2019 Sydney International

{{TennisEventInfo|2019|Sydney International|

| date=6–12 January 2019

| edition=127th

| category= ATP Tour 250 series / WTA Premier

| draw=28S / 16D (ATP)
30S / 16D (WTA)

| surface=Hard

| location=Sydney, Australia

| venue=NSW Tennis Centre

| prize_money=

| champms={{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur

| champws={{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová

| champmd={{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray / {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares

| champwd={{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandra Krunić / {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková

| after_year=2022

}}

The 2019 Sydney International was a tournament on the 2019 ATP Tour and 2019 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

It was the 127th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre. It was held from 6 to 12 January 2019 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.{{cite web|url= https://www.sydneyinternational.com.au/2018/10/us-open-champion-naomi-osaka-to-headline-sydney-international/|title=US Open champion Naomi Osaka to headline Sydney International |publisher=Sydney International|date= 3 October 2018|access-date=27 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sydneyinternational.com.au/2018/10/world-no-8-sloane-stephens-confirms-sydney-international-return/|title=World No.8 Sloane Stephens confirms Sydney International return |publisher=Sydney International|date= 21 October 2018|access-date=27 October 2018}}

Points and prize money

= Point distribution =

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 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Men's singles \|rowspan=2\|250 \|rowspan=2\|150 \|rowspan=2\|90 \|rowspan=2\|45 \|20 \|0 \|12 \|6 \|0
style="background:#ededed;"\| Men's doubles \| 0 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}
style="background:#ededed;"\| Women's singles \|rowspan=2\|470 \|rowspan=2\|305 \|rowspan=2\|185 \|rowspan=2\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|13 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Women's doubles \| 1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

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

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#ededed;"| Men's singles

|rowspan=2|250

|rowspan=2|150

|rowspan=2|90

|rowspan=2|45

|20

|12

style="background:#ededed;"| Men's doubles

| 0

| {{n/a}}

style="background:#ededed;"| Women's singles

|rowspan=2|470

|rowspan=2|305

|rowspan=2|185

|rowspan=2|100

|55

|25

|13

style="background:#ededed;"| Women's doubles

| 1

| {{n/a}}

= Prize money =

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="background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32¹

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Men's singles

|$90,990

|$49,205

|$27,175

|$15,435

|$8,880

|$5,320

|$2,575

|$1,285

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Men's doubles *

|$29,860

|$15,300

|$8,290

|$4,740

|$2,780

| {{n/a}}

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Women's singles

|$141,875

|$75,570

|$40,322

|$21,660

|$11,620

|$6,345

|$3,500

|$1,828

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Women's doubles *

|$44,200

|$23,615

|$12,905

|$6,565

|$3,570

| {{n/a}}

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}

_{*per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"

!width=70|Country

!width=175|Player

!Rank¹

!Seed

|Stefanos Tsitsipas

|15

~~{{flag|RUS}}~~

|~~Daniil Medvedev~~

|16

|Diego Schwartzman

|17

|Gilles Simon

|30

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|AUS}}

|Alex de Minaur

|31

|Lucas Pouille

|32

|Márton Fucsovics

|36

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|ITA}}

|Andreas Seppi

|37

¹ Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} James Duckworth
{{flagicon|AUS}} Alexei Popyrin{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/australians-daria-gavrilova-jordan-thompson-get-sydney-wildcards-20181229-p50oq5.html|title= Australians Daria Gavrilova, Jordan Thompson get Sydney wildcards|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date= 29 December 2018|access-date=29 December 2018}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jordan Thompson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|ESP}} Guillermo García López
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihito Nishioka
{{flagicon|USA}} Reilly Opelka
{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Rublev

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

{{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Andreozzi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Daniel

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|GBR}} Kyle Edmund → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey
{{flagicon|CHI}} Nicolás Jarry → replaced by {{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Andreozzi
{{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Medvedev → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Daniel
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Denis Kudla

= Retirements =

{{flagicon|TUN}} Malek Jaziri

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|COL}} \|Juan Sebastián Cabal \|{{flag\|COL}} \|Robert Farah \|10 \|1
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|GBR}} \|Jamie Murray \|{{flag\|BRA}} \|Bruno Soares \|14 \|2
{{flag\|CRO}} \|Nikola Mektić \|{{flag\|AUT}} \|Alexander Peya \|30 \|3
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Rajeev Ram \|{{flag\|GBR}} \|Joe Salisbury \|51 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|COL}}

|Juan Sebastián Cabal

|{{flag|COL}}

|Robert Farah

|10

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|GBR}}

|{{flag|BRA}}

|14

|{{flag|AUT}}

|30

|{{flag|GBR}}

|51

¹ Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Bolt / {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Reid
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt / {{flagicon|AUS}} Jordan Thompson

The following pair received entry as alternates:

{{flagicon|GBR}} Luke Bambridge / {{flagicon|GBR}} Jonny O'Mara

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|CHI}} Nicolás Jarry
{{flagicon|TUN}} Malek Jaziri

WTA singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"

!width=70|Country

!width=175|Player

!Rank¹

!Seed

|Simona Halep

|Angelique Kerber

~~{{flag|JPN}}~~

|~~Naomi Osaka~~

|Sloane Stephens

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Petra Kvitová

~~{{flag|CZE}}~~

|~~Karolína Plíšková~~

|Kiki Bertens

|Daria Kasatkina

|10

|Anastasija Sevastova

|11

|Elise Mertens

|12

|10

¹ Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} Daria Gavrilova
{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová
{{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ajla Tomljanović

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Timea Bacsinszky

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Alexandrova
{{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Collins
{{flagicon|AUS}} Priscilla Hon
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Yulia Putintseva
{{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksandra Sasnovich
{{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

~~{{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta~~
{{flagicon|GER}} Tatjana Maria
{{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera
{{flagicon|PUR}} Monica Puig

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka → replaced by {{flagicon|PUR}} Monica Puig
{{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} Tatjana Maria
{{flagicon|UKR}} Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza (GI Illness) {{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/muguruza-withdraws-sydney-bertens-moves-quarterfinals|title=Muguruza withdraws from Sydney, Bertens moves into quarterfinals|last=Macpherson|first=Alex|date=2019-01-08|website=WTA Tennis|access-date=2019-01-08}}

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|CAN}} \|Gabriela Dabrowski \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Xu Yifan \|22 \|1
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Nicole Melichar \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Květa Peschke \|28 \|2
{{flag\|SLO}} \|Andreja Klepač \|{{flag\|ESP}} \|María José Martínez Sánchez \|34 \|3
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Nadiia Kichenok \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|42 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flag|CHN}}

|22

|{{flag|CZE}}

|28

|{{flag|ESP}}

|María José Martínez Sánchez

|34

|Nadiia Kichenok

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Barbora Strýcová

|42

¹ Rankings are as of 31 December 2018.

= Other entrants =

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} Priscilla Hon / {{flagicon|AUS}} Ajla Tomljanović

Champions

= Men's singles =

{{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur def. {{flagicon|ITA}} Andreas Seppi, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)

= Women's singles =

{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová def. {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty 1–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–6)

= Men's doubles =

{{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray / {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares def. {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Sebastián Cabal / {{flagicon|COL}} Robert Farah, 6–4, 6–3

= Women's doubles =

{{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandra Krunić / {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Eri Hozumi / {{flagicon|POL}} Alicja Rosolska, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

References

External links

{{Official website|www.sydneyinternational.com.au/}}