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Grand Slam tennis tournament

Key facts

Date
13–26 January 2014
Edition
102nd
Category
Grand Slam ( ITF )
Draw
128S/64D/32X
Prize money
A$ 33,000,000
Surface
Hard ( Plexicushion )
Location
Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Venue
Melbourne Park
Attendance
643,280

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Wikidata facts

Country
Australia
Location
Melbourne
Sport
tennis
Image
2014 Australian Open - Tommy Robredo 1.jpg
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start time
2014-01-13
end time
2014-01-26
Commons category
2014 Australian Open
topic's main category
Category:2014 Australian Open
edition number
102
point in time
2014-00-00
native label
2014 Australian Open
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Encyclopedic overview

The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13 and 26 January 2014. It was the 102nd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.

Li Na won the women's singles, beating Dominika Cibulková in the final. Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final to win his first grand slam title. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defended their women's doubles title with a victory over Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Łukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt took the men's doubles title with a victory over Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen. The mixed doubles were won by Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor, with Sania Mirza and Horia Tecău the runners-up.

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