2014 Australian Open

The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13 and 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. 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. 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
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.

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 distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

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
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 * 2014 Australian Open – Women's singles

Men's singles

 * Stan Wawrinka defeated 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
 * • It was Wawrinka's 1st career Major title.

Women's singles

 * 🇨🇳 Li Na defeated 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
 * • It was Li's 2nd and last career Major title and her 1st and only title in Australian Open.

Men's doubles

 * 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot / 🇸🇪 Robert Lindstedt defeated 🇺🇸 Eric Butorac / Raven Klaasen, 6–3, 6–3
 * • 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
 * • 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 Tecău, 6–3, 6–2
 * • 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.

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 Jorović, 6–4, 6–2

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 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
† 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.

Women's singles
The following player would have been seeded, but not entered before the event.

Men's singles

 * 🇦🇺 James Duckworth
 * 🇦🇺 Sam Groth
 * 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson
 * 🇦🇺 Thanasi Kokkinakis
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios
 * 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille
 * 🇦🇺 Jordan Thompson
 * 🇨🇳 Wu Di

Women's singles

 * 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty
 * 🇦🇺 Casey Dellacqua
 * 🇦🇺 Jarmila Gajdošová
 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * 🇦🇺 Olivia Rogowska
 * 🇦🇺 Storm Sanders
 * 🇨🇳 Tang Haochen
 * 🇺🇸 Sachia Vickery

Men's doubles

 * 🇮🇳 Yuki Bhambri / 🇳🇿 Michael Venus
 * 🇦🇺 Alex Bolt / 🇦🇺 Andrew Whittington
 * 🇦🇺 James Duckworth / 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden
 * 🇦🇺 Chris Guccione / 🇦🇺 Thanasi Kokkinakis
 * 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt / 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter
 * 🇦🇺 Benjamin Mitchell / 🇦🇺 Jordan Thompson
 * 🇦🇺 Matt Reid / 🇦🇺 Luke Saville

Women's doubles

 * 🇦🇺 Monique Adamczak / 🇦🇺 Olivia Rogowska
 * 🇦🇺 Naiktha Bains / 🇦🇺 Olivia Tjandramulia
 * 🇦🇺 Jelena Dokić / 🇦🇺 Storm Sanders
 * 🇦🇺 Azra Hadzic / 🇦🇺 Jessica Moore
 * 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun / 🇯🇵 Miki Miyamura
 * 🇦🇺 Tammi Patterson / 🇦🇺 Arina Rodionova
 * 🇦🇺 Sally Peers / 🇦🇺 Viktorija Rajicic

Mixed doubles

 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard / 🇦🇺 Sam Groth
 * 🇦🇺 Jarmila Gajdošová / 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden
 * 🇦🇺 Arina Rodionova / 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios
 * 🇦🇺 Olivia Rogowska / 🇦🇺 John-Patrick Smith
 * 🇦🇺 Storm Sanders / 🇦🇺 Chris Guccione
 * Ajla Tomljanović / 🇦🇺 James Duckworth
 * Donna Vekić / 🇦🇺 Thanasi Kokkinakis

Men's singles

 * 🇧🇦 Damir Džumhur
 * 🇦🇹 Dominic Thiem
 * 🇫🇷 David Guez
 * 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 🇷🇸 Dušan Lajović
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze
 * 🇩🇪 Michael Berrer
 * 🇨🇦 Frank Dancevic
 * 🇺🇸 Wayne Odesnik
 * 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci
 * 🇫🇷 Vincent Millot
 * Jimmy Wang
 * 🇺🇸 Rhyne Williams
 * 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis
 * Blaž Rola
 * 🇩🇪 Peter Gojowczyk


 * Lucky losers
 * 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan
 * 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert

Women's singles

 * Belinda Bencic
 * 🇩🇪 Carina Witthöft
 * Ana Konjuh
 * 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas
 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Piter
 * 🇷🇺 Alla Kudryavtseva
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková
 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying
 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu
 * Anna Tatishvili


 * Lucky loser
 * 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


 * Women's singles
 * Chan Yung-jan (PR 88)
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva (PR 15)

Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.


 * Men's singles
 * 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro → replaced by 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan
 * 🇺🇸 Brian Baker → replaced by 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber → replaced by 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer → replaced by 🇩🇪 Jan-Lennard Struff
 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević → replaced by 🇨🇿 Jan Hájek
 * 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki → replaced by 🇯🇵 Go Soeda
 * 🇪🇪 Jürgen Zopp → replaced by Blaž Kavčič


 * Women's singles
 * 🇺🇸 Jamie Hampton → replaced by 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko → replaced by Petra Martić
 * 🇨🇿 Iveta Melzer → replaced by 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva
 * Romina Oprandi → replaced by Tadeja Majerič
 * 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova → replaced by 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova
 * 🇵🇱 Urszula Radwańska → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
 * 🇪🇸 María Teresa Torró Flor → replaced by 🇧🇪 Alison Van Uytvanck