Moorilla Hobart International

Hobart International
WTA Tour
Location	Hobart  Australia
Venue	Hobart International Tennis Centre (1994–present)
Category	International
Surface	Hard / Outdoor
Draw	32M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$220,000
Website	[1]

The Hobart International (currently known as the Moorilla Hobart International for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and is classed as an International tournament (previously Tier IV). It is competed on outdoor hardcourts, and is held in the run-up to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open.

The tournament is held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre. It is currently sponsored by Moorilla Wines, who hold the naming rights; it has previously been sponsored by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ).  The current singles champion is Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia.  The tournament has played host to a number of top players in the past, such as World #1's Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin and Serena Williams.  Other top players who have participated in the event include Australian Open and Wimbledon semifinalist Zheng Jie, and current/former Top 10 players Victoria Azarenka, Jelena Dokić, Alicia Molik, Flavia Pennetta, Chanda Rubin, Patty Schnyder, Samantha Stosur and Vera Zvonareva.

Redevelopment

Prior to the Australian Open changing its court surface, the tournament was played on Rebound Ace.  When the Australian Open changed to Plexicushion in 2008, all Australian Open Series tournaments were required to change their court surfaces to Plexicushion.  The Moorilla Hobart International, however, retained Rebound Ace.  Tennis Australia announced that in order for Hobart to keep its tournament, it was required to make significant improvements to the facility, including resurfacing the courts to Plexicushion and improving the seating facilities.  The Domain Tennis Centre resurfaced its hardcourts to Plexicushion in late 2008, in time for the 2009 tournament.

Midway through 2009, the Tasmanian Government announced a $2.25 million to fund redevelopments to the Domain Tennis Centre over 2009–10.^[1] This announcement was to ensure that the Moorilla Hobart International tournament was retained. Prior to the 2010 singles final, representatives from Tennis Australia, along with tournament director Michael Roberts, announced that the future of the tournament would be secured through to 2013.^[2]

In 2009, the Domain Tennis Centre began a series of redevelopments in order to ensure the tournament's future.^[3] The first stage of these redevelopments included the demolition of the northern seating to make way for a permanent Corporate Stand and also a new Media Stand at the southern end of the Centre Court. This was completed prior to the 2010 tournament. The second stage of the redevelopment is to construct new permanent grandstands at the eastern and western ends of the court, increasing seating from around 1000 spectators to 2800.  The redevelopment is to be totally completed by the 2011 tournament.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011	Jarmila Groth	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6–4, 6–3
2010	Alona Bondarenko	Shahar Pe'er	6–2, 6–4
2009	Petra Kvitová	Iveta Benešová	7–5, 6–1
2008	Eleni Daniilidou	Vera Zvonareva	walkover
2007	Anna Chakvetadze	Vasilisa Bardina	6–3, 7–6(3)
2006	Michaëlla Krajicek	Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–1
2005	Zheng Jie	Gisela Dulko	6–2, 6–0
2004	Amy Frazier	Shinobu Asagoe	6–3, 6–3
2003	Alicia Molik	Amy Frazier	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2002	Martina Suchá	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(7), 6–1
2001	Rita Grande	Jennifer Hopkins	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
2000	Kim Clijsters	Chanda Rubin	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1999	Chanda Rubin	Rita Grande	6–2, 6–3
1998	Patty Schnyder	Dominique van Roost	6–3, 6–2
1997	Dominique van Roost	Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	6–3, 6–3
1996	Julie Halard-Decugis	Mana Endo	6–1, 6–2
1995	Leila Meskhi	Li Fang	6–2, 6–3
1994	Mana Endo	Rachel McQuillan	6–1, 6–7(1), 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Kateryna Bondarenko Līga Dekmeijere	6–3, 7–5
2010	Chuang Chia-jung Květa Peschke	Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu	3–6, 6–3, 10–7
2009	Gisela Dulko   Flavia Pennetta	Alona Bondarenko   Kateryna Bondarenko	6–2, 7–6(4)
2008	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	6–2, 6–4
2007	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
2006	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	Jill Craybas Jelena Kostanić	6–2, 6–1
2005	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6–4, 7–5
2004	Shinobu Asagoe Seiko Okamoto	Els Callens Barbara Schett	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
2003	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 7–6(1)
2002	Tathiana Garbin Rita Grande	Catherine Barclay-Reitz Christina Wheeler	6–2, 7–6(3)
2001	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 6–1
2000	Rita Grande Émilie Loit	Kim Clijsters Alicia Molik	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1999	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	Alexia Dechaume Émilie Loit	6–2, 6–2
1998	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6(6), 6–3
1997	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	Barbara Rittner Dominique Monami	6–3, 6–1
1996	Yayuk Basuki Kyoko Nagatsuka	Kerry-Anne Guse Park Sung-hee	7–6(7), 6–3
1995	Kyoko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1994	Linda Wild Chanda Rubin	Jenny Byrne Rachel McQuillan	7–5, 4–6, 7–6(1)

See also

• List of tennis tournaments

References

1. ^ "$6.5 Million for Sport and Recreation Infrastructure". tas.gov.au. 11 June 2009. http://www.development.tas.gov.au/economic/news_and_publications/news/2009/june/$6.5_million_for_sport_and_recreation_infrastructure. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Event's future secured". themercury.com.au. 14 January 2010. http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/01/14/121575_sport-news.html. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
3. ^ "Development begins at the Domain Tennis Centre". hobartintenrational.com.au. 24 August 2009. http://www.hobartinternational.com.au/2009/08/development-begins-at-the-domain-tennis-centre. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 

External links

• Official website