2017 Australian Open Series Explained

In tennis, the 2017 Australian Open Series, (sometimes known as the 'Australian Summer of Tennis' which includes a group of hard court tournaments that starts on January 1, 2017 and concludes with the men's singles final at the Australian Open on January 29, 2017.

Tournament Schedule

Legend
Grand Slam Event
Hopman Cup
ATP World Tour 500 and WTA Premier
ATP World Tour 250 and WTA International
width=30Week width=175Date width=350Men's Events width=350Women's Events
1 January 1 – January 8 2017 Hopman Cup
2017 Champion: France (Richard Gasquet & Kristina Mladenovic)
bgcolor=#ffffff bgcolor=#d0f0c0 2017 Brisbane International
2017 Champion: Karolína Plíšková
2 January 9 – January 15 bgcolor=#d0f0c0 2017 Apia International Sydney
2017 Champion: Jo Konta
bgcolor=#ffffff 2017 Hobart International
2017 Champion: Elise Mertens
3–4 January 16 – January 29 bgcolor=#e5d1cb Melbourne
Australian Open
2017 Champion: Serena Williams

Week 1

Hopman Cup

See main article: article and 2017 Hopman Cup.

Final

France vs. United States

WTA – Brisbane International

See main article: article and 2017 Brisbane International.

Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but did not participate due to pregnancy.

Finals

Week 2

ATP – Apia International (Sydney)

See main article: article and 2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles.

Viktor Troicki was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gilles Müller.

Müller went on to win his first ATP title, defeating Daniel Evans in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.

Finals

WTA – Apia International (Sydney)

See main article: article and 2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles.

Main Draw Finals

WTA – Hobart International

See main article: article and 2017 Hobart International – Singles.

Alizé Cornet was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began due to a back injury.

Elise Mertens won her first WTA singles title, defeating Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–3, 6–1. Mertens had come through the qualifying tournament and thus became only the third qualifier to win the Hobart International, following Mona Barthel in 2012 and Garbiñe Muguruza in 2014.

Finals

Week 3-4

ATP – Australian Open (Melbourne)

Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to the 117th ranked Denis Istomin from Uzbekistan.[1]

Roger Federer won his fifth Australian Open title, and 18th Major title overall, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final in five sets. With the win, Federer became the first male player to win at least five titles at three Grand Slam tournaments (five at the Australian Open, seven at Wimbledon and five at the US Open).

This was the first Grand Slam tournament in which Andy Murray started as World No. 1 and top seed. Murray retained the top ranking despite losing to Mischa Zverev in the fourth round.

Main Draw Finals

WTA – Australian Open (Melbourne)

See main article: article and 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles.

Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Coco Vandeweghe.

Serena Williams won the title, her 7th Australian title overall and first Australian Open where she did not lose a set during the tournament. She also regained the No. 1 ranking, defeating her sister Venus Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4. This marks the first time the Williams sisters met in a Grand Slam final since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and the first time they met in the Australian Open final since 2003.[2] Serena's victory was her 23rd Grand Slam title in singles, surpassing Steffi Graf as the all-time leader in Grand Slam titles in the Open era.[3]

Main Draw Finals

Finals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Novak Djokovic says 'there was not much I could do' after shock defeat. 19 January 2017. Guardian. 19 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Australian Open: Serena Williams beats sister Venus for record 23rd slam title. 28 January 2017. Guardian. 30 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Australian Open 2017: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams to set Grand Slam record. 28 January 2017. BBC Sport. 30 January 2017.