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| Tournament information | |||||||||
| Event name | Brisbane International | ||||||||
| Founded | 2009; 16 years ago (2009)[1] | ||||||||
| Location | Adelaide,SA(1880–2008) Brisbane,Queensland(2009–2020, 2024–) | ||||||||
| Venue | Queensland Tennis Centre | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard (Plexicushion) – outdoors | ||||||||
| Website | brisbaneinternational.com.au | ||||||||
| Current champions (2025) | |||||||||
| Men's singles |  Jiří Lehečka | ||||||||
| Women's singles |  Aryna Sabalenka | ||||||||
| Men's doubles |  Lloyd Glasspool Jean-Julien Rojer | ||||||||
| Women's doubles | Mirra AndreevaDiana Shnaider | ||||||||
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TheBrisbane International established in 2009 is a professionaltennis tournament played onoutdoor hardcourts inBrisbane,Queensland in Australia. It is aWTA 500 tournament and anATP 250 tournament.
The tournament is held annually in January at theQueensland Tennis Centre just before the firstGrand Slam tournament of the season, theAustralian Open (part of theAustralian Open Series). It is owned byTennis Australia.
In 1997, theCorel WTA Tour created a new event –played on outdoor hardcourts– inGold Coast, Queensland.[2] TheTier IIIGold Coast Classic was added to the three preexisting tournaments of Auckland, Sydney and Hobart, and became one of the two events held in the first week of the women's calendar, parallel to the men's Adelaide tournament. Various players, among whichAi Sugiyama,Justine Henin,Patty Schnyder orVenus Williams found success over the years at the low tier tune-up event for the Australian Open. The Gold Coast Classic became the ThalgoAustralian Women's Hardcourts in 1998, took the sponsorship ofUncle Tobys in 2003, becoming Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, and changed names again in 2006 to Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts.[2]
Meanwhile, theATP International SeriesAustralian Hard Court Championships in Adelaide, which had evolved into the AAPT Championships in 1999, Next Generation Hardcourts in 2005, and Next Generation Adelaide International in 2006 had become one of the three stops of the calendar's first week, alongside theQatar Open ofDoha, and theChennai Open in India.
As both the men's and the women's tour calendars were to undergo important changes from 2008 to 2009, with the WTA inaugurating its new roadmap ofInternational andPremier tournaments, and the ATP Tour becoming the ATP World Tour, with newMasters 1000,500 and250 events, it was decided in 2006 to merge theNext Generation Adelaide International and theMondial Australian Women's Hardcourts into a larger ATP-WTA joint tournament in Brisbane, leading, similarly to the joint Medibank International Sydney, to the Australian Open.[3] Tennis Australia chiefSteve Wood commented on the shift: "One of the reasons we are doing this is that there's a rise of more lucrative overseas tournaments in the lead-up to the Australian Open offering increasingly attractive alternatives to the top players looking to prepare for the first Grand Slam. [...] So we really wanted them to invest in having them continue to prepare here in Australia, on the road to the Australian Open."[3] The first Brisbane International took place in Brisbane's newly builtTennyson Tennis Centre – and itsPatrick Rafter-named Centre Court – in January 2009.[4][5] In time for the 2012 event the tournament was promoted to a premier event on the WTA tour.[6]
Following the 2019 edition, the tournament was no longer recognised as an ATP event, due to the creation of theATP Cup (played at the same venue). The tournament continued as WTA-sanctioned event for female tennis players.[7]
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Brisbane International did not proceed, with the WTA Premier Event moved to Adelaide for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons.
The Brisbane International returned in 2024, expanding to 48 players in WTA singles draw, 32 players in the ATP singles draw, and 24 pairs in both men's and women's doubles.[8]
In the men's singles Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov tie for the record with 2 titles each. In the women's singles,Karolína Plíšková (2017, 2019–20) owns the record for most titles with three.
| Location | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| Brisbane | 2009 |  Victoria Azarenka |  Marion Bartoli | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2010 |  Kim Clijsters | Justine Henin | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) | |
| 2011 | Petra Kvitová |  Andrea Petkovic | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| 2012 |  Kaia Kanepi |  Daniela Hantuchová | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 2013 |  Serena Williams |  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 2014 | Serena Williams (2) | Victoria Azarenka | 6–4, 7–5 | |
| 2015 | Maria Sharapova |  Ana Ivanovic | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 2016 | Victoria Azarenka (2) | Angelique Kerber | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| 2017 | Karolína Plíšková | Alizé Cornet | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| 2018 |  Elina Svitolina | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 2019 | Karolína Plíšková(2) | Lesia Tsurenko | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 | |
| 2020 | Karolína Plíšková(3) | Madison Keys | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 | |
| 2021–2023 | Not held | |||
| 2024 |  Elena Rybakina | Aryna Sabalenka | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| 2025 | Aryna Sabalenka | Polina Kudermetova | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Location | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | 2009 | Radek Štěpánek |  Fernando Verdasco | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2010 | Andy Roddick | Radek Štěpánek | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7) | |
| 2011 |  Robin Söderling | Andy Roddick | 6–3, 7–5 | |
| 2012 | Andy Murray | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| 2013 | Andy Murray(2) |  Grigor Dimitrov | 7–6(7–0), 6–4 | |
| 2014 |  Lleyton Hewitt |  Roger Federer | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| 2015 | Roger Federer |  Milos Raonic | 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–4 | |
| 2016 | Milos Raonic | Roger Federer | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 2017 | Grigor Dimitrov |  Kei Nishikori | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 | |
| 2018 | Nick Kyrgios | Ryan Harrison | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 2019 | Kei Nishikori | Daniil Medvedev | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 | |
| 2020 2023 | Not held | |||
| 2024 | Grigor Dimitrov(2) |  Holger Rune | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | |
| 2025 | Jiří Lehečka | Reilly Opelka | 4–1 ret. | |
The ATP Cup will replace the male competition at the Brisbane International. The Brisbane tournament will continue as a women's only event, while the Sydney International comes off the tennis calendar.
