2018 Australian Open
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{{Infobox tennis event|2018|Australian Open|
| date = 15–28 January 2018
| logo =
| edition = 106th
Open Era (50th)
| category = Grand Slam
| draw = 128S / 64D /
| prize_money = {{AUD|55000000|link=yes}}
| attendance = 743,667 {{cite web |author1=Suzi Petkovski |title=The big numbers from AO2019 |url=https://ausopen.com/articles/features/big-numbers-ao2019 |publisher=Tennis Australia}}
| location = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| venue = Melbourne Park
| surface = Hard (Plexicushion)
| champms = {{flagicon|SWI}} Roger Federer
| champws = {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki
| champmd = {{flagicon|AUT}} Oliver Marach / {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić
| champwd = {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos / {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic
| champxd = {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić / {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski
| champbs = {{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Korda
| champgs = {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo
| champbd = {{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Gaston / {{flagicon|FRA}} Clément Tabur
| champgd = {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xinyu
| champwcms = {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda
| champwcws = {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot
| champwcqs = {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott
| champwcmd = {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Houdet / {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Peifer
| champwcwd = {{flagicon|NED}} Marjolein Buis / {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji
| champwcqd = {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott / {{flagicon|AUS}} Heath Davidson
| main_name = Australian Open
}}
The 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15 and 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. 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 (his sixth), his record twentieth Grand Slam major overall, 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 (the 50th edition of the Open Era). 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. The tournament had a record attendance of 743,667 spectators.
Tournament
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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 (ITF) 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 (players under 18), 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2013/12/08/first-glimpse-of-new-look-margaret-court-arena|title=First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena|publisher=Tennis.com.au|access-date=6 January 2014}}
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==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center" |
| style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;" |Event
| style="width:80px; background:lime;" |W | style="width:85px; background:thistle;" |F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;" |SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;" |QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |Round of 32 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |Round of 64 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |Round of 128 | style="width:85px;" |Q | style="width:85px;" |Q3 | style="width:85px;" |Q2 | style="width:85px;" |Q1 |
| style="background:#ededed;" |Men's singles
| rowspan="4" |2000 | rowspan="2" |1200 | rowspan="2" |720 | rowspan="2" |360 | rowspan="2" |180 | rowspan="2" |90 |45 |10 |25 |16 |8 |0 |
|---|
| style="background:#ededed;" |Men's doubles
|0 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| style="background:#ededed;" |{{nowrap|Women's singles}}
| rowspan="2" |1300 | rowspan="2" |780 | rowspan="2" |430 | rowspan="2" |240 | rowspan="2" |130 |70 |10 |40 |30 |20 |2 |
| style="background:#ededed;" |{{nowrap|Women's doubles}}
|10 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
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{{col-break|width=30%}}
==Junior points==
| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center" |
| style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event
!style="width:70px; background:lime;"|W |style="width:70px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:70px; background:#ff0;"|SF |style="width:70px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |style="width:60px;" |Q |style="width:60px;" |Q3 |
|---|
| style="background:#ededed;"|Boys' singles
|rowspan=2|1000 |rowspan=2|600 |rowspan=2|370 |rowspan=2|200 |rowspan=2|100 |rowspan=2|45 |rowspan=2|30 |rowspan=2|20 |
| style="background:#ededed;"|Girls' singles |
| style="background:#ededed;"|Boys' doubles
|rowspan=2|750 |rowspan=2|450 |rowspan=2|275 |rowspan=2|150 |rowspan=2|75 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| style="background:#ededed;"|Girls' doubles
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
{{col-end}}
=Prize money=
The Australian Open total prize money for 2018 was increased by 10% to a tournament record A$55,000,000.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center" |
| style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;" |Event
| style="width:80px; background:lime;" |W | style="width:85px; background:thistle;" |F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;" |SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;" |QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |Round of 32 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |Round of 64 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;" |{{nowrap|Round of 1281}} | style="width:85px;" |Q3 | style="width:85px;" |Q2 | style="width:85px;" |Q1 |
| style="background:#dfe2e9;" |Singles
|A$4,000,000 |A$2,000,000 |A$880,000 |A$440,000 |A$240,000 |A$142,500 |A$90,000 |A$60,000 |A$30,000 |A$15,000 |A$7,500 |
| style="background:#dfe2e9;" |Doubles *
|A$750,000 |A$375,000 |A$185,000 |A$90,000 |A$45,000 |A$22,500 |A$14,000 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| style="background:#dfe2e9;" |Mixed doubles *
|A$160,000 |A$80,000 |A$40,000 |A$20,000 |A$10,000 |A$5,000 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
Singles players
;2018 Australian Open – Men's singles
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%" |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="2" | Champion ! colspan="2" | Runner-up |
| style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" | {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer [2] | colspan="2" | {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić [6] |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | Semifinals out |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Kyle Edmund
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hyeon |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | Quarterfinals out |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal [1]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov [3] | {{flagicon|USA}} Tennys Sandgren | {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych [19] |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 4th round out |
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman [24]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Carreño Busta [10] | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios [17] | {{flagicon|ITA}} Andreas Seppi |
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem [5]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic [14] | {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Fognini [25] | {{flagicon|HUN}} Márton Fucsovics |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 3rd round out |
| {{flagicon|BIH}} Damir Džumhur [28]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Alexandr Dolgopolov | {{flagicon|LUX}} Gilles Müller [23] | {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Harrison |
