Adelaide International — Prize Money, History & Past Champions

Adelaide International: Memorial Drive and the road to Melbourne

The Adelaide International is a hard-court ATP 500 / WTA 500 played at Memorial Drive in the opening week of January, one of the principal tune-ups before the Australian Open. Adelaide has hosted tour tennis for decades, but the current combined event dates to 2020, when Tennis Australia reworked the city's pre-Melbourne slot into a single men's-and-women's stop. For two seasons it ran as twin back-to-back weeks — "Adelaide International 1 and 2" — before consolidating back into a single edition, sharing the early-January Australian summer window with the Brisbane International and across the Tasman the ASB Classic.

What sets Adelaide apart is the slot rather than the surface. The medium-paced outdoor hard courts mirror Melbourne Park closely enough that the draw functions as a live Grand Slam rehearsal, and Memorial Drive's intimate stadium delivers it under the brutal South Australian summer heat that defines the swing. Players arrive needing matches, not minutes — which is why the field skews toward genuine contenders sharpening form rather than journeymen chasing points.

The honours board reflects that quality. Aryna Sabalenka won the 2023 title past a teenage Linda Noskova, 6-3, 7-6. Jelena Ostapenko took the 2024 edition over Daria Kasatkina, before Madison Keys edged Jessica Pegula in a 2025 three-setter, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 — a January run Keys would parlay into the season's first major. Most recently, Mirra Andreeva lifted the trophy past Victoria Mboko, 6-3, 6-1.

The throughline is unmistakable: Adelaide keeps minting champions who go deep at the Australian Open weeks later, which is precisely the point of its place on the calendar.

Past champions

Every Adelaide International champion on The Drop Shot — 4 editions from 2023 to 2026, and Mirra Andreeva and Tomas Machac won the most recent edition (2026).