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 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 EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 13007804302401307010403020210
Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100Quad doubles800100
Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles2701801207545Girls' 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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 1281Q3Q2Q1SinglesA$2,650,000A$1,325,000A$540,000A$270,000A$135,000A$75,000A$50,000A$30,000A$14,400A$7,200A$3,600Doubles *A$520,000A$260,000A$130,000A$65,000A$36,000A$21,000A$13,500Mixed doubles *A$135,500A$67,750A$33,900A$15,500A$7,800A$3,800 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team
Singles players 2014 Australian Open – Men's singles Champion Runner-up Stan Wawrinka Rafael Nadal Semifinals out Roger Federer Tomáš Berdych Quarterfinals out Grigor Dimitrov Andy Murray David Ferrer Novak Djokovic 4th round out Kei Nishikori Roberto Bautista Agut Stéphane Robert (LL) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Kevin Anderson Florian Mayer Tommy Robredo Fabio Fognini 3rd round out Gaël Monfils Donald Young Milos Raonic Benoît Paire Feliciano López Martin Kližan (LL) Gilles Simon Teymuraz Gabashvili Damir Džumhur (Q) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Jerzy Janowicz Jérémy Chardy Vasek Pospisil Richard Gasquet Sam Querrey Denis Istomin 2nd round out Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Jack Sock Andreas Seppi Dušan Lajović (Q) Victor Hănescu Lu Yen-hsun Nick Kyrgios (WC) Juan Martín del Potro Vincent Millot (Q) Michael Berrer (Q) Michał Przysiężny Blaž Rola (LL) Thomaz Bellucci (Q) Marin Čilić Fernando Verdasco Blaž Kavčič Kenny de Schepper Ivan Dodig Dominic Thiem (Q) Guillermo García López Mikhail Youzhny Pablo Andújar Alexandr Dolgopolov Adrian Mannarino Alejandro Falla Matthew Ebden Julien Benneteau Nikolay Davydenko Jarkko Nieminen Ernests Gulbis Dmitry Tursunov Leonardo Mayer 1st round out Bernard Tomic Igor Sijsling Tobias Kamke Ryan Harrison Lleyton Hewitt Robin Haase Lucas Pouille (WC) Marinko Matosevic Daniel Gimeno Traver Peter Gojowczyk (Q) Jimmy Wang (Q) Bradley Klahn Frank Dancevic Benjamin Becker Tim Smyczek Rhyne Williams (Q) Go Soeda Wayne Odesnik (Q) Michaël Llodra Somdev Devvarman Aljaž Bedene Horacio Zeballos Federico Delbonis John Isner Filippo Volandri Julian Reister Marcel Granollers Daniel Brands Zhang Ze (Q) Sergiy Stakhovsky Radek Štěpánek James Duckworth (WC) Oleksandr Nedovyesov Wu Di (WC) Jan Hájek Ivo Karlović Jiří Veselý João Sousa Carlos Berlocq Tommy Haas Jan-Lennard Struff Denis Kudla (Q) Albert Ramos Jordan Thompson (WC) Jesse Huta Galung Ričardas Berankis (Q) Steve Johnson Alejandro González Andrey Golubev Mikhail Kukushkin Nicolas Mahut Samuel Groth (WC) Lukáš Rosol Pablo Carreño Łukasz Kubot David Guez (Q) Alex Bogomolov Dudi Sela Santiago Giraldo Juan Mónaco Michael Russell Marcos Baghdatis Albert Montañés Lukáš Lacko
2014 Australian Open – Women's singles Champion Runner-up Li Na Dominika Cibulková Semifinals out Eugenie Bouchard Agnieszka Radwańska Quarterfinals out Ana Ivanovic Flavia Pennetta Simona Halep Victoria Azarenka 4th round out Serena Williams Casey Dellacqua (WC) Ekaterina Makarova Angelique Kerber Jelena Janković Maria Sharapova Garbiñe Muguruza Sloane Stephens 3rd round out Daniela Hantuchová Samantha Stosur Zheng Jie Lauren Davis Lucie Šafářová Monica Niculescu Alison Riske Mona Barthel Kurumi Nara Zarina Diyas (Q) Carla Suárez Navarro Alizé Cornet Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Caroline Wozniacki Elina Svitolina Yvonne Meusburger 2nd round out Vesna Dolonc Karolína Plíšková Tsvetana Pironkova Annika Beck Madison Keys Kirsten Flipkens Virginie Razzano Julia Görges Belinda Bencic (Q) Lucie Hradecká (Q) Irina Falconi (LL) Sabine Lisicki Alla Kudryavtseva (Q) Yanina Wickmayer Monica Puig Luksika Kumkhum Ayumi Morita Magdaléna Rybáriková Marina Erakovic Varvara Lepchenko Galina Voskoboeva Stefanie Vögele Camila Giorgi Karin Knapp Olga Govortsova Mandy Minella Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Christina McHale Ajla Tomljanović Olivia Rogowska (WC) Bojana Jovanovski Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 1st round out Ashleigh Barty (WC) Lara Arruabarrena Pauline Parmentier (WC) Heather Watson (Q) Klára Zakopalová Sílvia Soler Espinosa Petra Martić Kiki Bertens Roberta Vinci Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Vera Zvonareva (PR) Laura Robson Tang Haochen (WC) Alison Van Uytvanck Sachia Vickery (WC) Sara Errani Ana Konjuh (Q) Kimiko Date-Krumm Donna Vekić Julia Glushko Venus Williams Anabel Medina Garrigues Shahar Pe'er Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Jarmila Gajdošová (WC) Caroline Garcia Dinah Pfizenmaier Elena Vesnina Alexandra Cadanțu Anna Tatishvili (Q) Zhang Shuai Petra Kvitová Misaki Doi Nadiia Kichenok Peng Shuai Andrea Petkovic Sorana Cîrstea Kateřina Siniaková (Q) Lesia Tsurenko Katarzyna Piter (Q) Vania King Irina-Camelia Begu (Q) Kristina Mladenovic Francesca Schiavone Polona Hercog Storm Sanders (WC) Paula Ormaechea Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yulia Putintseva Duan Yingying (Q) Carina Witthöft (Q) Teliana Pereira Kaia Kanepi Tímea Babos Chan Yung-jan (PR) Lourdes Domínguez Lino Yaroslava Shvedova Tadeja Majerič Mariana Duque Svetlana Kuznetsova Jana Čepelová Chanelle Scheepers Hsieh Su-wei Johanna Larsson
Day-by-day summaries
Champions
Seniors
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.
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 Jorović, 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