The 2018 Brisbane International was a tournament on the 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor

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, Australia. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in

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. It was held from 31 December 2017 to 7 January 2018 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

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and

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...

were about to start their 2018 seasons at the tournament, but both withdrew due to continuous injuries. On 5 October 2017, defending champions

Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov Dimitrov (, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, making him the highest-ranked Bulgari ...

and

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...

announced they would also compete.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}
_{*per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Alex de Minaur Alex de Minaur Román (born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 6 on 15 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October ...

* John Millman * Jordan Thompson The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ernesto Escobedo * Michael Mmoh *

Peter Polansky Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP rankings. He was also ...

John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Tracey "JP" Smith (born 24 January 1989) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 108 on 28 September 2015, and his highest doubles ranking of N ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Yannick Hanfmann

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

→ replaced by Yannick Hanfmann *

→ replaced by

Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ch ...

Kei Nishikori is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only Japanese man in the Open Era to have been ranked in the top five in singles, reaching his career-high ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015, and the second man in history to do so after ...

→ replaced by Frances Tiafoe

Retirements

* Denis Istomin

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: *

Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) fo ...

/ Jordan Thompson

Withdrawals

;During the tournament * Ryan Harrison

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Destanee Aiava * Ajla Tomljanović The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Kateryna Bondarenko * Jennifer Brady *

Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian inactive professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...

* Aliaksandra Sasnovich The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Heather Watson

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová (; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles ...

→ replaced by Heather Watson *

Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Champion ...

→ replaced by Catherine Bellis *

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(knee injury) → replaced by Ana Konjuh * Elena Vesnina → replaced by Tatjana Maria

Retirements

* Caroline Garcia * Johanna Konta *

Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Asso ...

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 25 December 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: *

Priscilla Hon Priscilla Hon (Chinese: 韓天遇; born 10 May 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings in singles of No. 118 in October 2019, and No. 91 in doubles in April 2018. Personal life Hon was born in Brisbane in 19 ...

/ Ajla Tomljanović *

Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...

/ Heather Watson The following pair received entry as an alternate: *

Sorana Cîrstea Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...

/ Anastasija Sevastova

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Carla Suárez Navarro Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, o ...

Champions

Men's singles

Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Kyrgios has been ranked as high as world No. 13 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won se ...

def. Ryan Harrison, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

Elina Svitolina Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour single ...

def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles

Henri Kontinen Henri Kontinen (; born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish former professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. After being forced to end his singles career at a young age due to injuries, having reached a career-high ranking of No ...

John Peers John William Peers (born 25 July 1988) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 3 April 2017, and a singles ranking of No. 456 in June 2012. He has ...

def. Leonardo Mayer /

Horacio Zeballos Horacio Zeballos Jr. (, ; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the first Argentinian man to achieve the feat. He is a Grand Slam champion ...

, 3–6, 6–3, 0–2

Women's doubles

* Kiki Bertens / Demi Schuurs def. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez, 7–5, 6–2

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brisbane International

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