| 2017 Australian Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 16–29 January 2017 | |||
| Edition | 105th | |||
| Category | Grand Slam | |||
| Draw | 128S / 64D / | |||
| Prize money | A$ 50,000,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard (Plexicushion) | |||
| Location | Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Venue | Melbourne Park | |||
| Attendance | 728,763 | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Roger Federer | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Serena Williams | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Henri Kontinen / John Peers | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová | ||||
| Mixed doubles | ||||
Abigail Spears / Juan Sebastián Cabal | ||||
| Wheelchair men's singles | ||||
 Gustavo Fernández | ||||
| Wheelchair women's singles | ||||
 Yui Kamiji | ||||
| Wheelchair quad singles | ||||
| Dylan Alcott | ||||
| Wheelchair men's doubles | ||||
 Joachim Gérard / Gordon Reid | ||||
| Wheelchair women's doubles | ||||
 Jiske Griffioen /Aniek van Koot | ||||
| Wheelchair quad doubles | ||||
| Andrew Lapthorne /David Wagner | ||||
| Boys' singles | ||||
 Zsombor Piros | ||||
| Girls' singles | ||||
 Marta Kostyuk | ||||
| Boys' doubles | ||||
 Hsu Yu-hsiou / Zhao Lingxi | ||||
| Girls' doubles | ||||
 Bianca Andreescu /Carson Branstine | ||||
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The2017 Australian Open was atennis tournament that took place atMelbourne Park between 16 and 29 January 2017. It was the 105th edition of the Australian Open, and the firstGrand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's title sponsor wasKia.
Novak Djokovic andAngelique Kerber were the defending champions and both were unsuccessful in their title defence; they lost toDenis Istomin andCoCo Vandeweghe in the second and fourth rounds, respectively. For the first time since the2004 French Open, both No. 1 seeds lost before the quarterfinals, with bothAndy Murray and Kerber defeated in the fourth round.
Roger Federer won his eighteenth men's singles Grand Slam title by defeatingRafael Nadal in afive-set final. It was his first major title since 2012 Wimbledon and a rematch of the2009 Australian Openfinal, which Nadal won in five sets.Serena Williams overcame her sisterVenus in the women's singles final, surpassingSteffi Graf to become the player with the most major wins in the women's game in theOpen Era.
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The 2017 Australian Open was the 105th edition of the tournament and was held atMelbourne Park inMelbourne, Australia.
The tournament was run by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the2017 ATP World Tour and the2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draw as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles, and quad events for men's and women'swheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts:Rod Laver Arena,Hisense Arena andMargaret Court Arena.[1]
In Australia, selected key matches were broadcast live by theSeven Network. The majority of matches was shown on the network's primary channelChannel Seven; however, during news programming nationwide and most night matches inPerth, coverage shifted to either7Two or7mate. Additionally, every match was also available to bestreamed live through a free 7Tennismobile app.[2]
Internationally,Eurosport held the rights for Europe, broadcasting matches onEurosport 1,Eurosport 2 and the Eurosport Player.
Roger Federer defeated
Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3This was a rematch of the2009 Australian Openfinal, whichRafael Nadal won to become the first (and to date, only) Spaniard to win the Australian Open title. The final saw the two holding service for six games of the first set, whilst during the seventh game was the pivotal break of serve giving Federer the opening set. Nadal quickly broke Federer's serve in the second set racing out to a lead that Federer could not overcome, giving him the second set and leveling the match at one set apiece. The third set was a rather lopsided affair seeing Nadal secure his service game only in the fourth game of the set. The fourth set started off competitively with the two holdings serve until Nadal broke in the fourth game of the set, a lead he would never surrender, evening the match at two sets apiece. The decisive fifth set commenced with a break of Federer's serve by Nadal, giving him a lead in the early going; however, Nadal's serve got broken during the sixth game of the set, leveling the match at two sets and three games apiece. Federer won the next three games breaking Nadal's service in the eighth game of the set to allow him to successfully serve out the match in the final ninth game. This was Roger Federer's 18th Grand Slam singles title, the most ever by a man in the history of tennis, and it was his fifth Australian Open title, just one shy of the record co-held byNovak Djokovic andRoy Emerson.[3] Federer would go on to equal this record by defending his title successfullythe next year.