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Rublev [30]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [15] | {{flagicon|GEO}} Nikoloz Basilashvili | {{flagicon|CRO}} Ivo Karlović |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Adrian Mannarino [26]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Maximilian Marterer | {{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Ramos Viñolas [21] | {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev [4] |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Benneteau
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro [12] | {{flagicon|ARG}} Nicolás Kicker | {{flagicon|FRA}} Richard Gasquet [29] |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 2nd round out |
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonardo Mayer
| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Millman (PR) | {{flagicon|NOR}} Casper Ruud (Q) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Ebden |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gilles Simon
| {{flagicon|TUN}} Malek Jaziri | {{flagicon|URU}} Pablo Cuevas [31] | {{flagicon|POR}} João Sousa |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mackenzie McDonald (Q)
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Marcos Baghdatis | {{flagicon|SRB}} Viktor Troicki | {{flagicon|CAN}} Denis Shapovalov |
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Denis Istomin
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Ruben Bemelmans (Q) | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihito Nishioka (PR) | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yūichi Sugita |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Denis Kudla (Q)
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Veselý | {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Verdasco | {{flagicon|SUI}} Stan Wawrinka [9] |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gaël Monfils
| {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Smyczek (WC) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Medvedev | {{flagicon|GER}} Peter Gojowczyk |
| {{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin [7]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeny Donskoy | {{flagicon|ESP}} Guillermo García López | {{flagicon|RUS}} Karen Khachanov |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey [13]
| {{flagicon|SVK}} Lukáš Lacko | {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Sonego (Q) | {{flagicon|GER}} Jan-Lennard Struff |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 1st round out |
| {{flagicon|DOM}} Víctor Estrella Burgos
| {{flagicon|CHI}} Nicolás Jarry | {{flagicon|CRO}} Borna Ćorić | {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Lorenzi |
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Dušan Lajović
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Quentin Halys (Q) | {{flagicon|AUT}} Andreas Haider-Maurer (PR) | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner [16] |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Kubler (WC)
| {{flagicon|ROU}} Marius Copil | {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Caruso (Q) | {{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Delbonis |
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Youzhny
| {{flagicon|ISR}} Dudi Sela | {{flagicon|GER}} Dustin Brown (Q) | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vasek Pospisil (Q) |
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Dennis Novak (Q)
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Elias Ymer (Q) | {{flagicon|IND}} Yuki Bhambri (Q) | {{flagicon|ESP}} David Ferrer |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rogério Dutra Silva
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Bolt (WC) | {{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas | {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin King (Q) |
| {{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson [11]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre-Hugues Herbert | {{flagicon|AUT}} Gerald Melzer | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lucas Pouille [18] |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Kohlschreiber [27]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Corentin Moutet (WC) | {{flagicon|SRB}} Laslo Đere | {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock [8] |
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Pella
| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Johnson | {{flagicon|CZE}} Václav Šafránek (Q) | {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Berrettini (LL) |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Bautista Agut [20]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jérémy Chardy | {{flagicon|LTU}} Ričardas Berankis (PR) |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Donald Young
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jaume Munar (Q) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Alexei Popyrin (WC) | {{flagicon|USA}} Jared Donaldson |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Mischa Zverev [32]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) | {{flagicon|KAZ}} Mikhail Kukushkin | {{flagicon|ITA}} Thomas Fabbiano |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Bachinger (Q)
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Daniel | {{flagicon|GER}} Florian Mayer | {{flagicon|ARG}} Horacio Zeballos |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur (WC)
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Benoît Paire | {{flagicon|CAN}} Peter Polansky (LL) | {{flagicon|USA}} Francis Tiafoe |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Feliciano López
| {{flagicon|MDA}} Radu Albot | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jordan Thompson | {{flagicon|CAN}} Milos Raonic [22] |
| {{flagicon|SLO}} Blaž Kavčič
| {{flagicon|NED}} Robin Haase | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kwon Soon-woo (WC) | {{flagicon|SLO}} Aljaž Bedene |
;2018 Australian Open – Women's singles
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| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="2" | Champion ! colspan="2" | Runner-up |
| style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki [2] | colspan="2" | {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep [1] |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | Semifinals out |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber [21]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | Quarterfinals out |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková [6]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys [17] | {{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina [4] | {{flagicon|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 4th round out |
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová [20] | {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei | {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia [8] |
| {{flagicon|CRO}} Petra Martić
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Denisa Allertová (Q) | {{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit [32] | {{flagicon|SVK}} Magdaléna Rybáriková [19] |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 3rd round out |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Davis
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty [18] | {{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera (LL) | {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová [29] |
| {{flagicon|POL}} Agnieszka Radwańska [26]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sharapova | {{flagicon|ROU}} Ana Bogdan | {{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum (Q)
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet | {{flagicon|POL}} Magda Linette | {{flagicon|UKR}} Marta Kostyuk (Q) |
| {{flagicon|LAT}} Jeļena Ostapenko [7]
| {{flagicon|EST}} Kaia Kanepi | {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko | {{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens [30] |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 2nd round out |
