Tennis
Brisbane tournament returns to ATP calendar after five years
Tournament ATP 250 Brisbane International and Brisbane, Australia, return to the ATP calendar after a five-year absence.
In the 2024 season, the Brisbane tournament will be held on hard courts at the Queensland Tennis Center in parallel with the WTA 500 tournament from 31 December to 7 January. 32 tennis players will participate in the main draw in singles and 24 tennis players in doubles. The main draw of the women’s tournament will increase from 32 tennis players to 48 tennis players, and the doubles will have 24 pairs.
The prize money for the Brisbane tournament in the 2024 season will be a record 3.1 million Australian dollars (1.87 million euros or 2 million US dollars).
The last winner of the ATP 250 tournament in Brisbane was Japan’s Kei Nishikori, the former world number four racket, who beat Daniil Medvedev in three sets in the 2019 final.
Source: Sport UA
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