2014 Brisbane International

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2014 Brisbane International
Date29 December 2013 – 5 January 2014
Edition6th
LocationTennyson, Brisbane, Queensland
VenueQueensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Canada Daniel Nestor
Women's doubles
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva / Australia Anastasia Rodionova

The 2014 Brisbane International was a joint 2014 ATP World Tour and 2014 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 29 December 2013 to 5 January 2014 and was part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

In a major coup for the tournament, it was announced on 24 July 2013 that former world no. 1 and 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer had committed to the event for the first time, thus breaking from his tradition of beginning the season in the Middle East. This announcement was dubbed "the biggest announcement in the history of the Brisbane International". Defending champion Serena Williams, two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka, 2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki, former world number ones Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Janković and former ATP world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt were also big drawcards for the event.

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
Women's singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's doubles 1

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles $82,040 $43,210 $23,405 $13,335 $7,860 $4,655 $750 $360
Men's doubles * $24,920 $13,100 $7,100 $4,060 $2,380
Women's singles $196,670 $104,890 $56,298 $21,780 $11,681 $6,371 $3,327 $1,770 $1,003
Women's doubles * $44,835 $23,597 $12,979 $6,607 $3,581

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

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SUI Roger Federer 6 1
 JPN Kei Nishikori 17 2
 FRA Gilles Simon 19 3
 RSA Kevin Anderson (withdrew) 20 4
 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 23 5
 ESP Feliciano López 28 6
 RUS Dmitry Tursunov 29 7
 FRA Jérémy Chardy 34 8
  • 1 Rankings as of December 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 NED Jean-Julien Rojer  ROU Horia Tecău 38 1
 POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg  CAN Daniel Nestor 45 2
 GBR Jamie Murray  AUS John Peers 59 3
 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal  COL Robert Farah 91 4
  • 1 Rankings as of December 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Serena Williams 1 1
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 2 2
 RUS Maria Sharapova 4 3
 SRB Jelena Janković 8 4
 GER Angelique Kerber 9 5
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 10 6
 GER Sabine Lisicki 15 7
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 17 8
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 23 9
  • 1 Rankings as of December 23, 2013

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:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Květa Peschke  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 22 1
 TPE Hsieh Su-wei  SRB Jelena Janković 23 2
 AUS Ashleigh Barty  AUS Casey Dellacqua 23 3
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  USA Liezel Huber 48 4
  • 1 Rankings as of December 23, 2013

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

References

  1. ^ Roger Federer to play Brisbane International tennis tournament, The Age, 24 July 2013
  2. ^ Roger Federer to play in Queensland, The Age, 24 July 2013
  3. ^ Federer to start 2014 season in Brisbane, Eurosport, 24 July 2013
  4. ^ Serena Williams and Lleyton Hewitt confirmed to play Brisbane International, ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 2 October 2013
  5. ^ Victoria Azarenka to play Brisbane International in Australian Open build-up, ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 24 October 2013
  6. ^ "Maria Sharapova to make tennis comeback at Brisbane International". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

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