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard
| {{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Petkovic | {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina [16] |
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta [9]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Lara Arruabarrena | {{flagicon|ROU}} Sorana Cîrstea | {{flagicon|BRA}} Beatriz Haddad Maia |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza [3]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Lesia Tsurenko | {{flagicon|CRO}} Donna Vekić | {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova [14] |
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yulia Putintseva
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Alexandrova | {{flagicon|CRO}} Mirjana Lučić-Baroni [28] | {{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Vondroušová |
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic
| {{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu | {{flagicon|AUS}} Daria Gavrilova [23] | {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges [12] |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Shuai
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Kasatkina [22] | {{flagicon|AUS}} Olivia Rogowska (WC) | {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Duan Yingying
| {{flagicon|GER}} Mona Barthel | {{flagicon|PUR}} Monica Puig | {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos |
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [15]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens | {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs | {{flagicon|CRO}} Jana Fett |
| style="font-size:110%"
! colspan="4" | 1st round out |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Destanee Aiava (WC)
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Océane Dodin | {{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová | {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová [27] |
| {{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kalinskaya (Q) | {{flagicon|SVK}} Kristína Kučová (PR) | {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Brengle
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Blinkova (Q) | {{flagicon|NED}} Richèl Hogenkamp | {{flagicon|USA}} Kristie Ahn (WC) |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ajla Tomljanović (WC)
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Zarina Diyas | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lizette Cabrera (WC) | {{flagicon|PAR}} Verónica Cepede Royg |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jessika Ponchet (WC)
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin (Q) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Natalia Vikhlyantseva | {{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková |
| {{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Friedsam (PR)
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Hibino | {{flagicon|GER}} Tatjana Maria | {{flagicon|USA}} Varvara Lepchenko |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic [11]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson | {{flagicon|SLO}} Polona Hercog | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Qiang |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Rogers
| {{flagicon|USA}} Christina McHale | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kurumi Nara | {{flagicon|GER}} Carina Witthöft |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams [5]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson | {{flagicon|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck | {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova [31] |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Irina Falconi (Q)
| {{flagicon|SVK}} Viktória Kužmová (Q) | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xinyu (WC) | {{flagicon|USA}} Sofia Kenin |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Sloane Stephens [13]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pauline Parmentier | {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Brady | {{flagicon|SVK}} Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (Q) |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Peng Shuai [25]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jaimee Fourlis (WC) | {{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari | {{flagicon|SRB}} Ivana Jorović (Q) |
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesca Schiavone
| {{flagicon|COL}} Mariana Duque Mariño | {{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu | {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandra Krunić |
| {{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková [24]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur | {{flagicon|POL}} Magdalena Fręch (Q) | {{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe [10] |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Kozlova
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Viktorija Golubic (Q) | {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske | {{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Townsend |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Catherine Bellis
| {{flagicon|BUL}} Viktoriya Tomova (LL) | {{flagicon|JPN}} Misa Eguchi (PR) | {{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu |
Day-by-day summaries
{{main|2018 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries}}
Champions
=Seniors=
==Men's singles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Men's singles}}
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer def. {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
==Women's singles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Women's singles}}
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki def. {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–4
==Men's doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles}}
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Oliver Marach / {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić def. {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Sebastián Cabal / {{flagicon|COL}} Robert Farah, 6–4, 6–4
==Women's doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles}}
- {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos / {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova / {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–3
==Mixed doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Mixed doubles}}
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski / {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić def. {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos / {{flagicon|IND}} Rohan Bopanna, 2–6, 6–4, [11–9]
=Juniors=
==Boys' singles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Boys' singles}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Korda def. {{flagicon|TPE}} Tseng Chun-hsin, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
==Girls' singles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Girls' singles}}
- {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo def. {{flagicon|FRA}} Clara Burel, 6–3, 6–4
==Boys' doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Boys' doubles}}
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Gaston / {{flagicon|FRA}} Clément Tabur def. {{flagicon|GER}} Rudolf Molleker / {{flagicon|GER}} Henri Squire, 6–2, 6–2
==Girls' doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Girls' doubles}}
- {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xinyu def. {{flagicon|PNG}} Violet Apisah / {{flagicon|SUI}} Lulu Sun, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
=Wheelchair events=
==Wheelchair men's singles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles}}
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda def. {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Houdet, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
