ATP/WTA Brisbane International 1/4-1/10/2009
 

Brisbane, Australia
January 4-10, 2009
International
Prize Money: $220,000
Draw: 32M/32Q/16D
Surface: Hardcourt/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Stephen Ayles

Official Web Site:
www.brisbaneinternational.com.au

Ana Ivanovic SRB
Victoria Azarenka BLR
Marion Bartoli FRA
Daniela Hantuchova SVK
Li Na CHN
Amelie Mauresmo FRA
Sybille Bammer AUT
Kaia Kanepi EST
Maria Kirilenko RUS
Francesca Schiavone ITA
Ai Sugiyama JPN
Alisa Kleybanova RUS
Alona Bondarenko UKR
Peng Shuai CHN
Sara Errani ITA
Iveta Benesova CZE
Petra Kvitova CZE
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Monica Niculescu ROU
Olga Govortsova BLR
Samantha Stosur AUS
Tathiana Garbin ITA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS
Jelena Dokic AUS
Monika Wejnert AUS
Isabella Holland AUS

WTA Qualifying
Women’s Qualifying Friday 2 January 2009
Matches start at 10:00 am.

SHOW COURT 1 start 10:00 am
K Sprem (CRO) vs G Voskoboeva (KAZ)
J Goerges (GER) vs [WC] E Starr (AUS)
Z Yan (CHN) vs [WC] M Adamczak (AUS)
[WC] S Ferguson (AUS) vs A Rodionova (AUS)

SHOW COURT 2 start 10:00 am
K Knapp (ITA) vs E Rodina (RUS)
A Groenefeld (GER) vs V Kutuzova (UKR)
[WC] M Mirkovic (AUS) vs R de Los Rios (PAR)
R Vinci (ITA) vs J Moore (AUS)

COURT 14 start 10:00 am
S Bremond (FRA) vs C Castano (COL)
J Schruff (GER) vs S Karatantcheva (BUL)
M South (GBR) vs E Bychkova (RUS)
A Amanmuradova (UZB) vs M Czink (HUN)

COURT 16 start 10:00 am
M Duque Marino (COL) vs M Yuan (CHN)
V King (USA) vs C Pin (FRA)
J Coin (FRA) vs Y Shvedova (KAZ)
J Pandzic (CRO) vs Y Fedak (UKR)

Tournament Name: BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL
Location: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Dates: 4–11 JANUARY, 2009
Prize Money: US $484,750
32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING)
SITE: QUEENSLAND TENNIS CENTRE
190 KING ARTHUR TERRACE
TENNYSON, QLD, AUSTRALIA 4105
SURFACE: PLEXICUSHION
BALL: WILSON AUSTRALIAN OPEN
PRIZE MONEY: US DOLLARS—PAID BY ATP
WEB SITE: www.brisbaneinternational.com.au

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 2, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 3, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 3, 6:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20
R32: 0
Q: +12

Entry deadline: November 24, 2008
Seeding: December 29, 2008

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
2 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 6
3 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 16
4 Soderling, Robin SWE 17
5 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20
6 Fish, Mardy USA 24
7 Gasquet, Richard FRA 25
8 Stepanek, Radek CZE 27
9 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 31
10 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 34
11 Ancic, Mario CRO 36
12 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 37
13 Querrey, Sam USA 39
14 Llodra, Michael FRA 40
15 Benneteau, Julien FRA 43
16 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 47
17 Ginepri, Robby USA 51
18 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 53
19 Gicquel, Marc FRA 54
20 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 55
21 Dent, Taylor USA @56
22 Serra, Florent FRA 59
23 Calleri, Agustin ARG 60
24 Darcis, Steve BEL 61
25 Nishikori, Kei JPN 63
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (Q)
30 (WC) Baghdatis, Marcos CYP
31 (WC) Tomic, Bernard AUS
32 (WC) TBA (wild card play-off champion)

Li Na is reported to have withdrawn.
Klein is rumored to be getting the third ATP WC.

