The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13-26 January 2014. 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. ?ukasz 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 Tec?u the runners-up.
Both defending singles champions lost in the quarterfinals, the first time in the open era. 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 Radwa?ska. 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.
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Tournament
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.
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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. 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
Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by three million Australian dollars to tournament record A$33,000,000.
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
Men's Singles
- Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- o It was Wawrinka's 1st career Major title.
Women's Singles
- Li Na defeated Dominika Cibulková, 7-6(7-3), 6-0
- o It was Li's 2nd and last career Major title and her 1st and only title in Australian Open.
Men's Doubles
- ?ukasz Kubot / Robert Lindstedt defeated Eric Butorac / Raven Klaasen, 6-3, 6-3
- o It was Kubot and Lindstedt's 1st career Major doubles title.
Women's Doubles
- Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- o It was Errani and Vinci's 4th career Major doubles title and their 2nd respective title in Australian Open.
Mixed Doubles
- Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor defeated Sania Mirza / Horia Tec?u, 6-3, 6-2
- o It was Nestor's 8th career Major mixed doubles title and his 4th title in Australian Open.
- o It was Mladenovic's 3rd career Major mixed doubles title and her 1st title in Australian Open.
Juniors
Boys' Singles
- Alexander Zverev defeated Stefan Kozlov, 6-3, 6-0
Girls' Singles
- Elizaveta Kulichkova defeated Jana Fett, 6-2, 6-1
Boys' Doubles
- Lucas Miedler / Bradley Mousley defeated Quentin Halys / Johan Sébastien Tatlot, 6-4, 6-3
Girls' Doubles
- Anhelina Kalinina / Elizaveta Kulichkova defeated Katie Boulter / Ivana Jorovi?, 6-4, 6-2
Legends
Legends' Men Doubles
- Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Jonas Björkman / Thomas Enqvist, 4-6, 6-2, [13-11]
Legends Women's Doubles
- Nicole Bradtke / Rennae Stubbs
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair Men's Singles
- Shingo Kunieda defeated Gustavo Fernández, 6-0, 6-1
Wheelchair Women's Singles
- Sabine Ellerbrock defeated Yui Kamiji, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Wheelchair Quad Singles
- David Wagner defeated Lucas Sithole, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
- Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Gordon Reid / Maikel Scheffers, 6-3, 6-3
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
- Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley defeated Marjolein Buis / Jiske Griffioen, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
- Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner defeated Dylan Alcott / Lucas Sithole, 6-4, 6-4
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
Withdrawn players
Women's Singles
Withdrawn players
Main draw wildcard entries
Main draw qualifier entries
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.
References
External links
- Australian Open official website
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