==Wheelchair women's singles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles}}
- {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
==Wheelchair quad singles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott def. {{flagicon|USA}} David Wagner, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
==Wheelchair men's doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles}}
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Houdet / {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Peifer def. {{flagicon|GBR}} Alfie Hewett / {{flagicon|GBR}} Gordon Reid, 6–4, 6–2
==Wheelchair women's doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles}}
- {{flagicon|NED}} Marjolein Buis / {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji def. {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot / {{flagicon|NED}} Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–4
==Wheelchair quad doubles==
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott / {{flagicon|AUS}} Heath Davidson def. {{flagicon|GBR}} Andrew Lapthorne / {{flagicon|USA}} David Wagner, 6–0, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Singles seeds
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.
=[[2018 Australian Open – Men's singles|Men's singles]]=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="width:30px;" |Seed
! style="width:30px;" |Rank ! style="width:185px;" |Player ! style="width:75px;" |Points before ! style="width:75px;" | Points defending ! style="width:75px;" |Points won ! style="width:75px;" |Points after ! style="width:320px;" |Status |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal | style="text-align:center;" | 10,600 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,200 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 9,760 | Quarterfinals retired against {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić [6] |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 |{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer | style="text-align:center;" | 9,605 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,000 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,000 | style="text-align:center;" | 9,605 | Champion, defeated {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić [6] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 3 |{{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov | style="text-align:center;" | 4,990 | style="text-align:center;" | 720 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,630 | Quarterfinals lost to {{flagicon|GBR}} Kyle Edmund |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 4 |{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev | style="text-align:center;" | 4,610 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,610 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hyeon |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 |{{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem | style="text-align:center;" | 4,060 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,060 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|USA}} Tennys Sandgren |
| style="background:#fcc;"
| style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | 6 |{{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić | style="text-align:center;" | 3,805 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,200 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,960 | Runner-up, lost to {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer [2] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 |{{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin | style="text-align:center;" | 3,775 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 3,460 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Benneteau |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 |{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock | style="text-align:center;" | 2,960 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,880 | First round lost to {{flagicon|JPN}} Yūichi Sugita |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 |{{flagicon|SUI}} Stan Wawrinka | style="text-align:center;" | 3,060 | style="text-align:center;" | 720 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,385 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|USA}} Tennys Sandgren |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Carreño Busta | style="text-align:center;" | 2,615 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,705 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić [6] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 |{{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson | style="text-align:center;" | 2,610 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,620 | First round lost to {{flagicon|GBR}} Kyle Edmund |
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro | style="text-align:center;" | 2,725 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,815 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych [19] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 |{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey | style="text-align:center;" | 2,535 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,490 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|HUN}} Márton Fucsovics |
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | 14 |{{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic | style="text-align:center;" | 2,335 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,470 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hyeon |
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 15 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | style="text-align:center;" | 2,320 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,050 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios [17] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 |{{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | style="text-align:center;" | 2,265 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,230 | First round lost to {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Ebden |
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | style="text-align:center;" | 2,260 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,395 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov [3] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 18 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Lucas Pouille | style="text-align:center;" | 2,235 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,235 | First round lost to {{flagicon|BEL}} Ruben Bemelmans [Q] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 |{{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych | style="text-align:center;" | 2,050 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,320 | Quarterfinals lost to {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer [2] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| style="text-align:center;" | 21 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Bautista Agut | style="text-align:center;" | 2,015 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,845 | First round lost to {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Verdasco |
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Ramos Viñolas | style="text-align:center;" | 1,845 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,925 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic [14] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Milos Raonic | style="text-align:center;" | 1,750 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,400 | First round lost to {{flagicon|SVK}} Lukáš Lacko |
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
| style="text-align:center;" | 28 |{{flagicon|LUX}} Gilles Müller | style="text-align:center;" | 1,490 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,535 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Carreño Busta [10] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 24
