Adelaide International (tennis)

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, and forms part of both the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. The event is part of the lead-up to the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.

Not to be confused with the Adelaide International (art exhibition) and Australian Hard Court Championships.

Adelaide International
Tournament information
Event nameAdelaide International
Founded2020 (2020)
LocationAdelaide, SA
VenueMemorial Drive Tennis Centre
SurfaceHard (Plexicushion)
Websiteadelaideinternational.com.au
Current champions (2020)
Men's singles Andrey Rublev
Women's singles Ashleigh Barty
Men's doubles Máximo González
Fabrice Martin
Women's doubles Nicole Melichar
Xu Yifan
ATP World Tour
Category250 series
Draw28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$610,010 (2020)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw30S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$848,000 (2020)

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The new international tournament is a combined WTA Premier and ATP 250 event.[4]

Results

Men's Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020 Andrey Rublev Lloyd Harris6–3, 6–0

Women's Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020 Ashleigh Barty Dayana Yastremska6–2, 7–5

Men's Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020 Máximo González
Fabrice Martin		 Ivan Dodig
Filip Polášek		7–6(14–12), 6–3

Women's Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020 Nicole Melichar
Xu Yifan		 Gabriela Dabrowski
Darija Jurak		2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
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See also

References
  1. "New Adelaide tournament set to first unveil big name". PerthNow. 1 August 2019.
  2. "Adelaide tennis tournaments to replace Sydney International as new roof funded". ABC News. 2 February 2019.
  3. "SA to serve up best in women's tennis". South Australian Tourism Commission. 2 August 2019.
  4. "Adelaide International to star Wimbledon champion Simona Halep in 2020". Adelaide International. 2 August 2019.
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