2017 Australian Open Series

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
Week Date Men's Events Women's Events
1January 1 – January 82017 Hopman Cup
2017 Champion: France (Richard Gasquet & Kristina Mladenovic)
2017 Brisbane International
2017 Champion: Grigor Dimitrov		2017 Brisbane International
2017 Champion: Karolína Plíšková
2January 9 – January 152017 Apia International Sydney
2017 Champion: Gilles Müller		2017 Apia International Sydney
2017 Champion: Jo Konta
2017 Hobart International
2017 Champion: Elise Mertens
3–4January 16 – January 29Melbourne
Australian Open
2017 Champion: Roger Federer		Melbourne
Australian Open
2017 Champion: Serena Williams

Week 1

Hopman Cup
Main article: 2017 Hopman Cup

Final

France vs. United States


France
2		 Perth Arena, Perth
7 January 2017, 16:00
Hard (i)
United States
1
1 2 3
1
Richard Gasquet
Jack Sock		 6
3		 5
7 		78
66 		 
2
Kristina Mladenovic
Coco Vandeweghe		 4
6 		5
7 		   
3
Kristina Mladenovic / Richard Gasquet
Coco Vandeweghe / Jack Sock		 4
1		 45
30 		   
2017 Hopman Cup Champions

France
Second title

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 Milos Raonic 67 2
7 Grigor Dimitrov 79 6
7 Grigor Dimitrov 6 2 6
3 Kei Nishikori 2 6 3
3 Kei Nishikori 77 6
2 Stan Wawrinka 63 3

WTA – Brisbane International
Main article: 2017 Brisbane International

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

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
6 Elina Svitolina 2 4
3 Karolína Plíšková 6 6
3 Karolína Plíšková 6 6
Alizé Cornet 0 3
4 Garbiñe Muguruza 1r
Alizé Cornet 4

Week 2

ATP – Apia International (Sydney)
Main article: 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
Semifinals Final
          
  Daniel Evans 6 3 6
Andrey Kuznetsov 2 6 3
Daniel Evans 65 2
6 Gilles Müller 77 6
3 Viktor Troicki 3 66
6 Gilles Müller 6 78

WTA – Apia International (Sydney)
Main article: 2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles

Main Draw Finals
Semifinals Final
          
6 Johanna Konta 6 6
WC Eugenie Bouchard 2 2
6 Johanna Konta 6 6
2 Agnieszka Radwańska 4 2
Barbora Strýcová 1 2
2 Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6

WTA – Hobart International
Main article: 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
Semifinals Final
          
Q Elise Mertens 6 6  
Q Jana Fett 4 0  
Q Elise Mertens 6 6
3 Monica Niculescu 3 1
3 Monica Niculescu w/o
Lesia Tsurenko

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.

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
Mischa Zverev 1 5 2
17 Roger Federer 6 7 6
17 Roger Federer 7 6 1 4 6
4 Stan Wawrinka 5 3 6 6 3
4 Stan Wawrinka 77 6 6
12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 62 4 3
17 Roger Federer (details) 6 3 6 3 6
9 Rafael Nadal 4 6 1 6 3
9 Rafael Nadal 6 79 6
3 Milos Raonic 4 67 4
9 Rafael Nadal 6 5 77 64 6
15 Grigor Dimitrov 3 7 65 77 4
11 David Goffin 3 2 4
15 Grigor Dimitrov 6 6 6

WTA – Australian Open (Melbourne)
Main article: 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]

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
Coco Vandeweghe 6 6
7 Garbiñe Muguruza 4 0
Coco Vandeweghe 77 2 3
13 Venus Williams 63 6 6
13 Venus Williams 6 77
24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4 63
13 Venus Williams 4 4
2 Serena Williams 6 6
5 Karolína Plíšková 4 6 4
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 6 3 6
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2 1
2 Serena Williams 6 6
9 Johanna Konta 2 3
2 Serena Williams 6 6

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