| style="text-align:center;" | 26 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman | style="text-align:center;" | 1,675 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,810 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal [1] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
| style="text-align:center;" | 25 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Fognini | style="text-align:center;" | 1,715 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,850 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych [19] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 26
| style="text-align:center;" | 27 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Adrian Mannarino | style="text-align:center;" | 1,625 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,705 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem [5] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 27
| style="text-align:center;" | 29 |{{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Kohlschreiber | style="text-align:center;" | 1,415 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,335 | First round lost to {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihito Nishioka [PR] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 28
| style="text-align:center;" | 30 |{{flagicon|BIH}} Damir Džumhur | style="text-align:center;" | 1,391 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,471 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal [1] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 29
| style="text-align:center;" | 31 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Richard Gasquet | style="text-align:center;" | 1,375 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,375 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer [2] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 30
| style="text-align:center;" | 32 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Rublev | style="text-align:center;" | 1,373 | style="text-align:center;" | 70+60 | style="text-align:center;" | 90+6 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,339 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov [3] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 31
| style="text-align:center;" | 34 |{{flagicon|URU}} Pablo Cuevas | style="text-align:center;" | 1,345 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,380 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Harrison |
| style="text-align:center;" | 32
| style="text-align:center;" | 35 |{{flagicon|GER}} Mischa Zverev | style="text-align:center;" | 1,302 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 952 | First round retired against {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hyeon |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
! Player ! Points before ! Points after ! Withdrawal reason |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value= |{{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Murray | style="text-align:center;" | 2,140 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,960 | Hip injury |
| style="text-align:center;" | 24
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value= |{{flagicon|JPN}} Kei Nishikori | style="text-align:center;" | 1,735 | style="text-align:center;" |180 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,555 | Wrist injury |
=[[2018 Australian Open – Women's singles|Women's singles]]=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="width:30px;" |Seed
! style="width:30px;" |Rank ! style="width:185px;" |Player ! style="width:75px;" |Points before ! style="width:75px;" |Points defending ! style="width:75px;" |Points won ! style="width:75px;" |Points after ! style="width:320px;" |Status |
|---|
| style="background:#fcc;"
| style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 |{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep | style="text-align:center;" | 6,425 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,300 | style="text-align:center;" | 7,715 | Runner-up, lost to {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki [2] |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 |{{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki | style="text-align:center;" | 6,095 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,000 | style="text-align:center;" | 7,965 | Champion, defeated {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep [1] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 3 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza | style="text-align:center;" | 6,050 | style="text-align:center;" | 430 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 5,690 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 4 |{{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina | style="text-align:center;" | 5,785 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 430 | style="text-align:center;" | 6,085 | Quarterfinals lost to {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 |{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams | style="text-align:center;" | 5,568 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,300 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,278 | First round lost to {{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 6 |{{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková | style="text-align:center;" | 5,445 | style="text-align:center;" | 430 | style="text-align:center;" | 430 | style="text-align:center;" | 5,445 | Quarterfinals lost to {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep [1] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 |{{flagicon|LAT}} Jeļena Ostapenko | style="text-align:center;" | 4,901 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,901 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit [32] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia | style="text-align:center;" | 4,385 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,495 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys [17] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 |{{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta | style="text-align:center;" | 3,185 | style="text-align:center;" | 430 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,825 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera [LL] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 |{{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe | style="text-align:center;" | 3,204 | style="text-align:center;" | 780 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,434 | First round lost to {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos |
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic | style="text-align:center;" | 2,935 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,935 | First round lost to {{flagicon|ROU}} Ana Bogdan |
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 |{{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges | style="text-align:center;" | 2,825 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,825 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet |
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 |{{flagicon|USA}} Sloane Stephens | style="text-align:center;" | 2,803 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,813 | First round lost to {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Shuai |
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | 15 |{{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova | style="text-align:center;" | 2,600 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,540 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sharapova |
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 18 |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova}} | style="text-align:center;" | 2,485 | style="text-align:center;" | 430 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,125 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko |
