2022 Australian Open
| 2022 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17–30 January 2022 |
| Edition | 110th Open Era (54th) |
| Category | Grand Slam |
| Draw | 128S / 64D |
| Prize money | A$75,000,000[1] |
| Surface | Hard (GreenSet) |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park |
| 2021 Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Elise Mertens /  Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Champions | |
| Women's singles | |
 Ashleigh Barty | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Nick Kyrgios / Thanasi Kokkinakis | |
| Mixed doubles | |
 Kristina Mladenovic /  Ivan Dodig | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
 Shingo Kunieda | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
 Diede de Groot | |
| Wheelchair quad singles | |
| Sam Schröder | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
 Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
| Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot | |
| Wheelchair quad doubles | |
Andy Lapthorne /  David Wagner | |
| Boys' singles | |
| Bruno Kuzuhara | |
| Girls' singles | |
| Petra Marčinko | |
| Boys' doubles | |
Bruno Kuzuhara /  Coleman Wong | |
| Girls' doubles | |
Clervie Ngounoue /  Diana Shnaider | |
The 2022 Australian Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament that is taking place at Melbourne Park, from 17 to 30 January 2022.[2] It is the 110th edition of the Australian Open, the 54th in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. The tournament consists of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players will compete in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor is Kia. Despite its name, the 2022 edition is not an Open championship but is restricted to people who are permitted to participate by the Immigration Minister Alex Hawke. In sports termnology, [[1]] refers to a sporting event or game tournament that is open to contestants regardless of their professional or amateur status, age, ability, gender, sex, or other categorization. That was not the case in 2022.
Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka were the 2021 champions in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, respectively. Djokovic was unable to participate in the tournament after his visa was cancelled by Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke on the merits of Djokovic being a "high profile unvaccinated individual" whose presence in Melbourne "may foster anti-vaccination sentiment".[3] Osaka lost in the third round to Amanda Anisimova.
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The 2022 Australian Open is the 110th edition of the tournament, held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2022 ATP Tour and the 2022 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 the mixed doubles events. There are singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are part of the Grade A category of tournaments. The junior competitions will be returned after a year of absence.[4] There are 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 is played on hard courts and will take place across a series of 25 courts, including the four main show courts of Rod Laver Arena, John Cain Arena, Margaret Court Arena and 1573 Arena. It is also the debut of Kia Arena, which now makes five main tennis arenas.
Singles players
Events
Men's singles
Women's singles
- Ashleigh Barty def. Danielle Collins, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Men's doubles
- Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios def. Matthew Ebden / Max Purcell, 7–5, 6–4
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
- Kristina Mladenovic / Ivan Dodig def. Jaimee Fourlis / Jason Kubler, 6–3, 6–4
Wheelchair men's singles
- Shingo Kunieda def. Alfie Hewett, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Wheelchair women's singles
- Diede de Groot def. Aniek van Koot, 6–1, 6–1
Wheelchair quad singles
- Sam Schröder def. Dylan Alcott, 7–5, 6–0
Wheelchair men's doubles
- Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def.
Gustavo Fernández / Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Wheelchair women's doubles
- Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Yui Kamiji / Lucy Shuker, 7–5, 3–6, [10–2]
Wheelchair quad doubles
- Andy Lapthorne / David Wagner def. Sam Schröder / Niels Vink, 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Boys' singles
- Bruno Kuzuhara def.
Jakub Menšík, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Girls' singles
- Petra Marčinko def. Sofia Costoulas, 7–5, 6–1
Boys' doubles
- Bruno Kuzuhara / Coleman Wong def. Alex Michelsen /
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Girls' doubles
- Clervie Ngounoue / Diana Shnaider def.
Kayla Cross / Victoria Mboko, 6–4, 6–3
Point distribution and prize money
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points offered for each event.
Senior points
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's Singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's Doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
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Junior points
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Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2022 increased by 4.9% to a tournament record A$75,000,000.[5]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 1281 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | A$2,875,000 | A$1,575,000 | A$895,000 | A$538,500 | A$328,000 | A$221,000 | A$154,000 | A$103,000 | A$53,500 | A$35,500 | A$25,250 |
| Doubles * | A$675,000 | A$360,000 | A$205,000 | A$113,000 | A$65,250 | A$45,100 | A$30,050 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed Doubles * | A$190,000 | A$100,000 | A$50,000 | A$24,000 | A$12,000 | A$6,250 | — | — | — | — | — |
COVID-19 vaccination, visa controversies and other controversies
On 4 January 2022, defending champion Novak Djokovic announced that he could compete in the Australian Open after he had been granted medical exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination by Tennis Australia and the health department of the state of Victoria, after a blind review of his application.[6][7] However, the Australian Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews, stated that regardless of Tennis Australia and Victoria's decision, Australia's border requirements would be still enforced by the federal government, namely that unvaccinated individuals entering Australia "must provide acceptable proof that they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons".[6]
On 5 January, Djokovic was detained by the Australian Border Force upon arriving in Australia and being determined to not meet the entry requirements for unvaccinated travellers.[8] His lawyers requested an injunction against deportation in order to appeal the visa refusal; this allowed Djokovic to remain confined in a detention hotel pending the outcome of the appeal.[9][10] On 10 January, the Federal Circuit and Family Court ruled against the government on procedural grounds, ordered his release from detention and directed the federal government to pay his legal expenses.[11] The reason for the ruling was that when Djokovic was in immigration holding before his visa was cancelled, Australian officials reneged on an agreement to give Djokovic sufficient time to contact his lawyers and tennis authorities before his official interview; this led the Australian government to concede they treated Djokovic unreasonably.[12]
Twenty-five other players and staff had applied for a medical exemption and a handful of applications had been granted. Among those, two people with the same type of visa and exemption as Djokovic had reportedly been allowed into the country.[13] Player Renata Voráčová was one of those granted an exemption and allowed into the country. She had participated in a warm-up tournament but was subsequently detained in the same hotel as Djokovic and deported on 8 January 2022.[14] Filip Serdarusic, a tennis coach with the same exemption, was also allowed entry but left the country voluntarily.[15][16]
Public opinion in Australia of an unvaccinated athlete being permitted entry while many Australians remain stranded overseas due to the pandemic,[17] in order to participate in an event that spectators cannot attend unless fully vaccinated, has been overwhelmingly negative.[18][19] A notable poll published by The Sun Herald and Sunday Age newspapers on Sunday showed 71% of respondents did not want Djokovic to be allowed to stay.[20]
On 14 January 2022, Alex Hawke, the Australian Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, exercised his ministerial powers under the Migration Act 1958 to cancel Djokovic's visa, citing "health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so".[21] An application for review of the decision was made in the Federal Court, but was dismissed on 16 January, ruling out Djokovic's participation in the 2022 Australian Open.[22][23] Djokovic said he was "extremely disappointed" with the decision but accepted the ruling, and flew out of Australia that night.[24][25] Salvatore Caruso, ranked 150 in the world, took his place in the draw as the "lucky loser".[26]
During the 2022 Australian Open, 'Where is Peng Shuai?' t-shirts were banned from the venues.[27] The ban was reversed following an outcry. [28]
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