Wow. I can't believe how much I missed seeing an OOP. Hello new tennis season!

http://www.talkabouttennis.com/forum...milies/yes.gif

The new season is under way with three qualifying matches. Get used to follow numbers again, folks! http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/smile.png

Winners in 2009 via qualies:

Rodina, Castano, Yuan, and Sprem

Leave it to the WTA to release the qualifying order of play before the draw.

[1] Groenefeld vs. Kutuzova
Goerges vs. [WC] Starr
South vs. Bychkova
Coin vs. [6] Shvedova

[2] Knapp vs. Rodina
Bremond vs. Castano
Schruff vs. Karatantcheva
King vs. [5] Pin

[3] Amanmuradova vs. Czink
[WC] Ferguson vs. Rodionova
Yan vs. [WC] Adamczak
[WC] Mirkovic vs. [8] De Los Rios

[4] Vinci vs. Moore
Pandzic vs. Fedak
Duque Marino vs. Yuan
Sprem vs. [7] Voskoboeva

Qualifying Draw - ATP

(1)GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS vs BOZOLJAC, Ilia SRB
(WC)GROTH, Samuel AUS vs DANCEVIC, Frank CAN
KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS vs FISCHER, Martin AUT
(WC)JONES, Greg AUS vs (8)ANDERSON, Kevin RSA

(2)REYNOLDS, Bobby USA vs ELGIN, Michail RUS
GREGORC, Luka SLO vs HUTA GALUNG, Jesse NED
STADLER, Simon GER vs MALISSE, Xavier BEL
LUCZAK, Peter AUS vs (5)GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ

(3)ZVEREV, Mischa GER vs LAPENTTI, Giovanni ECU
SIRIANNI, Joseph AUS vs POLANSKY, Peter CAN
KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ vs SMEETS, Robert AUS
(WC)EBELTHITE, Colin AUS vs (6)MULLER, Gilles LUX

(4)BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA vs BALL, Carsten AUS
ISNER, John USA vs STOPPINI, Andrea ITA
CRUGNOLA, Marco ITA vs (WC)VERRYTH, Mark AUS
DELIC, Amer USA vs (7)GUCCIONE, Chris AUS

Television Schedule - US Only

Tennis Channel
http://www.thetennischannel.com/schedule/index.aspx

Sunday, January 11
8:00-10:00 a.m. ET ATP final

They will not show the women's final.

A Live Stream is being given but I'm not sure it works in the States. I'll post it in the Livestream tread as well.

http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?...cipline=tennis

Saturday Order of Play.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/339/op.pdf

I'm not up to tackling a PDF just yet. Sorry.http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/frown.png

WTA Main draw:

(1)Ana Ivanovic v Petra Kvitova
Q v Ai Sugiyama
Q v Yanina Wickmayer
(wc)Jelena Dokic v (5)Amelie Mauresmo

(3)Marion Bartoli v (wc)Monika Wejnert
Q v Alona Bondarenko
Tathiana Garbin v Sofia Arvidsson
Alisa Kleybanova v (6)Kaia Kanepi

(8)Francesca Schiavone v Olga Govortsova
Iveta Benesova v Q
Tsvetana Pironkova v Monica Niculescu
Sara Errani v (4)Daniela Hantuchova

(7)Maria Kirilenko v Samantha Stosur
(wc)Isabella Holland v Lucie Safarova
Shuai Peng v Jarmila Gajdosova
Kateryna Bondarenko v (2)Victoria Azarenka


Bad draw for Ana... http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/frown.png

oh YUCK! Dokic has Momo in the first round? Argh! Still, if she can pull off a win here!

Really? I think bottom half have potentially more dangerous players..




btw, any word on men's draw?

Very dangerous 1st round for Ana. Petra is much better than her current ranking indicates...

Haven't seen mens draw yet...

You think so Suliso? If I'm a top player tiering down for an event, this is the way I would hope a draw would play out.

There is article about the draws

http://www.brisbaneinternational.com...draw-announced


Ernests playing Novak in first round.. http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/images/smilies/mad.png

Ernests has no luck whatsoever with draws... http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/frown.pnghttp://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/frown.pnghttp://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/frown.png