2014 Australian Open

2014 Australian Open
Date 13–26 January
Edition 102nd
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw 128S/64D/32X
Prize money A$33,000,000
Surface Hard (Plexicushion)
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Attendance 643,280
Champions
Men's Singles
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
Women's Singles
China Li Na
Men's Doubles
Poland Łukasz Kubot / Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Women's Doubles
Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci
Mixed Doubles
France Kristina Mladenovic / Canada Daniel Nestor
Boys' Singles
Germany Alexander Zverev
Girls' Singles
Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova
Boys' Doubles
Austria Lucas Miedler / Australia Bradley Mousley
Girls' Doubles
Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina / Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova
Men's Legends Doubles
Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde
Women's Legends Doubles
Australia Nicole Bradtke / Australia Rennae Stubbs
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Germany Sabine Ellerbrock
Wheelchair Quad Singles
United States David Wagner
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
France Stéphane Houdet / Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Japan Yui Kamiji / United Kingdom Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United States David Wagner

The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13–26 January 2014.[1] It was the 102nd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand 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.

Li Na won the women's singles, beating Dominika Cibulková in the final. Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final to win his first grand slam title. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defended their women's doubles title with a victory over Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Łukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt took the men's doubles title with a victory over Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen. The mixed doubles were won by Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor, with Sania Mirza and Horia Tecău the runners-up.

Both defending singles champions lost in the quarterfinals, the first time in the open era.[2] Novak Djokovic was the three-time defending champion in the men's singles, but failed to defend his title, losing to eventual champion Wawrinka. Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka also failed to defend her title in the women's singles, losing to Agnieszka Radwańska. In addition, the men's doubles defending champions Bob & Mike Bryan also failed to defend their title, while Errani and Vinci managed to retain their title. As in previous years, this tournament's title sponsor was Kia.

Tournament

Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open take place

The 2014 Australian Open was the 102nd edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 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 (players under 18), which is 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 and took place over a series of 16 courts, including the three main showcourts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena. The latter was undergoing refurbishment, as part of the Melbourne Park Redevelopment project.[3]

Broadcast

In Australia, all matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches were shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven, however during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage shifted to 7Two. Coverage was presented by Johanna Griggs, Jim Wilson, Matt White, Hamish McLachlan and Basil Zempilas, with commentary from Bruce McAvaney, Jim Courier, Sam Smith, Todd Woodbridge, John Newcombe, Rennae Stubbs, Henri Leconte and John Fitzgerald. Lleyton Hewitt, who was competing in the tournament, would become a commentator if he is knocked out.[4] Some outside court matches were shown on Fox Sports on Foxtel.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

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

Senior points

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
Men's Doubles 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's Doubles 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by three million Australian dollars to tournament record A$33,000,000.[5][6]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 1281 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles A$2,650,000 A$1,325,000 A$540,000 A$270,000 A$135,000 A$75,000 A$50,000 A$30,000 A$14,400 A$7,200 A$3,600
Doubles * A$520,000 A$260,000 A$130,000 A$65,000 A$36,000 A$21,000 A$13,500 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mixed Doubles * A$135,500 A$67,750 A$33,900 A$15,500 A$7,800 A$3,800 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

Singles players

2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles

2014 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Champions

Seniors

Li Na and Stan Wawrinka photographed at the 2015 Australian Open with the trophies they won in 2014.

Men's Singles

• It was Wawrinka's 1st career Major title.

Women's Singles

• It was Li's 2nd and last career Major title and her 1st and only title in Australian Open.

Men's Doubles

• It was Kubot and Lindstedt's 1st career Major doubles title.

Women's Doubles

• It was Errani and Vinci's 4th career Major doubles title and their 2nd respective title in Australian Open.

Mixed Doubles

• It was Nestor's 8th career Major mixed doubles title and his 4th title in Australian Open.
• It was Mladenovic's 3rd career Major mixed doubles title and her 1st title in Australian Open.

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Girls' Singles

Boys' Doubles

Girls' Doubles

Legends

Legends' Men Doubles

Legends Women's Doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Wheelchair Quad Singles

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 6 January 2014, while ranking and points before are as of 13 January 2014.

