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 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, 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 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.Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by three million Australian dollars to tournament record A$33,000,000.| 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 |
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
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Stan Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3Women's singles
Li Na defeated Dominika Cibulková, 7–6, 6–0Men's doubles
Łukasz Kubot / Robert Lindstedt defeated Eric Butorac / Raven Klaasen, 6–3, 6–3Women's doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5Mixed doubles
Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor defeated Sania Mirza / Horia Tecău, 6–3, 6–2Juniors
Boys' singles
Alexander Zverev defeated Stefan Kozlov, 6–3, 6–0Girls' singles
Elizaveta Kulichkova defeated Jana Fett, 6–2, 6–1Boys' doubles
Lucas Miedler / Bradley Mousley defeated Quentin Halys / Johan Sébastien Tatlot, 6–4, 6–3Girls' doubles
Anhelina Kalinina / Elizaveta Kulichkova defeated Katie Boulter / Ivana Jorović, 6–4, 6–2Legends
Legends' men doubles
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Jonas Björkman / Thomas Enqvist, 4–6, 6–2,Legends women's doubles
Nicole Bradtke / '''Rennae Stubbs'''Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda defeated Gustavo Fernández, 6–0, 6–1Wheelchair women's singles
Sabine Ellerbrock defeated Yui Kamiji, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Wheelchair quad singles
David Wagner defeated Lucas Sithole, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Gordon Reid / Maikel Scheffers, 6–3, 6–3Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley defeated Marjolein Buis / Jiske Griffioen, 6–2, 6–7, 6–2Wheelchair quad doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner defeated Dylan Alcott / Lucas Sithole, 6–4, 6–4Singles 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">2014 Australian Open – Men's singles">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.
