Medibank International Sydney Tennis - Australian Open Series

Facts

EVENT NAME: Medibank International Sydney
VENUE: Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre
SEATING CAPACITY: Ken Rosewall Arena (centre court) – 10,000
EVENT STATUS: ATP World Tour 250 Event and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Premier Event
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Craig Watson
COURT SURFACE: Plexicushion
TOURNAMENT BALL: Wilson

DATES:
10-16 January 2010

TICKETING INFORMATION:

Online – www.ticketek.com.au/medibankinternational
Phone – 1300 888 104
In Person – visit any Ticketek agency or purchase tickets the box office during the event

DRAW SIZE:

Women      30S            16D              48Q
Men            28S           16D              32Q

PRIZE MONEY:
Total: AUD$1,158, 510 / USD$1,089,000 (rate: 94c) 
Women: AUD$638, 298 / USD$600,000
Men: AUD$520, 212 / USD$489,000

2009 FINALS:
Women’s Singles: Elena Dementieva (RUS) d Dinara Safina (RUS)
Men’s Singles: David Nalbandian (ARG) d Jarko Nieminen (FIN)
Women’s Doubles: S.Hsieh (TPE)/Shuai Peng (CHN) d Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Men’s Doubles: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) d Daniel Nestor (CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

2008 FINALS:
Women’s Singles: [1] Justine Henin (BEL) d [2] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 4-6 6-2 6-4
Women’s Doubles: Z.Yan (CHN)/J. Zheng (CHN) d T. Perebiynis (UKR)/T. Poutchek (BLR) 6-4 7-6(5)
Men’s Singles: Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d Chris Guccione (AUS) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)
Men’s Doubles: Richard Gasquet (FRA)/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d [1]Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) 4-6 6-4 11-9