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | 19 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina | style="text-align:center;" | 2,220 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,160 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka |
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 20 |{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys | style="text-align:center;" | 2,214 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 430 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,644 | Quarterfinals lost to {{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber [21] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty | style="text-align:center;" | 2,486 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,486 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka |
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| style="text-align:center;" | 21 |{{flagicon|SVK}} Magdaléna Rybáriková | style="text-align:center;" | 2,141 | style="text-align:center;" | (18){{efn|name=ITFRybarikova|Rybáriková did not participate in the 2017 Australian Open. Accordingly, her 16th best result from the past 12 months will be subtracted from her ranking points instead.}} | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,363 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki [2] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| style="text-align:center;" | 24 |{{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová | style="text-align:center;" | 1,940 | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,940 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková [6] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 |{{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber | style="text-align:center;" | 2,491 | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 780 | style="text-align:center;" | 3,031 | Semifinals lost to {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep [1] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| style="text-align:center;" | 25 |{{flagicon|Russia}} Daria Kasatkina | style="text-align:center;" | 1,905 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,965 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|POL}} Magda Linette |
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
| style="text-align:center;" | 23 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Daria Gavrilova | style="text-align:center;" | 1,990 | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,820 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens |
| style="text-align:center;" | 24
| style="text-align:center;" | 26 |{{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková | style="text-align:center;" | 1,860 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,740 | First round lost to {{flagicon|EST}} Kaia Kanepi |
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
| style="text-align:center;" | 27 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Peng Shuai | style="text-align:center;" | 1,765 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,705 | First round lost to {{flagicon|UKR}} Marta Kostyuk [Q] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 26
| style="text-align:center;" | 35 |{{flagicon|POL}} Agnieszka Radwańska | style="text-align:center;" | 1,510 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,570 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei |
| style="text-align:center;" | 27
| style="text-align:center;" | 28 |{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová | style="text-align:center;" | 1,708 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,718 | First round lost to {{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Petkovic |
| style="text-align:center;" | 28
| style="text-align:center;" | 30 |{{flagicon|CRO}} Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | style="text-align:center;" | 1,618 | style="text-align:center;" | 780 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 908 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
| style="text-align:center;" | 29
| style="text-align:center;" | 29 |{{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová | style="text-align:center;" | 1,650 | style="text-align:center;" | 70 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,710 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková [6] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 30
| style="text-align:center;" | 32 |{{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens | style="text-align:center;" | 1,605 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 130 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,725 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki [2] |
| style="text-align:center;" | 31
| style="text-align:center;" | 31 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova | style="text-align:center;" | 1,605 | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,375 | First round lost to {{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu |
| style="text-align:center;" | 32
| style="text-align:center;" | 33 |{{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit | style="text-align:center;" | 1,560 | style="text-align:center;" | 10+80 | style="text-align:center;" | 240+30 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,740 | Fourth round lost to {{flagicon|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro |
{{notelist}}
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
! Player ! Points before ! Points after ! Withdrawal reason |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value= |{{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova | style="text-align:center;" | 2,702 | style="text-align:center;" | 240 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,462 | Left wrist injury |
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value= |{{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams | style="text-align:center;" | 2,000 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,000 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | Maternity |
Doubles seeds
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=[[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]=
| class="wikitable" |
| width="325" colspan=2| Team
! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| {{flagicon|POL}} Łukasz Kubot
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Melo |2 |1 |
| {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Kontinen
|{{flagicon|AUS}} John Peers |7 |2 |
| {{flagicon|NED}} Jean-Julien Rojer
|{{flagicon|ROU}} Horia Tecău |15 |3 |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre-Hugues Herbert
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Mahut |17 |4 |
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares |19 |5 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan
|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan |24 |6 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flagicon|AUT}} Oliver Marach |{{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić |34 |7 |
| {{flagicon|RSA}} Raven Klaasen
|{{flagicon|NZL}} Michael Venus |40 |8 |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Feliciano López
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Marc López |44 |9 |
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rohan Bopanna
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Édouard Roger-Vasselin |45 |10 |
| style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flagicon|COL}} Juan Sebastián Cabal |{{flagicon|COL}} Robert Farah |50 |11 |
| {{flagicon|URU}} Pablo Cuevas
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Horacio Zeballos |55 |12 |
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Santiago González
|{{flagicon|CHI}} Julio Peralta |57 |13 |
| {{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Dodig
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Verdasco |71 |14 |
| {{flagicon|POL}} Marcin Matkowski
|{{flagicon|PAK}} Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |71 |15 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rajeev Ram