Men's Singles

Seed Rank Player Points Before Points defending Points won Points After Status
1 1 Spain Rafael Nadal
13,130
0
1,200
14,330
 Runner-up, lost to Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka [8]
2 2 Serbia Novak Djokovic
12,260
2,000
360
10,620
 Quarterfinals lost to Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka [8]
3 3 Spain David Ferrer
5,640
720
360
5,280
 Quarterfinals lost to Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [7]
4 4 United Kingdom Andy Murray
5,560
1,200
360
4,720
 Quarterfinals lost to Switzerland Roger Federer [6]
5 5 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
5,415
90
45
5,370
 Second Round lost to Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
6 6 Switzerland Roger Federer
4,355
720
720
4,355
 Semifinals lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [1]
7 7 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
4,180
360
720
4,540
 Semifinals lost to Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka [8]
8 8 Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
3,890
180
2,000
5,710
 Champion, won against Spain Rafael Nadal [1]
9 9 France Richard Gasquet
3,140
180
90
3,050
 Third Round lost to Spain Tommy Robredo [17]
10 10 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3,065
360
180
2,885
 Fourth Round lost to Switzerland Roger Federer [6]
11 11 Canada Milos Raonic
2,860
180
90
2,770
 Third Round lost to Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov [22]
12 12 Germany Tommy Haas
2,435
10
10
2,435
 First Round retired vs. Spain Guillermo García-López
13 13 United States John Isner
2,310
0
10
2,320
 First Round retired vs. Slovakia Martin Kližan [LL]
14 15 Russia Mikhail Youzhny
2,145
45
45
2,145
 Second Round lost to Germany Florian Mayer
15 16 Italy Fabio Fognini
1,930
10
180
2,100
 Fourth Round lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic [2]
16 17 Japan Kei Nishikori
1,915
180
180
1,915
 Fourth Round lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [1]
17 18 Spain Tommy Robredo
1,810
10
180
1,980
 Fourth Round lost to Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka [8]
18 19 France Gilles Simon
1,790
180
90
1,700
 Third Round lost to France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10]
19 20 South Africa Kevin Anderson
1,580
180
180
1,580
 Fourth Round lost to Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [7]
20 21 Poland Jerzy Janowicz
1,615
90
90
1,615
 Third Round lost to Germany Florian Mayer
21 22 Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
1,420
90
0
1,330
 Withdrew because of hamstring injury
22 23 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
1,460
10
360
1,810
 Quarterfinals lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [1]
23 25 Latvia Ernests Gulbis
1,418
(20)
45
1,443
 Second Round lost to United States Sam Querrey
24 26 Italy Andreas Seppi
1,360
180
45
1,225
 Second Round lost to United States Donald Young
25 27 France Gaël Monfils
1,245
90
90
1,245
 Third Round lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [1]
26 28 Spain Feliciano López
1,310
45
90
1,355
 Third Round lost to United Kingdom Andy Murray [4]
27 29 France Benoît Paire
1,300
10
90
1,380
 Third Round lost to Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
28 30 Canada Vasek Pospisil
1,289
(20)
90
1,359
 Third Round withdrew vs. Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka [8]
29 31 France Jérémy Chardy
1,255
360
90
985
 Third Round lost to Spain David Ferrer [3]
30 32 Russia Dmitry Tursunov
1,314
(45)
45
1,314
 Second Round lost to Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
31 33 Spain Fernando Verdasco
1,235
90
45
1,190
 Second Round lost to Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili
32 34 Croatia Ivan Dodig
1,190
90
45
1,145
 Second Round retired vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur [Q]

Withdrawn players

Rank Player Points Before
Points defending
 Points won Points After Withdrew due to
14 Spain Nicolás Almagro
2,290
360
0
1,930
 Right shoulder injury[7]
29 Austria Jürgen Melzer
1,290
90
0
1,200
 Shoulder injury[8]

