Andy Murray, Nick Kyrgios Join Sydney Tennis Classic Field

Buddies and sometime practice partners Andy Murray and Nick Kyrgios have joined the Sydney field.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray, Kyrgios and 19 of the world’s Top 30-ranked women will be in action at the Sydney Tennis Classic, featuring both ATP and WTA stars ahead of the Australian Open.

Former No. 1 Murray, who received a wild card, will play the Harbour City for the first time.

“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 Evans, David Goffin and Australians Alexei Popyrin and wildcard recipients Jordan Thompson and Kyrgios in the men’s singles draw. 

The Sydney Tennis Classic women’s draw features 19 of the the WTA’s Top 30, including world No. 1 Ash Barty, No. 3 Garbine Muguruza, No. 5 Barbora Krejcikova, former No. 1 Simona Halep, 2020 Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin.

The draw is set for Saturday, January 8th at 4:30 p.m. local time. Qualifying begins on January 9th before main-draw action commences on Monday, January 10th.

Tickets to the Sydney Tennis Classic are on sale via australiansummeroftennis.com/Sydney.

WTA 500 Sydney Entry List 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 WC 28 Jelena Ostapenko LAT WC 45 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS WC 98 Astra Sharma AUS  ATP 250 Sydney Entry List 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