|{{flagicon|IND}} Divij Sharan |72 |16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
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! Rank1 ! Seed |
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| {{flagicon|TPE}} Latisha Chan
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková |6 |1 |
| style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova |{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina |6 |2 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Dellacqua |20 |3 |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová |21 |4 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos |{{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic |33 |5 |
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski
|{{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Yifan |34 |6 |
| {{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson |41 |7 |
| {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei
|{{flagicon|CHN}} Peng Shuai |46 |8 |
| {{flagicon|SLO}} Andreja Klepač
|{{flagicon|ESP}} María José Martínez Sánchez |48 |9 |
| {{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu
|{{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu |55 |10 |
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shuko Aoyama
|{{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Zhaoxuan |55 |11 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Atawo
|{{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Grönefeld |57 |12 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Melichar
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Květa Peschke |58 |13 |
| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching
|{{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik |59 |14 |
| {{flagicon|POL}} Alicja Rosolska
|{{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears |59 |15 |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková |61 |16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
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| class="wikitable" |
| width="325" colspan=2| Team
! Rank1 ! Seed |
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| s
|{{flagicon|TPE}} Latisha Chan |{{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray |10 |1 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Dellacqua
|{{flagicon|AUS}} John Peers |13 |2 |
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares |13 |3 |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Květa Peschke
|{{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Kontinen |23 |4 |
| style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos |{{flagicon|IND}} Rohan Bopanna |26 |5 |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Édouard Roger-Vasselin |31 |6 |
| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching
|{{flagicon|NZL}} Michael Venus |32 |7 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski |{{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić |34 |8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of 8 January 2018.
Main draw wildcard entries
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=Men's singles=
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Bolt{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/alex-bolts-into-australian-open|title=Alex Bolts into Australian Open|publisher=sbs.com.au|access-date=21 December 2017}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Kubler{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/alexei-popyrin-and-jason-kubler-secure-australian-open-wildcards/news-story/90efefb55997dff920f27c16764ae8f8|title= Alexei Popyrin and Jason Kubler secure Australian Open wildcards|publisher=Herald Sun|date=6 January 2018|access-date=7 January 2018}}
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Kwon Soon-woo
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Corentin Moutet
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Alexei Popyrin
- {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Smyczek
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=Women's singles=
- {{flagicon|USA}} Kristie Ahn
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Destanee Aiava
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Lizette Cabrera{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/lizette-cabrera-one-of-four-to-earn-wildcards-into-australian-open/news-story/91fb75a6d88f577bb84cb675b7b2bf5a|title=Lizette Cabrera one of four to earn wildcards into Australian Open|publisher=Herald Sun|date=4 January 2018|access-date=4 January 2018}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Jaimee Fourlis
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Jessika Ponchet
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Olivia Rogowska{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-olivia-rogowska-earns-wildcard-into-2018-australian-open/news-story/1963a8a734849e90ef841ca1158b8de6|title=Australian Olivia Rogowska earns wildcard into 2018 Australian Open|publisher=heraldsun.com.au|access-date=18 November 2017}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Ajla Tomljanović
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xinyu
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=Men's doubles=
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Bolt / {{flagicon|AUS}} Bradley Mousley
{{flagicon|AUS}} James Duckworth / {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur- {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Ebden / {{flagicon|AUS}} John Millman
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Sam Groth / {{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis / {{flagicon|AUS}} Jordan Thompson
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Max Purcell / {{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Saville
- {{flagicon|THA}} Sanchai Ratiwatana / {{flagicon|THA}} Sonchat Ratiwatana
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=Women's doubles=
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Alison Bai / {{flagicon|AUS}} Zoe Hives{{cite web|url=http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5053263/hives-earns-australian-open-doubles-wildcard/|title=Doubles title paves way for Hives' Australian Open debut|publisher=thecourier.com.au|access-date=18 November 2017}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Naiktha Bains / {{flagicon|AUS}} Isabelle Wallace
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Kimberly Birrell / {{flagicon|AUS}} Jaimee Fourlis
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Priscilla Hon / {{flagicon|AUS}} Ajla Tomljanović
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Jiang Xinyu / {{flagicon|CHN}} Tang Qianhui
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Jessica Moore / {{flagicon|AUS}} Ellen Perez
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Astra Sharma / {{flagicon|AUS}} Belinda Woolcock
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=Mixed doubles=
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Monique Adamczak / {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Ebden
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Lizette Cabrera / {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Bolt
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Zoe Hives / {{flagicon|AUS}} Bradley Mousley
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Priscilla Hon / {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Reid
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Ellen Perez / {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Whittington
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Arina Rodionova / {{flagicon|AUS}} John-Patrick Smith
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Storm Sanders / {{flagicon|AUS}} Marc Polmans
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur / {{flagicon|AUS}} Sam Groth
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Main draw qualifier entries
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.