Women's Singles

Seed Rank Player Points Before
Points defending
 Points won Points After Status
1 1 United States Serena Williams
13,260
500
240
13,000
 Fourth Round lost to Serbia Ana Ivanovic [14]
2 2 Belarus Victoria Azarenka
8,151
2,000
430
6,581
 Quarterfinals lost to Poland Agnieszka Radwańska [5]
3 3 Russia Maria Sharapova
6,076
900
240
5,416
 Fourth Round lost to Slovakia Dominika Cibulková [20]
4 4 China Li Na
5,970
1,400
2,000
6,570
 Champion, won against Slovakia Dominika Cibulková [20]
5 5 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
5,470
500
780
5,750
 Semifinals lost to Slovakia Dominika Cibulková [20]
6 6 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
4,835
100
10
4,745
 First Round lost to Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
7 7 Italy Sara Errani
4,435
5
10
4,440
 First Round lost to Germany Julia Görges
8 8 Serbia Jelena Janković
4,230
160
240
4,310
 Fourth Round lost to Romania Simona Halep [11]
9 9 Germany Angelique Kerber
4,070
280
240
4,030
 Fourth Round lost to Italy Flavia Pennetta [28]
10 10 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
3,520
280
130
3,370
 Third Round lost to Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
11 11 Romania Simona Halep
3,335
5
430
3,760
 Quarterfinals lost to Slovakia Dominika Cibulková [20]
12 12 Italy Roberta Vinci
3,170
160
10
3,020
 First Round lost to China Zheng Jie
13 13 United States Sloane Stephens
3,075
900
240
2,415
 Fourth Round lost to Belarus Victoria Azarenka [2]
14 14 Serbia Ana Ivanovic
3,010
280
430
3,160
 Quarterfinals lost to Canada Eugenie Bouchard [30]
15 15 Germany Sabine Lisicki
2,915
5
70
2,980
 Second Round lost to Romania Monica Niculescu
16 16 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
2,775
160
130
2,745
 Third Round lost to Slovakia Dominika Cibulková [20]
17 17 Australia Samantha Stosur
2,675
100
130
2,705
 Third Round lost to Serbia Ana Ivanovic [14]
18 19 Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
2,465
280
70
2,255
 Second Round lost to Australia Casey Dellacqua [WC]
19 20 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
2,202
500
10
1,712
 First Round lost to Ukraine Elina Svitolina
20 21 Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
1,856
100
1,300
3,056
 Runner-up, lost to China Li Na [4]
21 22 Romania Sorana Cîrstea
2,170
160
10
2,020
 First Round lost to New Zealand Marina Erakovic
22 23 Russia Ekaterina Makarova
2,061
500
240
1,801
 Fourth Round lost to China Li Na [4]
23 24 Russia Elena Vesnina
1,745
280
10
1,475
 First Round lost to United States Alison Riske
24 25 Estonia Kaia Kanepi
1,922
0
10
1,932
 First Round lost to Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
25 26 France Alizé Cornet
1,840
100
130
1,870
 Third Round lost to Russia Maria Sharapova [3]
26 27 Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
1,775
100
130
1,805
 Third Round lost to China Li Na [4]
27 28 United States Jamie Hampton
1,761
160
0
1,601
 Withdrew because of hip injury
28 29 Italy Flavia Pennetta
1,735
0
430
2,165
 Quarterfinals lost to China Li Na [4]
29 30 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
1,715
5
130
1,840
 Third Round lost to Poland Agnieszka Radwańska [5]
30 31 Canada Eugenie Bouchard
1,629
(40)
780
2,369
 Semifinals lost to China Li Na [4]
31 32 Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
1,475
5
130
1,600
 Third Round lost to United States Serena Williams [1]
32 33 Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková
1,450
5
70
1,515
 Second Round lost to Japan Kurumi Nara
33 34 Serbia Bojana Jovanovski
1,475
280
70
1,265
 Second Round lost to Austria Yvonne Meusburger

Withdrawn players

Rank Player Points Before
Points defending
 Points won Points After Withdrew due to
18 Russia Maria Kirilenko
2,605
280
0
2,325
 Ankle injury[9]

Main draw wildcard entries

Main draw qualifier entries

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Women's Singles

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Open Tickets". Ticketliquidator.com. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Australian Open 2014: Defending champion Victoria Azarenka loses". 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Australian Open 2014: guide". tvtonight. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Australian Open prize money increased to almost £20m in £1.7m jump". Telepgraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Prize Money". AustralianOpen.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Almagro si ritira dagli Australian Open". corrieretennis.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Australian Open: Jurgen Melzer withdraws with shoulder injury". SkySports.com. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Maria Kirilenko withdraws from Australian Open 2014". TennisWorldUSA.org. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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