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2018 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

2018 Australian Open
Date 15–28 January
Edition 106th
Category Grand Slam
Draw 128S / 64D /
Prize money A$55,000,000
Surface Hard (Plexicushion)
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
2017 Champions
Men's Singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's Singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Finland Henri Kontinen / Australia John Peers
Women's Doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Mixed Doubles
United States Abigail Spears / Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Boys' Singles
Hungary Zsombor Piros
Girls' Singles
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
Boys' Doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou / China Zhao Lingxi
Girls' Doubles
Canada Bianca Andreescu / United States Carson Branstine
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Argentina Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Japan Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Belgium Joachim Gérard / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Netherlands Jiske Griffioen / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne / United States David Wagner
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The 2018 Australian Open will be a tennis tournament at Melbourne Park between 15–28 January 2018. It is the 106th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. It is the 50th edition of the tournament in the Open Era and the 200th Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era. The tournament consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players compete in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's title sponsor is Kia.

The 2018 Australian Open will the 106th 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 is part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist 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 are 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 over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.

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

The Australian Open total prize money for 2018 was increased by 10% to a tournament record A$55,000,000.


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