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 or February, and forms part of the WTA Tour (and formerly the ATP Tour). 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 (2020)
LocationAdelaide, SA
VenueMemorial Drive Tennis Centre
SurfaceHard (GreenSet)
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 500
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 was a combined WTA Premier and ATP 250 event.[4]

In 2021, a WTA-only tournament will be held after the Australian Open, from February 2227.

Finals

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]

See also

References

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