $64,000 $33,865 $18,220 $9,700 $5,385 $2,210 $1,010 $635
Women's doubles * $38,000 $20,000 $11,000 $5,600 $3,035

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

Broadcast

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In Australia, all matches were broadcast live on 7Two. The men's final was also due to air on 7Two, however it was moved to Channel Seven (7Two's parent channel) when Australian Bernard Tomic made the final match. A movie which was due to air on Channel Seven was swapped to 7Two. Day coverage was hosted by Ryan Phelan while night coverage was hosted by Matt White.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 5 1
  POL Jerzy Janowicz 21 2
  ITA Andreas Seppi 25 3
  RUS Dmitry Tursunov 29 4
  FRA Julien Benneteau 35 5
  CRO Marin Čilić 37 6
  ESP Marcel Granollers 38 7
  FIN Jarkko Nieminen 39 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 30 December 2013.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:[3]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  USA Bob Bryan   USA Mike Bryan 1 1
  IND Leander Paes   CZE Radek Štěpánek 19 2
  IND Rohan Bopanna   PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 28 3
  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg   POL Marcin Matkowski 38 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 30 December 2013.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 1
  CZE Petra Kvitová 6 2
  ITA Sara Errani[4] 7 3
  SRB Jelena Janković 8 4
  GER Angelique Kerber 9 5
  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 10 6
  ROU Simona Halep 11 7
  USA Sloane Stephens[5] 12 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 30 December 2013.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  ITA Sara Errani   ITA Roberta Vinci 2 1
  CZE Květa Peschke   SLO Katarina Srebotnik 22 2
  ZIM Cara Black   IND Sania Mirza 22 3
  USA Raquel Kops-Jones   USA Abigail Spears 46 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 30 December 2013.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

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Men's singles

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Women's singles

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Men's doubles

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Women's doubles

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References

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  1. ^ Radwanska signals Sydney return - Apia International Sydney Tennis
  2. ^ Towering line-up set for Sydney - Apia International Sydney Tennis
  3. ^ Matosevic, Ebden awarded main draw wildcards - Apia International Sydney Tennis
  4. ^ WTA SYDNEY - MAIN DRAW: derby Errani-Vinci al primo turno!
  5. ^ "Sloane Stephens hires coach Paul Annacone on trial basis – TENNIS.com". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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