Adelaide International 2024 Preview: When is it, who is playing and what is the prize money?
The Australian Open is fastly approaching, and the Adelaide International is the biggest tournament for players to get some final match practice in ahead of the first major of the year.
And we, at Tennishead, have everything you need to know ahead of the ATP and WTA tournaments:
When is the 2024 Adelaide International?
The Adelaide International consists of a WTA 500 and ATP 250 event, with both beginning on Monday 8th January, before the tournament concludes on Saturday 13th January.
Day sessions begin at 11am local time (12:30am GMT), with the night session starting at a later time of 6:30pm (10am GMT).
Qualifying for both draws will be conducted over the coming weekend (Saturday 6th January & Sunday 7th January).
TOUCHDOWN 🛬
Welcome to Adelaide, @jackdraper0 👋#AdelaideTennis pic.twitter.com/vNhxmfzFaE
— Adelaide International (@AdelaideTennis) December 31, 2023
Where is the 2024 Adelaide International held?
The Adelaide International is played on outdoor hardcourts at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, which has hosted the tournament since its inaugural edition in 2020.
There are a total of five match courts at the complex, which is headlined by a centre court that can hold upto 6,500 spectators and possesses a canopy-roof structure.
Who is playing at the 2024 Adelaide International?
The WTA 500 tournament has the stronger field, with four top 10 players in the form of Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova.
Bringing out the best 💪
We can’t wait to welcome you back, Elena 🫶#AdelaideTennis pic.twitter.com/tRBiIay2TD
— Adelaide International (@AdelaideTennis) December 21, 2023
There are no former champions in the women’s draw this year, with 2022 winner Madison Keys pulling out of the tournament due to a shoulder injury.
However, the aforementioned Rybakina is a former finalist and Daria Kasatkina was runner-up to Belinda Bencic last year.
One of the wildcards has been awarded to former Australian No.1 Ajla Tomljanovic, who is continuing her progress after spending most of 2023 on the injury sidelines.
The other three have since been offered to Paula Badosa, Karolina Pliskova and home favourite Taylah Preston.
Gracing our courts again 🙌
We're so excited to see you back, @Ajlatom 🫶#AdelaideTennis @EventsSA pic.twitter.com/Nv0wLwdDfJ
— Adelaide International (@AdelaideTennis) October 25, 2023
The ATP 250 tournament has American Tommy Paul as the top seed, as he looks to win his second career title.
Other top ranked entrants include Nicolas Jarry, Ugo Humbert, Sebastian Korda, Lorenzo Musetti and Sebastian Baez.
Korda was inches away from winning the title last year, but could not take his championship point opportunity against Novak Djokovic.
There is one former champion in the draw though, with Adelaide-born Thanasi Kokkinakis being given a wildcard to gain entry into the main draw.
WOW…. no words🏆
Love you Adelaide ❤️
A day I’ll never forget pic.twitter.com/Gor0zFElm2— Thanasi Kokkinakis (@TKokkinakis) January 15, 2022
Kokkinakis is one of three Australian men to be given singles wildcards, with Rinky Hijikata and Christopher O’Connell alongside him.
How many ranking points are on offer at the 2024 Adelaide International?
Due to the men’s and women’s tournaments being at different levels, there are varying ranking points on offer.
Here is the full breakdown:
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men’s Singles | 250 | 165 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Doubles | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | — | — | — | ||
| Women’s Singles | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Women’s Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
What is the prize money for the 2024 Adelaide International?
It is currently unknown as to what the prize money breakdown for the women’s tournament is, but the total prize pot for both the WTA singles and doubles events is $922,573.
For the men’s singles and doubles tournaments, the total prize money is $661,585 and here is a breakdown of that:
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 |
| Men’s Singles | $100,665 | $58,720 | $34,510 | $19,995 | $11,610 | $7,095 |
| Men’s Doubles | $34,600 | $18,000 | $9,500 | $5,300 | $1,900 | $1,620 |
Previous winners of the Adelaide International
The Adelaide International began four years ago, with Ash Barty and Andrey Rublev as the inaugural singles champions.
Barty went onto become the win a second singles title in 2022, as well as becoming doubles champion alongside Storm Hunter.
In both 2022 and 2023, there was an Adelaide International 1 and Adelaide International 2, meaning that there are currently two reigning champions for both the men’s and women’s events.
The Adelaide International 1 saw two very strong singles champions last year, with both Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic using their success at the tournament to go on and win the Australian Open.
Here is the full list of former champions:
| Year | WTA Singles Champion | WTA Doubles Champions | ATP Singles Champion | ATP Doubles Champions |
| 2020 | Ashleigh Barty | Nicole Melichar-Martinez & Xu Yifan | Andrey Rublev | Maximo Gonzales & Fabrice Martin |
| 2021 | Iga Swiatek | Alexa Guarachi & Desirae Krawczyk | Not held | Not held |
| 2022 (1) | Ashleigh Barty (2) | Ashleigh Barty & Storm Hunter | Gael Monfils | Rohan Bopanna & Ramkumar Ramanathan |
| 2022 (2) | Madison Keys | Eri Hozumi & Makoto Ninomiya | Thanasi Kokkinakis | Wesley Koolhof & Neal Skupski |
| 2023 (1) | Aryna Sabalenka | Asia Muhammad & Taylor Townsend | Novak Djokovic | Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliovaara |
| 2023 (2) | Belinda Bencic | Luisa Stefani & Taylor Townsend (2) | Soon-woo Kwon | Marcelo Arevalo & Jean-Julien Rojer |
How can you watch the 2024 Adelaide International?
You can watch both Adelaide International events on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland or on Tennis TV worldwide.
To find out how to watch the men’s tournament in your location, visit the ATP website here.
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