The 2017 Australian Open is a tennis tournament that will take place at Melbourne Park between 16–29 January 2017.[1] It is the 105th 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.
As in previous years, this year's tournament's title sponsor was Kia.
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Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open take place
The 2017 Australian Open will be the 105th edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The tournament will be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There are 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's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament will be played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.[2]
Broadcast
In Australia, selected key matches will be broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches will be shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven, however during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage will shift to either 7Two or 7mate. Additionally, every match will be also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.[3]
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 |
Wheelchair points
| Event |
W |
F |
SF/3rd |
QF/4th |
| Singles |
800 |
500 |
375 |
100 |
| Doubles |
800 |
500 |
100 |
N/A |
| Quad Singles |
800 |
500 |
100 |
N/A |
| Quad Doubles |
800 |
100 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Junior points
| Event |
W |
F |
SF |
QF |
Round of 16 |
Round of 32 |
Q |
Q3 |
| Boys' Singles |
375 |
270 |
180 |
120 |
75 |
30 |
25 |
20 |
| Girls' Singles |
| Boys' Doubles |
270 |
180 |
120 |
75 |
45 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Girls' Doubles |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2017 is yet to be confirmed. The table below is from the 2016 tournament.
| Event |
W |
F |
SF |
QF |
Round of 16 |
Round of 32 |
Round of 64 |
Round of 1281 |
Q3 |
Q2 |
Q1 |
| Singles |
A$3,400,000 |
A$1,700,000 |
A$750,000 |
A$375,000 |
A$193,000 |
A$108,000 |
A$67,000 |
A$38,500 |
A$20,000 |
A$12,000 |
A$6,000 |
| Doubles * |
A$635,000 |
A$315,000 |
A$157,500 |
A$78,500 |
A$43,000 |
A$25,500 |
A$16,500 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Mixed Doubles * |
A$157,000 |
A$78,500 |
A$39,250 |
A$18,000 |
A$9,000 |
A$4,500 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
Singles players
2017 Australian Open – Men's Singles
- 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Champions
Seniors
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Juniors
Boys' Singles
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
Girls' Doubles
Legends
Men's Legends 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 9 January 2017, while ranking and points before are as of 16 January 2017.
- ↑ These rankings are as of the end of 2016 ATP season, this is a projected group of seedings that is not final and is subject to change.
Withdrawn players
- 1 2 These rankings are as of the end of the 2016 WTA season, this is a projected group of seedings that is not final and is subject to change.
Doubles seeds
Men's Doubles
- 1 Rankings are as of 9 January 2017.
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Women's Doubles
- 1 Rankings are as of 9 January 2017.
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Mixed Doubles
- 1 Rankings are as of 16 January 2017.
Main draw wildcard entries
Men's Singles
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Women's Singles
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Men's Doubles
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Women's Doubles
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Main draw qualifier entries
The qualifying competition will take place in Melbourne Park on 12 – 15 January 2017.
Men's Singles
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Women's Singles
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Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
- Before the tournament
- Men's Singles
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- Women's Singles
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References
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Novak Djokovic
Angelique Kerber
Jamie Murray / 
Bruno Soares
Martina Hingis / 
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina / 
Oliver Anderson
Vera Lapko
Tereza Mihalíková
Jonas Björkman / 
Lindsay Davenport / 
Jiske Griffioen
Stéphane Houdet / 
Yui Kamiji / 
Lucas Sithole / 
Milos Raonic
Marin Čilić
Dominic Thiem
Rafael Nadal
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David Goffin
Grigor Dimitrov
Pablo Cuevas
Agnieszka Radwańska
Simona Halep
Elina Svitolina
Roberta Vinci
Caroline Wozniacki
Zhang Shuai
Tímea Babos
Monica Puig
Yaroslava Shvedova
TBD
