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The first Hologic WTA Tour tournament begins on New Year’s Day at the Adelaide International 1 tournament.

This year, Memorial Drive will host back-to-back WTA 500 tournaments, starting with Adelaide 1 and followed a week later by Adelaide 2. Both tournaments feature top-notch courses, which is the tour’s best way to kick off the season before the tournament. the first Slam of the season at the Australian Open, which starts on January 16.

Here’s everything you need for two weeks of tennis in Adelaide:

When do the tournaments start?

Adelaide 1 starts on Sunday 1 January and Adelaide 2 starts on Monday 9 January. Adelaide 1 has 30-player singles and 24-team doubles. Adelaide 2 also features a 30-player singles draw, but a slightly smaller doubles draw of 16 teams.

Both tournaments are played outdoors on a hard court with the Dunlop Australian Open ball. Both events are joint ATP/WTA events, with the ATP running ATP 250 tournaments on a weekly basis.

When are the finals?

Adelaide 1: The singles final will be played on Sunday, January 8 at 4:00 p.m. The final of the doubles will be played on Saturday, January 7 at 12:00.

Adelaide 2: The doubles final will be played on Saturday, January 14 at 4:00 p.m. The doubles final will be played on Friday, January 13 at 12:00 p.m.

Who are the defending champions?

Adelaide hosted the WTA 500 and WTA 250 last January. Ashleigh Barty swept the Adelaide 500 singles and doubles titles, beating Elena Rybakina in the singles final and winning the doubles with Storm Hunter.

Madison Keys won the Adelaide 250 title, defeating Alison Riske in the all-American final. Japan’s Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya won the doubles championship.

Who’s playing?

World No.2 Ons Jabeur and WTA Finals runner-up Aryna Sabalenka lead the field at Adelaide 1, which features four Hologic WTA Tour Top 10s. Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins, Bianca Andreescu, and Garbie Muguruza are also on the field.

Adelaide 1 – Top 8 seeds

1. Our Jabeur
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Daria Kasatkina
4. Veronika Kudermetova
5. Danielle Collins
6. Anett Kontaveit
7. Jelena Ostapenko
8. Ekaterina Alexandrova

Adelaide 2 has a potentially even stronger field, with players who featured in the United Cup descending on Adelaide for their first regular tournament. This group includes world number one Iga Swiatek, number 3 Jessica Pegula and number 4 Caroline Garcia.

Adelaide 2 – Top 8 seeds

1. Every Swiatek
2. Our Jabeur
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Caroline Garcia
5. Daria Kasatkina
6. Veronika Kudermetova
7. Madison Keys
8. Belinda Bencic

What does the draw look like?

For full analysis of the Adelaide 1 singles draw, Click here.

What points and prize money are available?

First round: 1 point / $7,500
Lot 16: 55 points / $11,145
Semifinals: 100 points / $20,465
Semi-Final: 185 points / $43,323
Final: 305 points / $74,161
Champion: 470 points / $120,150