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 and ATP tours. The event is part of the lead-up to the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.
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| Event name | Adelaide International | ||||||||
| Founded | 2020 | ||||||||
| Location | Adelaide, SA | ||||||||
| Venue | Memorial Drive Tennis Centre | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard (Greenset)[1] | ||||||||
| Website | adelaideinternational.com.au | ||||||||
| Current champions (2023) | |||||||||
| Men's singles |  Kwon Soon-woo | ||||||||
| Women's singles | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belinda Bencic | ||||||||
| Men's doubles |  Marcelo Arévalo Jean-Julien Rojer | ||||||||
| Women's doubles |  Luisa Stefani Taylor Townsend | ||||||||
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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
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 2020 |  Andrey Rublev |  Lloyd Harris | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2021 | Not held | ||
| 2022 (1) |  Gaël Monfils | Karen Khachanov | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2022 (2) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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) |
Women's singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 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 |
Men's doubles
| 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 |
Women's doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 2020 | Nicole Melichar  Xu Yifan | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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) |
References
- "Greenset worldwide new official court surface supplier". tennis.com.au. 26 July 2019.
- "New Adelaide tournament set to first unveil big name". PerthNow. 1 August 2019.
- "Adelaide tennis tournaments to replace Sydney International as new roof funded". ABC News. 2 February 2019.
- "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.
- "Adelaide International to star Wimbledon champion Simona Halep in 2020". Adelaide International. 2 August 2019.
- "Kokkinakis completes Adelaide fairytale with hometown title". Adelaide International Tennis. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.