Brisbane International

The Brisbane International established in 2009 is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia. It is a WTA 500 tournament and an ATP 250 tournament.

The tournament is held annually in January at the Queensland Tennis Centre just before the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open (part of the Australian Open Series). It is owned by Tennis Australia.

History

In 1997, the Corel WTA Tour created a new event –played on outdoor hardcourts– in Gold Coast, Queensland. The Tier III Gold 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 which Ai Sugiyama, Justine Henin, Patty Schnyder or Venus Williams found success over the years at the low tier tune-up event for the Australian Open. The Gold Coast Classic became the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts in 1998, took the sponsorship of Uncle Tobys in 2003, becoming Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, and changed names again in 2006 to Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts.

Meanwhile, the ATP International Series Australian 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 the Qatar Open of Doha, and the Chennai 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 of International and Premier tournaments, and the ATP Tour becoming the ATP World Tour, with new Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, it was decided in 2006 to merge the Next Generation Adelaide International and the Mondial 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. Tennis Australia chief Steve 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." The first Brisbane International took place in Brisbane's newly built Tennyson Tennis Centre – and its Patrick Rafter-named Centre Court – in January 2009. In time for the 2012 event the tournament was promoted to a premier event on the WTA tour.

Following the 2019 edition, the tournament was no longer recognised as an ATP event, due to the creation of the ATP Cup (played at the same venue). The tournament continued as WTA-sanctioned event for female tennis players.

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.

Past finals 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.

Women's singles LocationYearChampionRunner-upScoreBrisbane 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 20212023 Not held 2024 Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka 6–0, 6–3 2025 Aryna Sabalenka Polina Kudermetova 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 2026 Aryna Sabalenka (2) Marta Kostyuk 6–4, 6–3

Men's singles LocationYearChampionRunner-upScoreBrisbane 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 20202023 Not held 2024 Grigor Dimitrov (2) Holger Rune 7–6(7–5), 6–4 2025 Jiří Lehečka Reilly Opelka 4–1 ret. 2026 Daniil Medvedev Brandon Nakashima 6–2, 7–6(7–1)

Women's doubles LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScoreBrisbane 2009 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 3–6, 7–5, [10–5] 2010 Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká Melinda Czink Arantxa Parra Santonja 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4] 2011 Alisa Kleybanova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 7–5 2012 Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2) 2013 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] 2014 Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva 6–3, 6–1 2015 Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik 6–2, 7–5 2016 Martina Hingis (2) Sania Mirza (2) Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 6–1 2017 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2) Sania Mirza (3) Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–3 2018 Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs Andreja Klepač 7–5, 6–2 2019 Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke Chan Hao-Ching Latisha Chan 6–1, 6–1 2020 Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová Ashleigh Barty Kiki Bertens 3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8] 2021 2023 Not held 2024 Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko Greet Minnen Heather Watson 7–5, 6–2 2025 Mirra Andreeva Diana Shnaider Priscilla Hon Anna Kalinskaya 7–6(8–6), 7–5 2026 Hsieh Su-wei (2) Jeļena Ostapenko (2) Cristina Bucșa Ellen Perez 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScoreBrisbane 2009 Marc Gicquel Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Fernando Verdasco Mischa Zverev 6–4, 6–3 2010 Jérémy Chardy Marc Gicquel Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 2011 Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău 6–4, Ret. 2012 Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner 6–1, 6–2 2013 Marcelo Melo Tommy Robredo Eric Butorac Paul Hanley 4–6, 6–1, [10–5] 2014 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor (2) Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 6-7(4–7), 6–4, [10–7] 2015 Jamie Murray John Peers Alexandr Dolgopolov Kei Nishikori 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 2016 Henri Kontinen John Peers (2) James Duckworth Chris Guccione 7–6(7–4), 6–1 2017 Thanasi Kokkinakis Jordan Thompson Gilles Müller Sam Querrey 7–6(9–7), 6–4 2018 Henri Kontinen (2) John Peers (3) Leonardo Mayer Horacio Zeballos 3–6, 6–3, [10–2]2019 Marcus Daniell Wesley Koolhof Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury 6–4, 7–6(8–6) 2020 2023 Not held2024 Lloyd Glasspool Jean-Julien Rojer Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz 7–6(7–3), 5–7, [12–10] 2025 Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool (2) Jiří Lehečka Jakub Menšík 6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–6] 2026 Francisco Cabral Lucas Miedler Julian Cash Lloyd Glasspool 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]

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