Australian Open Series

The Australian Open Series is a selection of tennis tournaments held annually prior to the start of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. As of 2016, there are five official Australian Open Series tournaments held across Australia in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year, as designated by Tennis Australia.^[1]

Tournaments

Hopman Cup

Perth Arena, Perth

The Hopman Cup is an international team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament held in early January (sometimes commencing in late December) each year, which plays mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis. The championship is named in honour of Australian tennis player and coach Harry Hopman.

Tournament	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Team event	2009	Slovakia	Russia	2–0
	2010	Spain	Great Britain	2–1
	2011	United States	Belgium	2–1
	2012	Czech Republic	France	2–0
	2013	Spain	Serbia	2–1
	2014	France	Poland	2–1
	2015	Poland	United States	2–1
	2016	Australia	Ukraine	2–0

Brisbane International

Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane

The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. It is held annually in January at the Queensland Tennis Centre.

Tournament	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	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	Grigor Dimitrov	7–6, 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
Women's singles	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	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

Hobart International

Domain Tennis Centre, Hobart The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and is classed as an International tournament (previously Tier IV). It is competed on outdoor hardcourts, and is held in the run-up to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open.

Tournament	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Women's singles	2009	Petra Kvitová	Iveta Benešová	7–5, 6–1
	2010	Alona Bondarenko	Shahar Pe'er	6–2, 6–4
	2011	Jarmila Groth	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6–4, 6–3
	2012	Mona Barthel	Yanina Wickmayer	6–1, 6–2
	2013	Elena Vesnina	Mona Barthel	6–3, 6–4
	2014	Garbiñe Muguruza	Klára Zakopalová	6–4, 6–0
	2015	Heather Watson	Madison Brengle	6–3, 6–4
	2016	Alizé Cornet	Eugenie Bouchard	6–1, 6–2

Sydney International

Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Sydney

The Sydney International (formerly known as the Championship of New South Wales and New South Wales Open) is a professional tennis tournament in Sydney, New South Wales. The tournament is played annually at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Homebush. It is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world, dating to 1885. The tournament is currently noted as an ATP 250 point event on the men's tour and a WTA Premier event on the women's tour

Tournament	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	2009	David Nalbandian	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
	2010	Marcos Baghdatis	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
	2011	Gilles Simon	Viktor Troicki	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
	2012	Jarkko Nieminen	Julien Benneteau	6–2, 7–5
	2013	Bernard Tomic	Kevin Anderson	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
	2014	Juan Martín del Potro	Bernard Tomic	6–3, 6–1
	2015	Viktor Troicki	Mikhail Kukushkin	6–2, 6–3
	2016	Viktor Troicki	Grigor Dimitrov	2–6, 6–1, 7-6(9–7)
Women's singles	2009	Elena Dementieva	Dinara Safina	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
	2010	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams	6–3, 6–2
	2011	Li Na	Kim Clijsters	7–6(7–3), 6–3
	2012	Victoria Azarenka	Li Na	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
	2013	Agnieszka Radwańska	Dominika Cibulková	6–0, 6–0
	2014	Tsvetana Pironkova	Angelique Kerber	6–4, 6–4
	2015	Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková	7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
	2016	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Monica Puig	6–0, 6–2

World Tennis Challenge

Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide

The World Tennis Challenge is a three night exhibition tournament held in the week before the Australian Open in Adelaide, South Australia. The tournament was created by a consortium of past players. It has four teams of two players, a 'legend' and a current player and are paired into areas e.g. Americas or represent their countries. The current players play each other in a best of 3 match with a match tiebreaker for a 3rd set. The legends play a pro set, and the doubles if needed is a normal set with no a rules before a super tie break if needed.

References

External links

• Official website