Murray Joins Kyrgios And 19 Of Top 30 Women At Sydney Tennis Classic

Andy Murray (photo: ATP Tour)

Tennis Australia Press Release, January 7, 2022

Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray will play the Sydney Tennis Classic at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre from 10 to 15 January after being awarded a singles wildcard.

It will be the first time the former world No.1 has competed in the Harbour City.

“I’m looking forward to playing in Sydney for the first time and continuing my preparation for the Australian Open,” Murray said.

“I’ve heard great things about Sydney, it’s a pretty cool city.”

Murray will join the likes of Aslan Karatsev, fellow Brit Daniel EvansDavid Goffin and Australians Alexei Popyrin and wildcard recipients Jordan Thompson and Nick Kyrgios in the men’s singles draw. 

The women’s singles draw will feature 19 of the world’s top 30 including world No.1 Ash Barty, world No.3 Garbine Muguruza, world No.5 Barbora Krejcikova, former world No.1 Simona Halep, Roland Garros 2020 champion Iga Swiatek, Australian Open 2020 champion Sofia Kenin, reigning US Open women’s champion Emma Raducanu and finalist Leylah Fernandez. Australians Ajla Tomljanovic and Astra Sharma have been awarded singles wildcards.

The Sydney Tennis Classic is a new, one-off WTA 500 and ATP 250 tournament that will immediately follow the ATP Cup.

The draw will be conducted on Saturday 8 January at 4.30pm.

Qualifying begins on Sunday 9 January before the main draw on Monday 10 January.

Tickets to the Sydney Tennis Classic are on sale here.

Tickets start at $39 for adults, $29 for concessions and children 14 years of age and under are free.

Fans can sit in the shade at Ken Rosewall Arena after its new canopy roof was introduced in late 2019.

Sydney Tennis Classic – as of 7 January

WTA 500

Q: 9 Jan, MD: 10-15 Jan

Rank

Player

Country

1

Ashleigh Barty

AUS

3

Garbine Muguruza

ESP

5

Barbora Krejcikova

CZE

7

Anett Kontaveit

EST

8

Paula Badosa

ESP

9

Iga Swiatek

POL

10

Ons Jabeur

TUN

11

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

RUS

12

Sofia Kenin

USA

14

Elena Rybakina 

KAZ

17

Petra Kvitova

CZE

18

Jessica Pegula

USA

19

Emma Raducanu

GBR

20

Simona Halep

ROU

21

Elise Mertens

BEL

23

Belinda Bencic

SUI

24

Leylah Fernandez

CAN

26

Daria Kasatkina

RUS

28

Jelena Ostapenko

LAT

WC 45

Ajla Tomljanovic

AUS

WC 98

Astra Sharma

AUS

ATP 250 – Singles

Q: 9 Jan, MD: 10-15 Jan 

Rank

Player

Country

18

Aslan Karatsev

RUS

22

Nikoloz Basilashvili

GEO

25

Daniel Evans

GBR

26

Reilly Opelka

USA

27

Lorenzo Sonego

ITA

33

Dusan Lajovic

SRB

37

Fabio Fognini

ITA

39

David Goffin

BEL

42

Filip Krajinovic

SRB

44

Federico Delbonis

ARG

45

Albert Ramos-Vinolas

ESP

50

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

ESP

60

Pedro Martinez

ESP

61

Alexei Popyrin

AUS

62

Gianluca Mager

ITA

63

Federico Coria

ARG

64

Benjamin Bonzi

FRA

66

Marcos Giron

USA

67

Hugo Gaston

FRA

WC 75

Jordan Thompson

AUS

WC 93

Nick Kyrgios

AUS

WC 134

Andy Murray

GBR

WTA 500 – Doubles

Starts 10 Jan 

 

Players

1

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Ena Shibahara (JPN)

2

Samantha Stosur (AUS) / Shuai Zhang (CHN)

3

Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)

4

Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)

5

Darija Jurak Schreiber (CRO) / Andreja Klepac (SLO)

6

Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

7

Yifan Xu (CHN) / Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN)

8

Natela Dzalamidze (RUS) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

9

Anna Bondar (HUN) / Arantxa Rus (NED)

10

Vivian Heisen (GER) / Panna Udvardy (HUN)

11

Alison Bai (AUS) / Alicia Smith (AUS)

 

ATP 250 – Doubles

Starts 10 Jan 

 

Players

1

Nikola Mektic (CRO) / Mate Pavic (CRO)

2

Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL)

3

John Peers (AUS) / Filip Polasek (SVK)

4

Tim Puetz (GER) / Michael Venus (NZL)

5

Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA)

6

Kevin Krawietz (GER) / Andreas Mies (GER)

7

Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

8

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Franko Skugor (CRO)

9

Matwe Middelkoop (NED) / Philipp Oswald (AUT)

10

Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

11

Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN)

12

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) / Matt Reid (AUS)

13

Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Pedro Martinez (ESP)

14

Denys Molchanov (UKR) / Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)

15

Nathaniel Lammons (USA) / Jackson Withrow (USA)

16

Facundo Bagnis (ARG) / Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)

17

Jiri Vesely (CZE) / Szymon Walkow (POL)

18

Hunter Reese (USA) / Sem Verbeek (NED)

19

Alexander Erler (AUT) / Lucas Miedler (AUT)

20

Jamie Cerretani (USA) / Fernando Romboli (BRA)