2014 Apia International Sydney

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2014 Apia International Sydney
Date5–11 January 2014
Edition122nd
Location Sydney
Venue NSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro
Women's singles
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Tsvetana Pironkova
Men's doubles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor / Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová
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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.

Contents

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

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles250150904520012600
Men's doubles0
Women's singles4703051851005512518131
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
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

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

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 51
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Jerzy Janowicz 212
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andreas Seppi 253
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dmitry Tursunov 294
Flag of France.svg  FRA Julien Benneteau 355
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 376
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers 387
Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Jarkko Nieminen 398

Other entrants

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

Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 11
Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Radek Štěpánek 192
Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna Flag of Pakistan.svg  PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 283
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski 384

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 51
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 62
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani [4] 73
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 84
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 95
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 106
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 117
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sloane Stephens [5] 128

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 as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 222
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  ZIM Cara Black Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 223
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Kops-Jones Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 464

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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