2014 Australian Open
Tennis tournament
The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13 and 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
—
—
—
—
—
Women's singles
1300
780
430
240
130
70
10
40
30
20
2
Women's doubles
10
—
—
—
—
—
Wheelchair points
Event
W
F
SF/3rd
QF/4th
Singles
800
500
375
100
Doubles
800
500
100
—
Quad singles
800
500
100
—
Quad doubles
800
100
—
—
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
—
—
—
Girls' doubles
—
—
—
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
—
—
—
—
Mixed doubles *
A$135,500
A$67,750
A$33,900
A$15,500
A$7,800
A$3,800
—
—
—
—
—
1 Qualifiers 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.
Seed
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points won
Points after
Status
1
1
Rafael Nadal
13,130
0
1,200
14,330
Runner-up, lost to Stan Wawrinka [8]
2
2
Novak Djokovic
12,260
2,000
360
10,620
Quarterfinals lost to Stan Wawrinka [8]
3
3
David Ferrer
5,640
720
360
5,280
Quarterfinals lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
4
4
Andy Murray
5,560
1,200
360
4,720
Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [6]
5
5
Juan Martín del Potro
5,415
90
45
5,370
Second round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut
6
6
Roger Federer
4,355
720
720
4,355
Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
7
7
Tomáš Berdych
4,180
360
720
4,540
Semifinals lost to Stan Wawrinka [8]
8
8
Stan Wawrinka
3,890
180
2,000
5,710
Champion , defeated Rafael Nadal [1]
9
9
Richard Gasquet
3,140
180
90
3,050
Third round lost to Tommy Robredo [17]
10
10
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3,065
360
180
2,885
Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [6]
11
11
Milos Raonic
2,860
180
90
2,770
Third round lost to Grigor Dimitrov [22]
12
12
Tommy Haas
2,435
10
10
2,435
First round retired against Guillermo García López
13
13
John Isner
2,310
0
10
2,320
First round retired against Martin Kližan [LL]
14
15
Mikhail Youzhny
2,145
45
45
2,145
Second round lost to Florian Mayer
15
16
Fabio Fognini
1,930
10
180
2,100
Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
16
17
Kei Nishikori
1,915
180
180
1,915
Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
17
18
Tommy Robredo
1,810
10
180
1,980
Fourth round lost to Stan Wawrinka [8]
18
19
Gilles Simon
1,790
180
90
1,700
Third round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10]
19
21
Kevin Anderson
1,580
180
180
1,580
Fourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
20
20
Jerzy Janowicz
1,615
90
90
1,615
Third round lost to Florian Mayer
21
23
Philipp Kohlschreiber
1,420
90
0
1,330
Withdrew due to hamstring injury
22
22
Grigor Dimitrov
1,460
10
360
1,810
Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
23
24
Ernests Gulbis
1,418
(20)†
45
1,443
Second round lost to Sam Querrey
24
25
Andreas Seppi
1,360
180
45
1,225
Second round lost to Donald Young
25
32
Gaël Monfils
1,245
90
90
1,245
Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
26
27
Feliciano López
1,310
45
90
1,355
Third round lost to Andy Murray [4]
27
28
Benoît Paire
1,300
10
90
1,380
Third round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut
28
30
Vasek Pospisil
1,289
(20)†
90
1,359
Third round withdrew due to back injury
29
31
Jérémy Chardy
1,255
360
90
985
Third round lost to David Ferrer [3]
30
26
Dmitry Tursunov
1,314
(45)†
45
1,314
Second round lost to Denis Istomin
31
33
Fernando Verdasco
1,235
90
45
1,190
Second round lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili
32
34
Ivan Dodig
1,190
90
45
1,145
Second round retired against Damir Džumhur [Q]
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew before the event.
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points after
Withdrawal reason
14
Nicolás Almagro
2,290
360
1,930
Right shoulder injury[ 7]
29
Jürgen Melzer
1,290
90
1,200
Shoulder injury[ 8]
Seed
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points won
Points after
Status
1
1
Serena Williams
13,260
500
240
13,000
Fourth round lost to Ana Ivanovic [14]
2
2
Victoria Azarenka
8,151
2,000
430
6,581
Quarterfinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [5]
3
3
Maria Sharapova
6,076
900
240
5,416
Fourth round lost to Dominika Cibulková [20]
4
4
Li Na
5,970
1,400
2,000
6,570
Champion , defeated Dominika Cibulková [20]
5
5
Agnieszka Radwańska
5,470
500
780
5,750
Semifinals lost to Dominika Cibulková [20]
6
6
Petra Kvitová
4,835
100
10
4,745
First round lost to Luksika Kumkhum
7
7
Sara Errani
4,435
5
10
4,440
First round lost to Julia Görges
8
8
Jelena Janković
4,230
160
240
4,310
Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [11]
9
9
Angelique Kerber
4,070
280
240
4,030
Fourth round lost to Flavia Pennetta [28]
10
10
Caroline Wozniacki
3,520
280
130
3,370
Third round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
11
11
Simona Halep
3,335
5
430
3,760
Quarterfinals lost to Dominika Cibulková [20]
12
12
Roberta Vinci
3,170
160
10
3,020
First round lost to Zheng Jie
13
13
Sloane Stephens
3,075
900
240
2,415
Fourth round lost to Victoria Azarenka [2]
14
14
Ana Ivanovic
3,010
280
430
3,160
Quarterfinals lost to Eugenie Bouchard [30]
15
15
Sabine Lisicki
2,915
5
70
2,980
Second round lost to Monica Niculescu
16
16
Carla Suárez Navarro
2,775
160
130
2,745
Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková [20]
17
17
Samantha Stosur
2,675
100
130
2,705
Third round lost to Ana Ivanovic [14]
18
19
Kirsten Flipkens
2,465
280
70
2,255
Second round lost to Casey Dellacqua [WC]
19
20
Svetlana Kuznetsova
2,202
500
10
1,712
First round lost to Elina Svitolina
20
24
Dominika Cibulková
1,856
100
1,300
3,056
Runner-up, lost to Li Na [4]
21
21
Sorana Cîrstea
2,170
160
10
2,020
First round lost to Marina Erakovic
22
22
Ekaterina Makarova
2,061
500
240
1,801
Fourth round lost to Li Na [4]
23
28
Elena Vesnina
1,745
280
10
1,475
First round lost to Alison Riske
24
23
Kaia Kanepi
1,922
0
10
1,932
First round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza
25
25
Alizé Cornet
1,840
100
130
1,870
Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [3]
26
26
Lucie Šafářová
1,775
100
130
1,805
Third round lost to Li Na [4]
27
27
Jamie Hampton
1,761
160
0
1,601
Withdrew due to hip injury
28
29
Flavia Pennetta
1,735
0
430
2,165
Quarterfinals lost to Li Na [4]
29
30
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
1,715
5
130
1,840
Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [5]
30
31
Eugenie Bouchard
1,629
40
780
2,369
Semifinals lost to Li Na [4]
31
33
Daniela Hantuchová
1,475
5
130
1,600
Third round lost to Serena Williams [1]
32
35
Magdaléna Rybáriková
1,450
5
70
1,515
Second round lost to Kurumi Nara
33
34
Bojana Jovanovski
1,475
280
70
1,265
Second round lost to Yvonne Meusburger
The following player would have been seeded, but not entered before the event.
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points after
Withdrawal reason
18
Maria Kirilenko
2,605
280
2,325
Ankle injury[ 9]
Main draw wildcard entries
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Main draw qualifier entries
Men's singles
Lucky losers
Women's singles
Lucky loser
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.
Men's singles
Women's singles
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