Serena Williams defeatedVenus Williams, 6–4, 6–4This was a rematch of the2003 Australian Open final, whereSerena Williams completed the first "Serena Slam" and her career Grand Slam, whilst Serena won five more Australian Open titles in the interim and her sister Venus had no other final appearances at the event. They each broke the others' serve twice to start the match with Venus finally holding serve in the fifth service game and her sister Serena holding her own serve in the subsequent game. The seventh game was the pivotal break of service that Serena Williams got on her sister Venus' serve, costing her the set just a mere three games later. During the second set, the two traded held service games for the first six games to start the set, whilst Venus started serving first. She would get broken again during the seventh game of the set, which eventually surrendered the match to sister Serena. This was Serena Williams' 23 Grand Slam singles title and seventh Australian Open title for her career, both being Open era records, whilst being one shy ofMargaret Court's record of 24 in the history of tennis.[4]
Henri Kontinen /John Peers defeated.Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan, 7–5, 7–5Bethanie Mattek-Sands /Lucie Šafářová defeatedAndrea Hlaváčková /Peng Shuai, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3Abigail Spears /Juan Sebastián Cabal defeated
Sania Mirza /
Ivan Dodig, 6–2, 6–4Gustavo Fernández defeated
Nicolas Peifer, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0Yui Kamiji defeatedJiske Griffioen, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–3Dylan Alcott defeatedAndrew Lapthorne, 6–2, 6–2Joachim Gérard /Gordon Reid defeatedGustavo Fernández /Alfie Hewett, 6–3, 3–6, [10–3]Jiske Griffioen /Aniek van Koot defeatedDiede de Groot /Yui Kamiji, 6–3, 6–2Andrew Lapthorne /David Wagner defeatedDylan Alcott /Heath Davidson, 6–3, 6–3Zsombor Piros defeated
Yshai Oliel, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3Marta Kostyuk defeatedRebeka Masarova, 7–5, 1–6, 6–4Hsu Yu-hsiou /Zhao Lingxi defeated
Finn Reynolds /
Duarte Vale, 6–7(8–10), 6–4, [10–5]Bianca Andreescu /Carson Branstine defeated
Maja Chwalińska /Iga Świątek, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)| Team | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Mike Bryan | 6 | 1 |
| Sania Mirza | Ivan Dodig | 16 | 2 |
| Andrea Hlaváčková | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 26 | 3 |
| Chan Hao-ching |  Max Mirnyi | 33 | 4 |
| Chan Yung-jan | Łukasz Kubot | 35 | 5 |
| Kateřina Siniaková |  Bruno Soares | 36 | 6 |
| Lucie Hradecká | Radek Štěpánek | 46 | 7 |
| Barbora Krejčíková | Rajeev Ram | 49 | 8 |
Men's doubles[edit] | Women's doubles[edit]
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Mixed doubles[edit] |
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Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points[edit]
| Junior points[edit]
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The Australian Open total prize money for 2017 was increased by 14% to a tournament recordA$50,000,000.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 1281 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | A$3,700,000 | A$1,900,000 | A$900,000 | A$440,000 | A$220,000 | A$130,000 | A$80,000 | A$50,000 | A$25,000 | A$12,500 | A$6,250 |
| Doubles * | A$650,000 | A$325,000 | A$160,500 | A$80,000 | A$40,000 | A$23,000 | A$14,800 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed doubles * | A$150,500 | A$75,500 | A$37,500 | A$18,750 | A$9,000 | A$4,500 | — | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
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