Adelaide International

Cressy Achieves First ATP Tour Semifinal In Melbourne

MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 7, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) After saving two match points in a tension-filled, third-set tie-break of his Melbourne Summer Set second-round win over fellow American and No. 2 seed Reilly Opelka a day earlier, Maxime Cressy probably wondered […]

A New WTA Season Begins Down Under As Australian Summer Kicks In

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, January 3, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA’s 2022 season kicked off Monday Down Under at the Adelaide International 1, a 500-series outdoor hard-court event at Memorial Drive in South Australia. The tournament, with more than $700,000 in prize […]

This Week On The ATP Tour – CW01

STARNBERG, January 3, 2022 The ATP Tour begins the season with a packed schedule in Australia to kick off 2022. The top stars will compete across three events, with the ATP Cup and two ATP 250 events in Week One.At […]

Monfils, Barty Lead Adelaide International Fields

ADELAIDE, December 10, 2021 (Press Release) The playing fields for the first Adelaide International from 2 to 9 January 2022 have been revealed. Inaugural Adelaide International champion and world No.1 Ash Barty has entered and will join nine out of the world’s top ten women in South Australia, […]

Swiatek Wraps A Very Happy Week In Adelaide

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 27, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Australian Summer Swing came to an exciting conclusion Saturday evening as Polish trailblazer Iga Swiatek won the Adelaide International in South East Australia. She earned her first WTA hardcourt title in just […]

Bencic Outlasts Gauff In Adelaide All-Court Duel

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Belinda Bencic reached her 11th career WTA final in an unconventional way, but one she will remember and learn from. On Thursday evening in South East Australia, the No. 2 seed Bencic failed […]

Teens And Swiss Misses Reach Adelaide Semis

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The semifinals of the WTA’s Adelaide International are set and there’s a distinctive theme among the final four participants: two of them are teenagers – Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek – and two […]

Fourth Time’s A Charm For Collins Against Barty

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. That’s what American Danielle Collins did against World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty at the Adelaide International on Wednesday evening. In her fourth head-to-head clash […]

The Continuing Education of Iga Swiatek

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 23, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Usually, the week after a Grand Slam is when Iga Swiatek returns home to Warsaw, Poland, to rest and recover from an intense time of competition. It’s what she did after her unlikely championship […]

Collins Sets Up Clash With Barty In Adelaide

ADELAIDE/WASHINGTON, February 22, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Adelaide International, the sixth and final WTA tournament of the Australian Swing, got under way at Memorial Drive Monday. Six of the Top 20 players in the world are in the draw, […]