2015 Australian Open
Date	January 19 – February 1
Edition	103rd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	A$36,300,000
Surface	Hard (Plexicushion)
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
2014 Champions
Men's singles
Stan Wawrinka
Women's singles
Li Na
Men's doubles
Łukasz Kubot / Robert Lindstedt
Women's doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
Mixed doubles
Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Sabine Ellerbrock
Wheelchair quad singles
David Wagner
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair quad doubles
Andrew Lapthorne / David Wagner
Boys' singles
Alexander Zverev
Girls' singles
Elizaveta Kulichkova
Boys' doubles
Lucas Miedler / Bradley Mousley
Girls' doubles
Anhelina Kalinina / Elizaveta Kulichkova
Men's legends doubles
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Women's legends doubles
Nicole Bradtke / Rennae Stubbs
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The 2015 Australian Open is a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. It will be played from January 19 to February 1, and will feature men's and women's events in singles and doubles, as well as mixed doubles. The tournament will also feature junior, senior, and wheelchair events.

Stan Wawrinka is the defending champion in men's singles, while Li Na was the defending champion in the women's tournament, but announced her retirement on September 19, 2014.^[1]

Tournament

The 2015 Australian Open will be the 103rd edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The tournament will be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and will be part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There will be singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

The tournament will be played on hard courts and will take place over a series of 16 courts with Plexicushion surface, including the three main showcourts – Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.^[2] The latter will be unveiled as the third Melbourne Park venue with fully operational retrectable roof to make the Australian Open the first Grand Slam tournament with three such tennis stadiums.^[3]

Broadcast

The tournament is scheduled to be broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In Australia, all matches will be broadcast live by the Seven Network on the network's primary channel Seven Sport, in Asia/Pacific zone tournament will be covered by CCTV, iQiyi, SMG (China), Fiji One (Fiji), Sony SIX (India), WOWOW, NHK (Japan), Sky TV (New Zealand) and Fox Sports Asia, in Europe – by Eurosport, NOS (Netherlands), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and BBC (United Kingdom), in Middle East – by beIN Sports, in Africa – by SuperSport, while in Americas – by ESPN.^[4]

In 2015, live coverage will emanate from seven courts, including Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena, Margaret Court Arena, as well as Show Court 2 and Show Court 3, plus Court 6 and Court 8. Qualifying tournaments, draw ceremony and Kids' Day will be shown on official tournament website, AusOpen.com.^[5]

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior points

Prize money

The Australian Open total prize money for 2015 was increased by 10 percent to A$36,300,000, with men's and women's singles champions to receive a tournament-record three million australian dollars reward.^[6]

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team}

Singles players

2015 Australian Open – Men's Singles

2015 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Day 1 (January 19)

• Day 1 attendance:
• Seeds out:
  • Men's Singles:
  • Women's Singles:
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Main Courts
Matches on Rod Laver Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's & Women's Singles 1st Round	vs
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Men's & Women's Singles 1st Round	vs
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Matches on Hisense Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's & Women's Singles 1st Round	vs
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Matches on Margaret Court Arena
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Men's & Women's Singles 1st Round	vs
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Men's & Women's Singles 1st Round	vs
Colored background indicates a night match
Matches start at 11:00 am, Night matches do not start before 7:00 pm

Events

Seniors

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Girls' Singles

Boys' Doubles

Girls' Doubles

Wheelchair

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Wheelchair Quad Singles

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Singles seeds

Seedings are based on rankings as of January 12, 2015. Rankings and points before are as of January 19, 2015.

Men's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points After	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic		360	10		First Round vs
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Withdrawn players

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (December 2014)

Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points After	Withdrawal reason
31	Lukáš Rosol	1,210	10	0	1,200	Personal reasons[7]

Women's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points After	Status
1	1	Serena Williams		240	10		First Round vs
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Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points After	Withdrawal reason

Doubles seeds

Men's Doubles Team Rank1 Seed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.

Women's Doubles Team Rank1 Seed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.

Mixed Doubles

Team		Rank1	Seed
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• ¹ Rankings are as of 12 January 2015.

Main draw wildcard entries

As part of an agreement between Tennis Australia, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the French Tennis Federation (FFT), one male and one female player from the United States and France received a wild card into the Australian Open singles event. USTA gave it to Denis Kudla and Irina Falconi, thanks to their positions in 2014 USTA Pro Circuit's Australian Open Wild Card Challenge standing,^[8] while Lucas Pouille and Océane Dodin were chosen by internal FFT selection.^[9]

Further four wild cards were awarded at Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Playoff into the men's and women's singles and doubles main draw events,^[10] while Tennis Australia organized its own playoff competitions, where Jordan Thompson, Daria Gavrilova and Samuel Thompson & Masa Jovanovic mixed doubles team received entries to Australian Open.^[11]

Remaining wildcard places will be filled by internal Australian selection.

Main draw qualifier entries

The qualifying competition will take place in Melbourne Park on 14 – 17 January 2015.^[12]