With the 2024 season in full swing, the Adelaide International will serve as another warm-up tournament for tennis players, as they prepare for the first Grand Slam of the year at the Australian Open.
The Adelaide International will feature both ATP and WTA events, and is slated to run from January 8-13, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia. The city of Adelaide hosted two events in 2023, but a revised schedule will see only one being held this year, an ATP 250 event for the men and a WTA 500 event for the women.
Huge names to headline 2024 edition
There will be no shortage of top-ranked players competing at both events. Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina is set to lead the field in the WTA event, alongside American Jessica Pegula. Compatriot Tommy Paul will spearhead the men's version, and he will be joined by Chilean Nicolas Jarry and hometown favorite Thanasi Kokkinakis. The event will be broadcast on different channels depending on the viewer's location, listed below.
*Balkans:Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
*BalticsEstonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
*France:France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mauritius, Martinique, Monaco, New Caledonia, Reunion and Mayotte, Saint-Bathelemy, Saint-Martin and Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna.
*Eastern Europe:Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Latin America*:Argentina; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Bahamas, The; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Bolivia; Brazil; British Virgin Is.; Cayman Islands; Dominica; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guyana; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Kitts & Nevis; Saint Lucia; Suriname; Turks & Caicos Is; Trinidad & Tobago
United States*:Includes Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands
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