2017 Brisbane International

2017 Brisbane International
Date	1–8 January 2017
Edition	9th
Prize money	$461,330 (men) $1,000,000 (women)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Queensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's Singles
Grigor Dimitrov
Women's Singles
Karolína Plíšková
Men's Doubles
Thanasi Kokkinakis / Jordan Thompson
Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza

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.

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:

• Sam Groth
• Jordan Thompson
• Elias Ymer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alex de Minaur
• Ernesto Escobedo
• Yoshihito Nishioka
• Jared Donaldson

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kevin Anderson → replaced by 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:

• Sam Groth / Chris Guccione
• Thanasi Kokkinakis / 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:

• Ashleigh Barty
• Donna Vekić

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Destanee Aiava
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Asia Muhammad

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Kateryna Bondarenko

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Carla Suárez Navarro (Shoulder injury) → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko

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:

• Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2017 Brisbane International – Men's singles

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

Women's singles

Main article: 2017 Brisbane International – Women's singles

• Karolína Plíšková def. Alizé Cornet, 6–0, 6–3
• It was Karolína Plíšková's seventh career title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2017 Brisbane International – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Main article: 2017 Brisbane International – Women's doubles

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sania Mirza def. Ekaterina Makarova / 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

External links

• Official website