Adelaide International (tennis) explained

Adelaide International
Type:joint
Logo Size:150
Event Name:Adelaide International
Location:Adelaide, SA
Venue:Memorial Drive Tennis Centre
Surface:Hard (Greenset)[1]
Website:adelaideinternational.com.au
Completed Event:2024
Women's Singles: Jeļena Ostapenko
Women's Doubles: Beatriz Haddad Maia
Taylor Townsend
Atp Category:ATP 250
Atp Draw:28 / 16 / 24
Atp Prize Money: (2024)
Wta Tier:WTA 500
Wta Draw:30 / 24 / 16
Wta Prize Money: (2024)

The Adelaide International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, South Australia at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre. The tournament is held in January or February, and forms part of the WTA and ATP tours. The event is part of the lead-up to the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.

History

The establishment of the Brisbane International in 2009 saw the city of Adelaide miss out on continuing to host an ATP or WTA lead-up event to the Australian Open. Over the next ten years Adelaide hosted the World Tennis Challenge, an exhibition event played featuring past players. The unveiling of the multi-city ATP Cup competition, held around the same time, resulted in the abolition of the Hopman Cup and the condensing of other tournaments, thereby allowing sufficient room in the calendar for the Adelaide International.[2] In February 2019, the South Australian Government announced it would invest $10 million to construct a canopy-roof structure over the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, after securing a five-year deal with Tennis Australia to host the new event at the upgraded facility.[3] The new tournament was launched later that year, with then-world number four and two-time Grand-Slam champion Simona Halep being confirmed as the first player to play in the 2020 Adelaide International.[4] The new international tournament was a combined WTA Premier and ATP 250 event.[5]

In 2021, a WTA-only tournament was held after the Australian Open, from February 22 - 27.

In 2022, there were two back-to-back Adelaide Internationals from January 1st to January 14th. The events were combined ATP 250 and WTA 250 tournaments with Gaël Monfils and Ashleigh Barty winning the men's and women's singles in the first tournament, and Thanasi Kokkinakis and Madison Keys winning the men's and women's singles in the second tournament.[6]

Finals

Men's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
6–3, 6–0
2021 colspan="3" align="center"
2022 (1) 6–4, 6–4
2022 (2) 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2023 (1) 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2023 (2) Kwon Soon-woo Roberto Bautista Agut6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
6–2, 7–5
6–2, 6–2
2022 (1) Ashleigh Barty (2) 6–3, 6–2
2022 (2) 6–1, 6–2
2023 (1) 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2023 (2) 6–0, 6–2
6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
7–6(14–12), 6–3
2021 colspan="3" align="center"
2022 (1) 7–6(8–6), 6–1
2022 (2) 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2023 (1) 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2023 (2) Walkover
7–5, 5–7, [11–9]

Women's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]
2022 (1) 6–1, 6–4
2022 (2) 1–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–7]
2023 (1) 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2023 (2) Luisa Stefani
Taylor Townsend (2)
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Taylor Townsend (3)
7–5, 6–3

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greenset worldwide new official court surface supplier. tennis.com.au. 26 July 2019.
  2. Web site: New Adelaide tournament set to first unveil big name. PerthNow. 1 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Adelaide tennis tournaments to replace Sydney International as new roof funded. ABC News. 2 February 2019.
  4. Web site: SA to serve up best in women's tennis. South Australian Tourism Commission. 2 August 2019. 2 August 2019. 13 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190813041149/https://tourism.sa.gov.au/news-and-media/news/2019/aug/02/sa-to-serve-up-worlds-best-in-tennis. dead.
  5. Web site: Adelaide International to star Wimbledon champion Simona Halep in 2020. Adelaide International. 2 August 2019.
  6. Web site: 2022-01-15 . Kokkinakis completes Adelaide fairytale with hometown title . 2022-11-13 . Adelaide International Tennis.