Brisbane International

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The 2010 men's singles runner-up, Radek Štěpánek, won the first edition of the event held in Brisbane

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Victoria Azarenka won her first career title one year later in Brisbane in 2009, and would win the tournament once again in 2016

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Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt won the tournament once in (2014)

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Inside of Pat Rafter Arena during a day session

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

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Brisbane	2009	Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka	Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli	6–3, 6–1
	2010	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
	2011	Template:Flagicon Petra Kvitová	Template:Flagicon Andrea Petkovic	6–1, 6–3
	↓  Premier tournament  ↓
	2012	Template:Flagicon Kaia Kanepi	Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová	6–2, 6–1
	2013	Template:Flagicon Serena Williams	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–2, 6–1
	2014	Template:Flagicon Serena Williams (2)	Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka	6–4, 7–5
	2015	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
	2016	Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka (2)	Template:Flagicon Angelique Kerber	6–3, 6–1
	2017	Template:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková	Template:Flagicon Alizé Cornet	6–0, 6–3
	2018	Template:Flagicon Elina Svitolina	Template:Flagicon Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–2, 6–1
	2019	Template:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková (2)	Template:Flagicon Lesia Tsurenko	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
	2020	Template:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková (3)	Template:Flagicon Madison Keys	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
	2021–2023	Not held
	2024	Template:Flagicon Elena Rybakina	Template:Flagicon Aryna Sabalenka	6–0, 6–3
	2025	Template:Flagicon Aryna Sabalenka	Template:Flagicon Polina Kudermetova	4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Men's singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Brisbane	2009	Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	Template:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	2010	Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick	Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	7–6(7–2), 7–6(9–7)
	2011	Template:Flagicon Robin Söderling	Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick	6–3, 7–5
	2012	Template:Flagicon Andy Murray	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Dolgopolov	6–1, 6–3
	2013	Template:Flagicon Andy Murray (2)	Template:Flagicon Grigor Dimitrov	7–6(7–0), 6–4
	2014	Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt	Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
	2015	Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	Template:Flagicon Milos Raonic	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–4
	2016	Template:Flagicon Milos Raonic	Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	6–4, 6–4
	2017	Template:Flagicon Grigor Dimitrov	Template:Flagicon Kei Nishikori	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
	2018	Template:Flagicon Nick Kyrgios	Template:Flagicon Ryan Harrison	6–4, 6–2
	2019	Template:Flagicon Kei Nishikori	Template:Flagicon Daniil Medvedev	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
	2020 2023	Not held
	2024	Template:Flagicon Grigor Dimitrov (2)	Template:Flagicon Holger Rune	7–6(7–5), 6–4
	2025	Template:Flagicon Jiří Lehečka	Template:Flagicon Reilly Opelka	4–1 ret.

Women's doubles

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

Men's doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Brisbane	2009	Template:Flagicon Marc Gicquel Template:Flagicon Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Template:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco Template:Flagicon Mischa Zverev	6–4, 6–3
	2010	Template:Flagicon Jérémy Chardy Template:Flagicon Marc Gicquel	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
	2011	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Dlouhý Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley	Template:Flagicon Robert Lindstedt Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău	6–4, Ret.
	2012	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Melzer Template:Flagicon Philipp Petzschner	6–1, 6–2
	2013	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Melo Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo	Template:Flagicon Eric Butorac Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
	2014	Template:Flagicon Mariusz Fyrstenberg Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor (2)	Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Cabal Template:Flagicon Robert Farah	6-7(4–7), 6–4, [10–7]
	2015	Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray Template:Flagicon John Peers	Template:Flagicon Alexandr Dolgopolov Template:Flagicon Kei Nishikori	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
	2016	Template:Flagicon Henri Kontinen Template:Flagicon John Peers (2)	Template:Flagicon James Duckworth Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione	7–6(7–4), 6–1
	2017	Template:Flagicon Thanasi Kokkinakis Template:Flagicon Jordan Thompson	Template:Flagicon Gilles Müller Template:Flagicon Sam Querrey	7–6(9–7), 6–4
	2018	Template:Flagicon Henri Kontinen (2) Template:Flagicon John Peers (3)	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Mayer Template:Flagicon Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 6–3, [10–2]
	2019	Template:Flagicon Marcus Daniell Template:Flagicon Wesley Koolhof	Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram Template:Flagicon Joe Salisbury	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
	2020 2023	Not held
	2024	Template:Flagicon Lloyd Glasspool Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer	Template:Flagicon Kevin Krawietz Template:Flagicon Tim Pütz	7–6(7–3), 5–7, [12–10]
	2025	Template:Flagicon Julian Cash Template:Flagicon Lloyd Glasspool (2)	Template:Flagicon Jiří Lehečka Template:Flagicon Jakub Menšík	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–6]

See also

• Australian Hard Court Championships – men's and women's tournament in various locations (1938–2008)
• South Australian Championships – men's tournament in Adelaide (1889–1989)
• Danone Australian Hardcourt Championships – women's tournament in Brisbane (1987–1994)

External links

• Official website
• ATP Tour tournament profile
• WTA Tennis tournament profile