2017 Brisbane International

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Coordinates: 27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre)

2017 Brisbane International
Date1–8 January 2017
Edition9th
Prize money$461,330 (men)
$1,000,000 (women)
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationTennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
VenueQueensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Women's singles
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Men's doubles
Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis / Australia Jordan Thompson
Women's doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / India Sania Mirza
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The 2017 Brisbane International was a tournament of the 2017 ATP World Tour and 2017 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 1 to 8 January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

It was announced on 24 August 2016 that 14-times Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal would play at the event for the first time.[1]

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles 250 150 90 45 20 0 12 6 0 0
Men's Doubles 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money[]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles $72,000 $37,900 $20,545 $11,705 $6,900 $4,085 $1,840 $920 N/A
Men's Doubles * $21,850 $11,500 $6,230 $3,570 $2,090 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles $191,418 $102,887 $54,793 $22,877 $12,289 $6,703 $3,494 $1,862 $1,043
Women's Doubles * $46,796 $24,950 $13,654 $6,951 $3,767 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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

ATP singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CAN Milos Raonic 3 1
  SUI Stan Wawrinka 4 2
 JPN Kei Nishikori 5 3
 AUT Dominic Thiem 8 4
 ESP Rafael Nadal 9 5
 FRA Lucas Pouille 15 6
 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 17 7
 ESP David Ferrer 21 8
  • 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Australia Alex De Minaur
  • United States Ernesto Escobedo
  • Japan Yoshihito Nishioka
  • United States Jared Donaldson

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament
  • South Africa Kevin Anderson → replaced by France Pierre-Hugues Herbert

ATP doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert  FRA Nicolas Mahut 3 1
 FIN Henri Kontinen  AUS John Peers 16 2
 RSA Raven Klaasen  USA Rajeev Ram 26 3
 CAN Daniel Nestor  FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 32 4
  • 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Australia Sam Groth / Australia Chris Guccione
  • Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis / Australia Jordan Thompson

WTA singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 GER Angelique Kerber 1 1
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 5 2
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 3
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 7 4
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 9 5
 UKR Elina Svitolina 14 6
 RUS Elena Vesnina 16 7
 ITA Roberta Vinci 18 8
  • 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

  • Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

WTA doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands  IND Sania Mirza 6 1
 RUS Ekaterina Makarova  RUS Elena Vesnina 14 2
 USA Abigail Spears  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 48 3
 SLO Andreja Klepač  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 71 4
  • 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants[]

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

Champions[]

Men's singles[]

  • Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov def. Japan Kei Nishikori, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
  • It was Grigor Dimitrov's fifth career title.

Women's singles[]

Men's doubles[]

  • Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis / Australia Jordan Thompson def. Luxembourg Gilles Müller / United States Sam Querrey, 7–6(9–7), 6–4

Women's doubles[]

  • United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / India Sania Mirza def. Russia Ekaterina Makarova / Russia Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3

Broadcast[]

Selected matches were aired in Australia on 7Two, with live coverage of both day and night sessions.

See also[]

  • 2017 Australian Open Series

References[]

  1. ^ "Rafael Nadal to play Brisbane International". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

External links[]

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