Adelaide International (tennis)

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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.

Adelaide International
Tournament information
Event nameAdelaide International
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
LocationAdelaide, SA
VenueMemorial Drive Tennis Centre
SurfaceHard (Greenset)[1]
Websiteadelaideinternational.com.au
Current champions (2024)
Men's singlesCzech Republic Jiří Lehečka
Women's singlesLatvia Jeļena Ostapenko
Men's doublesUnited States Rajeev Ram
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
Women's doublesBrazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
United States Taylor Townsend
ATP Tour
CategoryATP 250
Draw28S / 16Q / 24D
Prize moneyUS$739,945 (2024)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 500
Draw30S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$922,573 (2024)

History

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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,[clarification needed] 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

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Men's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020   Andrey Rublev   Lloyd Harris 6–3, 6–0
2021 Not held
2022 (1)   Gaël Monfils   Karen Khachanov 6–4, 6–4
2022 (2)   Thanasi Kokkinakis   Arthur Rinderknech 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2023 (1)   Novak Djokovic   Sebastian Korda 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2023 (2)   Kwon Soon-woo   Roberto Bautista Agut 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
2024   Jiří Lehečka   Jack Draper 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020   Ashleigh Barty   Dayana Yastremska 6–2, 7–5
2021   Iga Świątek   Belinda Bencic 6–2, 6–2
2022 (1)   Ashleigh Barty (2)   Elena Rybakina 6–3, 6–2
2022 (2)   Madison Keys   Alison Riske 6–1, 6–2
2023 (1)   Aryna Sabalenka   Linda Nosková 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2023 (2)   Belinda Bencic   Daria Kasatkina 6–0, 6–2
2024   Jeļena Ostapenko   Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020   Máximo González
  Fabrice Martin
  Ivan Dodig
  Filip Polášek
7–6(14–12), 6–3
2021 Not held
2022 (1)   Rohan Bopanna
  Ramkumar Ramanathan
  Ivan Dodig
  Marcelo Melo
7–6(8–6), 6–1
2022 (2)   Wesley Koolhof
  Neal Skupski
  Ariel Behar
  Gonzalo Escobar
7–6(7–5), 6–4
2023 (1)   Lloyd Glasspool
  Harri Heliövaara
  Jamie Murray
  Michael Venus
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2023 (2)   Marcelo Arévalo
  Jean-Julien Rojer
  Ivan Dodig
  Austin Krajicek
Walkover
2024   Rajeev Ram
  Joe Salisbury
  Rohan Bopanna
  Matthew Ebden
7–5, 5–7, [11–9]

Women's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020   Nicole Melichar
  Xu Yifan
  Gabriela Dabrowski
  Darija Jurak
2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2021   Alexa Guarachi
  Desirae Krawczyk
  Hayley Carter
  Luisa Stefani
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]
2022 (1)   Ashleigh Barty
  Storm Sanders
  Darija Jurak Schreiber
  Andreja Klepač
6–1, 6–4
2022 (2)   Eri Hozumi
  Makoto Ninomiya
  Tereza Martincová
  Markéta Vondroušová
1–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–7]
2023 (1)   Asia Muhammad
  Taylor Townsend
  Storm Hunter
  Kateřina Siniaková
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2023 (2)   Luisa Stefani
  Taylor Townsend (2)
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  Elena Rybakina
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2024   Beatriz Haddad Maia
  Taylor Townsend (3)
  Caroline Garcia
  Kristina Mladenovic
7–5, 6–3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Greenset worldwide new official court surface supplier". tennis.com.au. 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "New Adelaide tournament set to first unveil big name". PerthNow. 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Adelaide tennis tournaments to replace Sydney International as new roof funded". ABC News. 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ "SA to serve up best in women's tennis". South Australian Tourism Commission. 2 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Adelaide International to star Wimbledon champion Simona Halep in 2020". Adelaide International. 2 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Kokkinakis completes Adelaide fairytale with hometown title". Adelaide International Tennis. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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