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=Men's singles=
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying}}
==Qualifiers==
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Caruso
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Dennis Novak
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Jaume Munar
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Quentin Halys
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Vasek Pospisil
- {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin King
- {{flagicon|USA}} Denis Kudla
- {{flagicon|USA}} Mackenzie McDonald
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Elias Ymer
- {{flagicon|GER}} Dustin Brown
- {{flagicon|NOR}} Casper Ruud
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Sonego
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Ruben Bemelmans
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Václav Šafránek
- {{flagicon|IND}} Yuki Bhambri
- {{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Bachinger
==Lucky losers==
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Peter Polansky
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Berrettini
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=Women's singles=
{{Main|2018 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying}}
==Qualifiers==
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kalinskaya
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Blinkova
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Viktorija Golubic
- {{flagicon|USA}} Irina Falconi
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Denisa Allertová
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Ivana Jorović
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Viktória Kužmová
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Marta Kostyuk
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
- {{flagicon|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum
- {{flagicon|POL}} Magdalena Fręch
==Lucky losers==
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Viktoriya Tomova
- {{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera
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Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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- {{flagicon|AUT}} Andreas Haider-Maurer (63)
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihito Nishioka (66)
- {{flagicon|AUS}} John Millman (81)
- {{flagicon|LTU}} Ričardas Berankis (92)
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; Women's singles
- {{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Friedsam (50)
- {{flagicon|RUS}}
Margarita Gasparyan (62) - {{flagicon|SVK}} Kristína Kučová (95)
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Misa Eguchi (109)
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Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
;Before the tournament
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- ‡ {{flagicon|BEL}} Steve Darcis (77) → replaced by {{flagicon|AUT}} Gerald Melzer (101)
- ‡ {{flagicon|JPN}} Kei Nishikori (22) → replaced by {{flagicon|BRA}} Rogério Dutra Silva (102)
- ‡ {{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Murray (16) → replaced by {{flagicon|CYP}} Marcos Baghdatis (103){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/04/tennis-andy-murray-heading-home-after-pulling-out-of-australian-open|title=Andy Murray heading home after pulling out of Australian Open|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 January 2018}}
- § {{flagicon|SRB}} Filip Krajinović (34) → replaced by {{flagicon|CAN}} Peter Polansky (LL)
- § {{flagicon|TPE}} Lu Yen-hsun (71) → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Berrettini (LL)
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; Women's singles
- † {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova (12) → replaced by {{flagicon|NED}} Richèl Hogenkamp (106){{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Open-d-australie-svetlana-kuznetsova-forfait/857523|title=Open d'Australie : Svetlana Kuznetsova forfait|publisher=lequipe.fr|access-date=8 December 2017}}
- † {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai (94) → replaced by {{flagicon|COL}} Mariana Duque Mariño (107)
- ‡ {{flagicon|GER}} Laura Siegemund (69) → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Sofia Kenin (108)
- ‡ {{flagicon|SUI}} Timea Bacsinszky (39) → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová (109)
- ‡ {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (22) → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Misa Eguchi (109 PR)
- ‡ {{flagicon|ESP}} Sara Sorribes Tormo (102) → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs (110)
- @ {{flagicon|CRO}} Ana Konjuh (44) → replaced by {{flagicon|BUL}} Viktoriya Tomova (LL)
- § {{flagicon|RUS}} Margarita Gasparyan (62 PR) → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera (LL)
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† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
§ – withdrew from main draw
Retirements
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; Men's singles
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hyeon
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Gilles Simon
- {{flagicon|GER}} Mischa Zverev
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References
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External links
- [http://www.ausopen.com/ Australian Open official website]
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